With fourteen days left until we drive South to spend the winter on our boat, I'm intent on getting things done. Top on my list is my morning walk in what I call 'the old forest' near our home. The colours of fall in Ontario surround me. It's quite the bouquet of colour!
Yesterday, we began the process of taking our garden apart. And just a few moments ago, I found myself looking through the on-line seed catalogue of Urban Harvest (http://www.uharvest.ca/) looking at seed for arugula, dandelion, collards, mizuna, cress, red mustard, tatasoi, chard, and kale. I'm intent on planting earlier next year. It breaks my heart to put our garden to bed when it's flourishing as it is. Yummm...
div>On Thursday, I picked Stinging Nettle at Simpler Thyme, the organic farm to which we belong. Stinging nettle or urtica dioica has traditionally been used for the treatment of arthritis (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stinging_nettle) and its leaves can be dried and made into a tisane (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tisane) or used as an infusion in smoothies.
Today, Dave is off to spend a couple of days with his daughter and grandchildren. While I'd love to spend the day with them, I'm intent on doing what needs doing here at home. And now that we've figured out how to download the audiobooks that are available on-line from the library onto the new I-Pod Touch that Dave gave me for my birthday, I'll be able to listen to the book I've been reading, The Heart of the Soul (http://www.zukav.com/book_heartofthesoul.html) by Gary Zukav and Linda Francis as I work . I love having both the hard copy and the audio-book at the same time. Listening to and reading the same book seem to give me different insights.
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