offering gratitude

tomorrow is thanksgiving day and we'll be enjoying spending some time with family.  today is also sort of a thanksgiving day (probably all days should be) for me.  i spent the earlier part of today out in the fig orchard sowing wildflower seeds in preparation for the rain that has just begun and is forecasted to continue off and on over the next few days.  it's become something of a tradition for me over the last few years and is my way of offering gratitude to the birds and insects, to this place and my life here with staal and the critters, to those who visit or pass by on the road, to the rain and the sun...

pretty quiet out there right now but the winter rains and snows will get things growing and it'll be buzzing with color and life in the coming spring and that will be something to be grateful for too.