The miracle of the cycle of life

borrowed picture, mine are not nearly as pretty...



I know it's not a new thing, & people have been doing it for-just-about-ever, but that doesn't make me any less in awe of it.

I canned my own pickled cucumbers this morning.
I have canned several other peoples cucumbers this summer, but this one, this one was mine.


I read the 50 trillion seed catalogs that I could find, anguished over which seeds to order.
Waited with baited breath for the seed parcel to arrive.
Received it with such joy, & a blessing from the Mail Man for good luck.
Worked the ground, & planted all these little specks, no bigger than anything.
I loved them, & somehow they grew, &grew.
I grew our food.
I have preserved our food.
&, now we will eat it.
The circle of life.