“There is nothing that is comparable to it, as satisfactory or as thrilling as gathering vegetables one has grown.”
—Alice B. Toklas

the cool breeze that came in off the deck after the heat of the past few days,
how the lake looked like glass and every shade of blue,
the sun coming out in the afternoon and taking time to just enjoy it
listening to crows, the first poppy in the garden,
spicy greens from the garden for tonights salad

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