Hello, Friend!
Fall is coming.
Trees are slightly tinged with yellow, cool mornings and evenings call for long sleeves, and ripe figs inspire autumn-flavored desserts.
The garden, while still producing plenty of certain crops (oh so many beans), is starting its slow descent toward winter's rest. We're sowing cover crop to protect and rejuvenate the soil as rows open up, and pre-ordering garlic to plant when we wrap things up for the season at the end of October. There's even thought at this point about what we'll do next season.
But perhaps the best part of this point in time is the savoring of now.
How wonderful are these last warm days, when we feel the goodbye to summer just around the corner? How delicious are the juicy, ripe tomatoes when we see just how many are left on the vine? How glorious to feel the sun and wind on bare skin that will soon be bundled up?
We savor something so much more when we remember that it's fleeting.
It's easy to get caught up in what comes next, and it can be exciting to plan for the future. Sweater weather, fall foliage, cozy gatherings, holidays -- yes, please! But don't skip soaking up this precious now.
