First Day of Blog

Today is the first day of blog writing for me and it couldn't be better timing. It is the 30th of September and here in the heights of Montana snow has been falling all day.  I am ready to cozy up for the winter and attack the projects that I have put off all summer.  The garden is my summer job which rewarded us this year with a bounty of fresh vegetables.  The warm September gifted us with ripe tomatoes a cherished prize at this altitude.  I always accept the challenge of raising tomatoes here because they say it can't be done.  In the 10 years or so that I have been accepting the tomato challenge I have only had a couple years that ended in an entire crop of green tomatoes.  

The leaves of the trees are still green so we hope for the early snows to melt quickly and not break the Aspen branches. However an early snow gives me time to pause and prepare mentally for the winter to come and remember the beauty and quiet of living in a winter wonderland.