grace

common nightshade

When you're swinging on a swing, you go hard in one direction, and then there is a slight pause at the top before you start to head the other way. Climatically, we seem to be in that "pause" position right now. While the days are starting to get shorter, the natural world is basically still in summer mode. Birds have fledged so the nesting season is over, but the migration season is a ways away. I saw the mother bluebird teaching the babies how to forage for themselves the other day. Dragonflies are starting to gather in the back, but not yet in earnest. Teachers and children are still on summer break, but the teachers are starting to think about it. Things are kind of in a state of grace.

School has started in Brazil. All of the Kahle Jones family is heading off to school today. I wonder if Clarkie's school will ever be the same.