Baby lettuces and broccoli transplants sitting in a ray of afternoon sun, patiently awaiting their turn to settle into the earth. These plants will be nourishment for our physical bodies later on, if all goes according to plan. But for now they are food for the soul, which needs plenty of beauty and stillness and light.
This prosaic spring moment is my response to photo challenge number 25 from The Four.
And it’s nice and green for Pip over at Capturing Beauty, too.
“It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade.” ~Charles Dickens
I must get outside today.
It hasn’t rained for two days, and the ground is no longer so wet that I must avoid working in it. Onion sets are ready to plant, as are the broccoli transplants and the remaining half-dozen cabbages. But still, this deadline for work hovers in my consciousness, and I know I’ll have to limit other activities to make it into the garden.
It’s too bad, really. I had a wonderful idea for a post last night just before falling asleep. But I’ve written the gist of it down, so we’ll get to it.
Meanwhile, I do hope you enjoy the photographs. You may click on either one to see it enlarged to full size, and in my opinion both are worth it. Both were taken on the same day, the first in a bright sunbeam with a hint of summery weight to it already, and the one below captured in the cool, dappled shade where one feels the need of a jacket still.
While that question is probably a little difficult to answer in a paragraph (or even in a lifetime), I can tell you that my name is Meredith, and that I love to ponder life's mystery and beauty and joys and then write about them. This blog is all about my interactions with Nature during my walks in the woods, visits to Botanical Gardens, in my own small, organic kitchen garden -- and anywhere else I happen to be when inspiration strikes.
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