Life

we all gathered today for a new babe heading into our world soon. our own little fellow was thrilled to have so many people to interact with. he spent the entire party enthusiastically making eyes at the children, shrieking with delight at everyone who talked to him, and cozying down quietly into me to nurse before reclaiming his social butterflydom.

put tomatoes, basil, peppers into the garden today - market-bought since we've had bad luck starting tomato and pepper seedlings for the past two years. only one of our eighteen beds is left unfilled now, waiting for cucumber seeds. re-started zucchini and summer squash seeds, since i forgot to water the first batch.

our dead little american plum is sending up new sprouts from the root stock that the scionwood variety was grafted onto, the roots reclaiming their original identity.

husband and i took some chairs, some glasses, a nice bottle of chardonnay, and a sleepy boy out under the apple at dusk tonight, and had a couple of glasses as we watched the trees dance and the day end. we talked about our growing plants, our desires for the future of our garden and our yard, our excitement about the possibility of our vegetables carrying us through the winter, and other pieces of our lives. i was holding our little boy in my arms, talking with my love under an apple on our lush earth in the springtime of our little family.