Its been a fruitful few weeks with spring reluctantly letting go of its moody ways for the reliable long warm days of summer. The summer solstice marked the longest day of the year...it also happened to be my 30th birthday. The insanely long daylight hours offered much time for reflection on 30 times around the sun. Within the dizziness one tries to formulate a timeline of such a swath of life and only comes up with imprints...impressions from the collective. So be it...life is here...now...and i suppose we can only grab onto the fact that all will change...necessarily, thank God. So what wisdom gained from making it this far down the road? Only that talk is cheap, experience is everywhere, and application is everything. Grow, grow, grow says the undercurrent of the living...and perhaps we have come to a point in our species development to know in what way...perhaps. I'm glad to know this way, to know what matters.
The farm has been filled with the excitement of summers growth. We are seeing everything reaching for the skies in a fast, furious race to reproduce. As a result of this new blast of growth, we are finally enjoying an abundance of food directly from the garden!
Broccoli is making a late but prolific appearance.
So too, our potato patch has been giving us beautiful young taters to get creative within the kitchen.
Shanna has been very busy with her new favorite pastime of canning and preserving, as well as turning milk into delightful home made yogurt and cheese. Among some of her recent accomplishments have been peach salsa, peach butter, apricot frozen yogurt, and dried apricots...which we will enjoy for months to come.
Shanna and I were also blessed with an appearance from three of our favorite friends from Tahoe which was a ton of fun. We look forward to more visits from our sierra lovelees. NewMoon represent!
My small but beautiful family also made it out to usher in my 30th. I love them all so much and it was truly a special occasion to have them on the farm, seeing whats important to me.
A couple trips to the coast
as well as a local vineyard rounded out a great visit
.Now its time to slather on the sunscreen and get back to work.
Love to all.
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