Raising Flowers and Horses
The Season of Goldenrod and Aster (and Dahlias)
This is the time of year when the goldenrod and aster are blooming. The serendipitous co-blooming of these native plants marks a very specific moment. It tells me that summer is over, and we are into fall. My mind of course races to winter and my tightly held commitment that the season of short days and cold nights is the hard one.
Small Problems Under a Big Sky
Sometimes I allow my small problems to feel like big problems. Lately I’ve found myself fretting over the small things. What will I do about my too wet field after all the rainy winter? Is it time for another fight with the insurance company about coverage for a minor, but expensive, medical procedure? Do I have enough help so that I can leave the farm for a couple of days? I know these are minor problems, even good problems to have. (It could be an insurance fight over a big medical procedure!) Yet, they take up too much of the space in my head, and they get stuck there.