I should be really tired right now, because yesterday was a very busy and stressful day, and last night Sena threw up (she thinks she ate too much cantaloupe), and I was up with her so I did not sleep well. But, to the contrary, I am feeling elated. It’s just such a beautiful day outside, and everything looks so pretty. The sky is blue, and it’s only warm enough to be pleasant. When I was out inspecting the field and setting up irrigation this morning, I was taken by surprise by how red the apples on one of our trees looked against the blue sky, and how green everything in the background. Sometimes a little scene like that, which I pass by a hundred times a day, will look particularly fresh, and will take my breath away for one instant, as if I were seeing it for the first time. This “first-time sight” is a great gift, and it brings with it a certain lightness, and gratitude for being here to experience this awesome natural world that we are part of.

Here are some pictures from around the farm.

Olive is three-and-a-half month now

 Our young orchard. Ed's been working hard on it lately.

Winter squashes are doing incredibly well this year. They grew so much, some took over our stone wall, where I found these three hidden.

Tall spindle apples - not well known here, but very popular in Europe. Ed, Sena and I saw lots of them in the Netherlands when we we biking through in 2003.

Grain corn and beans will be part of our sustenance during the winter. Lettuces in the foreground.

Trellised Roma tomatoes, peppers, tomatillos and husk cherries on the left-center, salad greens on the right

Red peppers are amazing roasted. Been doing a lot of that lately.

Our bountiful peach tree

Wood stacked for the winter

 Laundry drying in the sun.

 Peace