summer?

We are having another SOPPY summer here in New England. Dampened earth does not bode well for many a plant species. The strawberries are all quite sad and sour. My tomatoes are falling off their mildewy vines; hard, green and tiny- cast out in their infancy. The farmers sit helplessly by and watch as the hay fields yellow from age. Get your bucket and start bailing!

BUT some...

...some are bustling along as if somehow they won an evolutionary Pulitzer for adaptation! The mosquitoes have reached biblical proportions. The asparagus has never seen better days. And the trees- oh so full that their branches are bent low from the weight of their gluttonous leaves.

I spoke to a farmer the other day who said that she thought we were entitled to a good season this year, especially after last years' many hills. In passing she quipped with a wide grin, "In fact, we aren't really entitled to anything, are we."

No, I suppose we are not.

Thanks to the rain for all of this wonderful Hadley GRASS! Thanks also to Weleda for making a burn cream that just so happens to double as THE BEST ever remedy for itchy mosquito bites! As I listen to the rain dripping down, I stare at the pregnant trees and can't help but wonder, doesn't sour tomato jam sound delightful!

yours in letting go of entitlement,
earthmama