I spent so much money on food today, mmm...if you've been meaning to come and visit me, this is the weekend to do it. It's also ON for the huckleberry picking this weekend, so get your fine self up the 101, but be careful in the process...there were two major accidents on my way back home tonight.
I went berry picking today. Well, first I went to the farmers market in Olympia and got all stocked up on greens, purples, etc. I also splurged and went for a whole flat of raspberries, golden raspberries and strawberries....YES! YUM! Then I went to my old home and garden in Oly and checked on all dem plants. The artichoke flowered (pretty!); the sunflowers range from drooping to going to seed and I took a good head with me (3rd generation, wow!); I got me some lemon cucumbers (so cute!); the squashes are still growing; some calendulas are still blooming; and I gathered some carrot seed (originally planted in '06); the dahlias are still gorgeous too; the broccoli is flowering. Yes, that garden amazes me. I dreamed about red clover last night, so I smiled at it in the garden this afternoon.
Then I headed out to the blueberry bog for what I knew would probably be my last pick of the season. I went there last week and I was so impressed with how abundant the blueberries were and how easy they are to find and pick this late in the season. I love how sweet they get this time of year. Most people have stopped going by now. Today, I enjoyed the reaching up and picking the dark sweet berries through the reddening leaves against the deep blue sky...ah, I love autumn. But it is time to quit the berry picking...heh heh, blueberry picking at least... As I went over to the 'blackberry section of the blueberry bog,' I was thinking about how seedy the blackberries were getting, when all of a sudden, a garter snake slithered right in front of my face through the berries. I let out a belated and involuntary 'oooohah!' and went on my way back through the blueberry tunnels. On my way out of the bog, I remembered that I meant to look for a hawthorne berry spot while in the tunnels, and all of a sudden, I look up to see a hawthorne tree! It allowed me to take three branches and on the the third branch, I 'asked' the tree, 'should I break it off here?' and as I reached for the spot to break the branch, I felt something unexpected--a little green frog the color of the hawthorne leaves was right at the breaking spot! He/she hopped slowly up the branch so I could break it. I think I let out another 'oooohah!' at that point too. I felt like the creatures today were giving me a nice send off for the season. It was sweet.
Then I stopped and got some pollinator pears and blackberry honey at the fruit truck. It happened to be fruit truck guy's last day...a sweet little redheaded boy and his dad were there too, sharing an apple in the shelter from the wind by the fruit truck. Of all the moments of the last week, I feel like that moment I officially and fully ushered in and fully embraced fall.
Speaking of redheads, that's another update all together...mmmm...a careful and delightful whirlwind, a starry and grounding transition....mmmm....although I'm not so keen on this whole business of calling in sick for a Friday night date....well...somebody needs to give that redhead some medicine! heh heh heh
OK, my beautiful people, remember to take deeeeep breaths (or at least don't breathe shallow). I've been finding that to be a challenge in the last week. Stay healthy or if you're not healthy, then get well!
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