Sunday, November 13, 2016

Fall Sun

On the Front Porch

Praying Mantis on the porch

It has been a glorious year for this praying Mantis who is enjoying the last days of warmth in the sun on the front porch. He or she has completed their part of life's cycle and is enjoying the last of the sune.

Thank you Steve for the great pic!

Friday, November 11, 2016

November's Garden Tomatoes

Tomatoes Still

tomatoes on a cutting board

The last 4 tomatoes from the garden pulled in weeks ago before the frost. Fresh garden tomatoes in Maine November 11. We will enjoy them, and think of summer again.

Thursday, October 20, 2016

Fall's Long Shadows

Long Shadows


Pond at Alewive Pond Farm
Alewive Pund Farm

Long shadows this morning with Indian Summer balm. You could feel the autumn chill like rivulets of air, or roots spreading out here and there, not yet able to take hold of the passing summer, but close. The long shadows made for crisp colors.

Long Shadows


Pond at Alewive Pond Farm
Alewive Pund Farm

Long shadows this morning with Indian Summer balm. You could feel the autumn chill like rivulets of air, or roots spreading out here and there, not yet able to take hold of the passing summer, but close. The long shadows made for crisp colors and a sharper contrast. It occurred to me that you could look out at the pond and it would never be the same, as the seasons and lighting changes it is different moment to moment, and somehow that is a very calming thought. Some reminders of constant change are less soothing--this felt like a meandering stream moving by, or the spring that feeds the pond.