My daughter had an old weathered packet of pea seeds in her gardening bag and while gardening a couple of weekends ago, it fell out, spilling the seeds all over the place.
We gathered them up and popped them into a large empty pot, thinking they wouldn’t sprout, but guess what?
They did!
Loads and loads of them.
Our favourite!
You may have heard it said that we here in NZ may have a short summer this year?
We hope it’s long enough for our young peas to mature and give us a bumper crop.
Aren’t surprises great!
Especially surprises after nasty wind storms.
So tiny and fragile yet so resilient and strong.
Makes me think of Horton Hears a Who, Dr. Seuss reminding us that it’s all about perspective. That from the perspective of the universe, we, the human race are tiny and vulnerable, living on a speck floating in space, at the mercy of the great unknown (a big elephant 😃).
The human race (so tiny and fragile yet so resilient and strong), can you imagine that we all walk around with smart phones connected to the entire rest of the world via the world wide web and travel on flying buses!
Isn’t it a remarkable time to be alive? Sometimes the extraordinary things humans do/have done blows my brain and I have to bring my focus into the here and now. Do you have to do that sometimes, to shrink your peripheral down to your surroundings, to find your serenity? (ha ha, yes I’m Australian)
Our sunset today.
And seconds later.
May you be surprised by something today that warms your heart and brings you comfort and peace of mind 🌱