I love the connection to family that food brings!
What a beautiful harvest. I'm with you there - from garden to plate production lines always remind me of our connection to the earth and to family. It's definitely a mindful activity and you feel so good doing it, even if it's back breaking!!! That contraption for picking pears off the higher branches looks cool!
Hmm... I'm thinking baked pears with vegan fetta and walnuts... yummmm....
I need to just stop and appreciate those fleeting moments because we won't always have them
Indeed!!!
This is the type of activity I think so many people miss out on! Shoot, from my own peeling skills I realized I need to do it more often, haha. I am so thankful to have wonderful mamas around to teach me so that I can hopefully pass it on to the next generation. As much as I love certain modern conveniences, I hope we never lose touch with the joy of that homegrown food production line, as you so eloquently put it.
I think it was particularly moving this time because his mom just lost her father last week, and wasn't able to go back home to Poland for the services. She's so stoic and doesn't often show her emotions, but I felt it was important to just BE with her as she processes the loss in her own way. 💚