Five things

Sun hot tomatoes

the scent of lemon

knitting quietly at night

friendship

chamomile tea at bedtime

Harvest

The first harvest of tomatoes is in - five twee cherry tomatoes, three yellow and two red.
The deliciousness of summer distilled into a single sweet explosive bite.

Today is a good day.

Happiness

I believe that there are two kinds of happiness -- a deep soul happiness that allows you to live with quiet contentedness even through the hard times, and a welling joy that is most often lured out by outside events.

When you have that deep soul happiness, it is much easier for that welling joy to appear in your life.

I think that often people become confused, and believe that the welling joy is the only kind of happiness there is. Perhaps because the deep soul happiness is so rare that we do not know how to recognize it.

On Today

Today the first tomato came in. Today I made tabouli, a food I love beyond reason or speech to tell.

Today my daughter snuggled on my lap under a gaudy neon sunset and we sang 'Well done, Sister Suffragette' to each other.

Today I have played, and worked, and taught, and learned and laughed.

Today is a good day.

On Today

Today has been a good day.

Today I have celebrated, today I have worked, today I have played. Today I have finished a piece of knitting. Today I have floated in the scent of tomato and read sweet words. Today I have prayed.

Today is a good day.

Faith

My soul sings with Her today, and I am glad.

The sun is hot, the tomatoes perfume the air where I sit, words that have long been nothing but writing to me glow with meaning again.

I was once was lost, but now am found.

Such joy, to feel again what I once felt, to know again what I once knew.

Tomatoes

My great tomato jungle is growing well this year. Already there are some tomatoes as large as my fist on the the plants - and many many little ones.

I love the heat, and the prickliness of the feel of the plants, and the scent.