Canadian geese by the fishing pond
Today was another beautiful day. Warm, sunny, not windy, lots and lots of blue sky, capped by another of those 360 degree sunsets. I took a short walk in the park, with a very patient friend (I walk very slowly at this point). The quail, of course, didn't pose...but the squirrel did, and the geese were simply unconcerned, one way or another. No coats needed, no hats, no gloves...just a light fleece to stay warm - and that wouldn't have been necessary, had we been able to walk at a normal pace.
The walk in the park was preceded by communion, then strolling out to the garden behind the church to feed the birds the leftover bread, and finding...broccoli! Quite a bit of ripe broccoli! Which is amazing. If the broccoli crop in southern California was ruined with a light freeze, how did ours survive two weeks of below freezing temperatures? I have no idea, but there it was...so we got out pen knives and kitchen knives, and busily harvested most of what was ripe - along with some spinach, for good measure. And yes, it tasted wonderful! (The vegetables that can handle it seem to taste a bit sweeter after being frozen.) Perhaps I'll pick some of the cilantro in my own garden tomorrow.
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