Falling Forward

Most people, I have noticed, hate Daylight Savings time. 

I, on the other hand, LOVE IT!  Especially the first day, the longest day of the year!!  "What do you mean, the longest day of the year?" Mike askes with furrowed brow.  "June 21 is the longest day of the year," he proclaims, like he is certain I have lost my mind. 

Not true!  There are actually 25 hours on that first day in the fall!  Can't you feel how the day lingers on and on?  True, it gets dark much quicker but the sting of that early evening is dampened by the very long day you still have to enjoy.  Don't find me in the spring when we spring-back!  I am surley and grumpy and put-out that my hour is taken back away! 

Sunday and I sit on the deck swing and gaze across the field.  Because I have an extra hour!  Those rows covered in straw are next year's garlic crop. 

It doesn't take long and we all fall into the new day.  Arise to start the day and there is light.  Eat dinner in the dark.  Back to 24 hours and a readjustment for outside activities.  Add in rain, some snow, and copious amounts of sticky mud - taking the dogs for a walk becomes a bit more complicated.  

These days, there is grooming and bath time to figure in after a walk as well.  Here Rooster drinks and cools off in a mud puddle.  

The face only a mother could love.  

The seasons come and go here in this country.  People load up their RVs and flock south, knowing what comes next.  They fly from the cold, from the snow, from the long, dark, cold, damp days.  I know the country where they go and it is filled with people, homelessness, crowded highways, and campgrounds.  There is crime and noise and plastic bags stuck to and hanging off cholla cacti, saguaro, and ocotillo.  I've been there.  Fly people, fly on south! 

These three flew back home north!!  Where the days are even shorter in the winter!  Evan, Dani, and Opal all came for a very nice visit here at K Lazy M Ranch.  Opal, just 18 months old has now flown, travelled in a car, and met and played with lots and lots of furry friends!  She is a very good dog!  Our table was complete with a visit from friend Janet.  How lucky are we, how lucky are we?  Good food, good wine, good friends and family.  What a grand evening for all!  

Rabbit raised by some friends and enjoyed by all! 

Mike leveled up some hardy board and painted it green just before the weather rolled into the valley.  The greenhouse is closed for the season.  It was a good year and now, it is time for a break.