Village life

Very nice day today.... well I guess we don't need to mention THAT again..... that we live in what feels like Rio De Janiero with sweeping views, balmy gentle winds and glorious people.... that we eat cheese and have dogs, talk progressively with one another and.... bla bla bla.. I had three friends call about garden cues today, what to put in, how to irrigate etc.. even the amazingly busy Peggy Orenstein apparently spent today in le jardin betwix her world travels. Go Peggy! I am personally pushing for dinner plate dahlias, zinnias and rubra lillies. If anyone needs help with thier garden, please call, and please, please, take the time to do the work. I am hoping to initiate what I call a "garden Groovy" where we do this stuff together.

I went to the farmers market and gathered a mountain of food for Tuesdays LAST TEST RUN of Market babies; a fundraiser for the Alameda County Community Food Bank. We are making a calendar, but not of naked ladies, rathersweet precious babies. I have a lot of strawberries right now.... not to mention chard, bread, rhubarb, artichokes, potatoes, BIG breads etc.. Stay tuned. By Thursday I should have some images posted of our six newborns in these awesome sets created by the fab Victoria Cullen. I can't wait to spend the day with new friends fresh from the Milky Way. It will be a win/win as we allow new mothers to get aquainted and work toward our fundraiser for hungry folk in our town. Hungry? Disgusting!

I then went to Great Good Place for Books and listened to Gayle Foreman read from her books, If I Stay and Where I Went. There were a hundred people there, steadfast fans and I came home with an autographed book for Alice, 17 tanning on the balcony who said, "MOM!!!! I have totally read these. Where have you been?" Apparently not in the right place.....She reads like a beaver chews wood, and when she gets her summer job down there at the bookstore I will feel like president Lincolns folks....... dumb..... yet proud.

I am however, good with a camera, and I love my village. I love my peeps. I love this life on the hill.

And this camera's gonna make a difference. Darn it!!