Collector’s Note

Beginning of September. I am collecting. Foraging, growing and harvesting. Stocking, drying and capturing summer. I am not alone. The squirrel is just as busy, as is palokärki, our black woodbecker. We are all quite loud in our chores. The yard is filled with whizzeling, singing, clicking, tweeting and occasional barking. Weather stays warm and humid. Our neighbor is worried that this winter will hit us with a month of -30 degrees wheather to compensate the warm waves. Bring it on, we are ready.