Goodbye daisies. Hello, sunflowers!
Sunflowers are my favorite. If I could I’d plant an entire field
of them behind my house. Maybe someday when I’ve got my own farm. I haven’t
been able to convince my family the advantage of growing sunflowers and
harvesting the seeds.
Usually this time of year, my family is finishing up with the
corn crops and preparing for the onset of cold weather. It means making sure
the grain bins are filled, the hayloft is full, and the last pickings of the
garden have been canned.
It’s a time for gathering.
It also means raking up the leaves and putting out the autumn
welcome signs.
It’s baking zucchini bread to freeze for a rainy day and pumpkin
rolls for Sunday morning tea in the house my dad built. It’s hanging at the
grange fair to catch up with extended family and high school classmates.
It’s swapping, sharing, and connecting our resources, time, and
fellowship because this time of year calls for us to start slowing down and
preparing for the long dark days ahead as the season changes.
We always have so much to do, I for one am always trying to get
ahead for those moments when I can step back and just breath, admire and be
appreciative of a time that can never be taken back.
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