Sumer is icumen in, Lhude sing!!

The tomatoes are in! Yay! Here's a picture of my weekly box of CSA vegies, picked up this morning at the farm. I'm cooking Curried Squash Soup now, a double recipe. If the tomatoes are in, can the beans be far behind?

PS--CSA=Community Supported Agriculture. You pay a set amount at the beginning of the season, and you get a 1/2 bushel box of whatever is harvested that week (or every other week, if you choose). My CSA is with the Center for Living and Learning, about 4 miles down the road, between here and Leiper's Fork.

Shedding time

When I walk the dog around the yard in the morning or afternoon, I like to have my camera handy. It helps me pay attention to what I see, so that I really see it. For a few moments, I forget all else except what's right in front of me. Today I zeroed in on the Sycamore tree in the SW corner of the 3-acre lot. It's in the process of shedding bark, an annual event. The ground at the base of this tree is littered with thin strips of discarded bark. Aren't the layers and colors wonderful?