It's been a tough week for two reasons; the disappearance of our wonderful summer weather and the disappearance of our beloved cat named "Buddy." Both of these tragic events happened at about the same time causing a tear or two and a sense of great loss. I was there the night Buddy was born almost 15 years ago and if he had stayed around a couple more days we would have given him a birthday bash!
Just like Buddy the summer of 2009 is gone forever from this earth. I tried to hang on to it by covering precious geraniums with plastic. But the freezing temperatures left them brown and wilted. The garden which provided tomatoes, potatoes, carrots, squash, beans, peas, beets, lettuce, apples, peaches, cherries, plumbs and raspberries is gone too. All that remains are piles of dead vines and dirt.
Time is moving on and we have no choice but to go with it. I can only look forward to next year when our warm weather returns and I also look forward to the next life when we'll see our precious Buddy again.
