Loving the farm

I don't just mean our little five acres pictured here. But "the farm" as representative of finding ways to connect with locally grown organic produce.

After reading Rauf's post about farmers in India, this week I heard a piece on NPR about a food festival in Vienna in honor of Mozart's 250th birthday (last year) called New Crowned Hope. Alice Waters of Chez Panisse joined other food experts and artists to share ideas about things like promoting local organic farming and healthy school lunch programs. Alice Waters has founded the Edible Schoolyard Project, and is an advocate of sustainable agriculture who inspires me to no end. Did you know she is the only American chef who was invited to Paris to consult on opening a restaurant at the Louvre?

I want to find out more about the Michigan Organic Food and Farm Alliance this spring and am determined to more consistently support locally grown organic produce and meat.

Photo of Alice Waters courtesy open agreement at Wikipedia.

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At the lake

We were at the lake New Year's weekend with my family, as many as could come from around the country. These two views of the lake were taken the same day, at different times. The top photo is from the morning stillness. The bottom photo is from the evening stillness. Dee Dee suddenly looked outside and saw the blue, bringing it to our attention (us with cameras). So Todd, Mark and I hurried out to take advantage of the blue light.

The cottage has my favorite things in nature: water and trees.

Above, the tree that fell eons ago (was I in 5th grade?) has become a "gondola branch," reshapen over the water over the years.

Below, this birch has grown up and become a lovely lady on our waterfront lawn.

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Holiday tag

I've been tagged by The Healing Room, an easy tag.

1. Grab the book closest to you.

2. Open to page 123, go down to the fifth sentence

3. Post the text of the next 3 sentences on your blog

4. Name of the book and the author

5. Tag three people

The book closest to me is "View with a Grain of Sand," a book of poetry by Wisława Szymborska. Page 123 does not have 5 lines (ends at the 4th), so I went to page 124. The fifth sentence, and the next two are:

A jackal doesn't understand remorse.
Lions and lice don't waver in their
course.
Why should they, when they know they're
right?

I wish I had a photo of a lion, a jackal or a louse, but I don't. This photo of hardy-orange will do.

I tag Mrs. M., Mei Shile and Rauf. :D

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