Beth's Ponderings
Autumn is almost
here, and I feel like I’ve been harvesting my garden for weeks!
I only had 2 cups
of cherries this year, so hopefully next year is better. The raspberries and apples were all picked
the middle of August. The potatoes were
all dug the 20th of August, and the beets all pulled September 2nd. Beans were eaten by the deer before I could
get to them! I still have some carrots
and melons to bring in (at the time of this writing)
I made juice out of
the rhubarb and apples. I froze half of
the raspberries. My niece and I grated
up the potatoes and made hash browns that I froze. I made sweet sliced pickles, relish and beet
pickles.
I’ve been enjoying
corn on the cob for supper most evenings, and fresh veggies through the days. As fun as it can be to preserve the food, and
it is nice to have a taste of summer during the winter, it is even better to
enjoy the garden bounty when it is fresh, and not save it all for a distant day.
How often do we put
off enjoying a moment when we’re right smack dab in it, instead hoping for when
the moment may return at the later date and promising to enjoy it then?
How many times have
we looked back after a moment has passed and wished that we were more present
at the time?
Life is made up of
moment after moment after moment. And,
yes, many of them may seem to be dull and insignificant, but it is usually only
in hindsight that we can know how meaningful a moment really was.
Life happens, and we get busy with everything, but even then, we can always pause for just a minute or two and look around us and really notice what is going on. Who are you with? Where are you? What do you see, hear, smell, taste, touch? What do you want to capture in your memory from this moment in time?
Beth
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