quite a week

we had an earthquake on tuesday, which we didn't feel, but lots of our CSA customers told us about.
and a hurricane, which turned out to be more of a bad storm, on sunday. we lost power, and had some damage in the field, but nothing devastating. so i'm relieved and grateful. we are going to have our CSA as ususal this week, and although our crops are set back somewhat, hopefuly they'll recover quickly.
it's gorgeous outside right now, and i am feeling good.
peace

Peak

Feeling raw. Things are at the peak just about now. Peak of production in the field, peak of demand on us, and it’s interesting to hold everything in balance. Things are going very well with our CSA, market and our production in general, and I am grateful! But you do have to keep moving, stay on top of everything – not much time for rest at this time of year. It really is amazing. 

I know that I will miss the intensity and the abundance once it’s over, but I do long for a little time of silence and rest. Last night as I lay in bed on my way to sleep, my gaze fell casually on the massive maple by the window. The black-blue sky and bright moon were glowing through its branches. My mind was full of thoughts up to that point, but something about the tree made it stop and for a moment I felt completely open and at peace. I long for that.

But in the meantime, here's to the abundance and heat of summer:

This was yesterday at the market

 And these were taken at the CSA, at our farm

 peace

whale watching in Plymouth, Ma

we had such a good time yesterday! i can't believe how much fun sena and aiyana are to hang out with. they like to do the same things as i do, and they're really well behaved, so it's like being with two good friends. we saw so many whales - according to the people on the boat, it was one of the best trips they've had. there were 30 whales all around us doing different things, spoutning, breaching, rolling, slapping their tales. it was very impressive, but i was a concerned about them, because i thought that there were too many boats aroud: about 3-4 large ones, and 3-4 smaller private ones.

we were at Stellewagen bang, a famous feeding grounds for humpback whales. sena knew all about it. the biologist onboard was very impressed with sena's knowledge and involvement on whales. she talked to us on and off the whole trip, asking sena about her public service announcements on the radio, about her booth at the famers' market, and the kind of info she's distributing on whales, about her involvement with Cetacean Society International, and so on.

i wish we had had more time to spend in plymouth, a lovely little seaport town. but we had enough to find a great cafe, with home-made bread and granola, and great coffee. we had lunch there, and met the baker, a native american cherokee who spoke to us for a while about his grandfather and his tribe.

it really was a beautiful day. i didn't even think about the farm at all, which is pretty much unheard of!
here are some pictures:

peace