Yesterday a group of friends from days gone by were coming to the house for dinner, dominoes and conversation. It is good to be reconnected again.
Before their arrival I went in to our garden to see how things were doing. My hope was to pick some sugar snap peas to be eaten raw with our light meal. There were so many peas just hanging there whispering ‘Pick me. Pick me’. So I put my ‘pea eyes’ on (as my sister-in-lay Judy instructed us to do when dealing with peas) and went to work. Yummmm!
Next, I wanted to pick some lettuce for our sandwiches. Greens, purples, yellow – what an array of colors. Yummmm!
Next, there was some little shoots of broccoli appearing, the ones that pop our after the big head is removed. Yumm!
Next, a little carrot called out to me ‘I’m ready!’ I had a hard time convincing the carrot that it had to leave its nice warn home in the earth in order for us to enjoy it – to fulfill its destiny as it were. Finally with a few gentle words and gratefulness on my part it let go. All 6 inches of it. Wow and Yummmm!
I so enjoyed cleaning and preparing all of them. I was feeling excited and somewhat proud but mostly grateful.
Our visit was good. We were so busy talking that we only made it through one round of dominoes. The surprise of the night was that it was Sue T.’s birthday. So we lit the tree (that will only make sense if you’ve been to our house), sang Happy Birthday and Sue blew it out. A little later a candle found its way to our dessert so we sang again and Sue blew it out.
It was a good night and a great display of healthy garden vegetables.
Simple pleasures! Powerful blessings!
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