Today was the last day for my local farmer's market until March. Not a whole lot of vegetables left, mostly crafts. Some squash, carrots, potatoes, apples, and beets. And bread, honey and smoked salmon. That's about what is available at the co-op too. One of our local farms is going to keep a stand open. It will be interesting to see what they continue to have over the next 3 months. Eating local is going to get challenging.
Yesterday I took a walk down by the bay. This is an area that was formally industrial and is now a park. There is a lot of bricks and concrete mixed in with the rock. The tide was really high. It was easy to start thinking about cycles: the tides, the moon, the seasons. It seems strange to me that winter is the season when the light returns. Winter is often thought of as cold and stormy (and can be), but it's also when the light comes back. It's when buds on some of the trees will start to open....