Simmering Summer

We are praying for rain. We are having a very dry year and our spring (our sole water source) is proof. In our 6 years up on the land, we have never had the spring dry out or the creek run at a trickle. As of yesterday, we are down to a very slow drip. We are very conscious water users and we understand how lucky we are to have cold, delicious, fresh spring water bubbling up from the earth. Hopefully we will look back on 2008 and remember the extreme drought, and remember the fear we felt when we thought the spring might be drying up. Hopefully we will be remembering this when we are sitting in our hot tub or natural swimming pool, with the creek bed full of water. But for now, we are mildly concerned, saving water as much as possible, and praying for rain!

Here are some summer photos that help me be grateful for some of the other faces of summer without dwelling too much on the negative:

Beautiful sunny sunflower in the garden with buzzing bumblebees

basil basil basil plus a little nim

hula hooping and children

sweet sleep

music, dancing, drumming, merry making

5 little ducklings in a row
Noah, neighbors Soliel and Banyan, Nimuae, and Gita