new season

i love fall.  i love seasons changing.  spring and summer was full of highs and lows, so i am ready to move on. hendrix and i both had a day of firsts yesterday.  hendrix had his first day at mom's day out/school.  i had my first day of work at starbucks.  it was time.  we spent the last couple of months enjoying each other and summer, but i need to get out of the house and hendrix needs to have some friend making time.  fall seemed like a good time to transition.
i am still trying to work through what will become of clementine's.  i do know that i will not grow on a large scale.  the time and money required are not a good fit for my family.  i also know that, currently, it is difficult to make money from ---just selling produce does not bring home the bacon in this part of the country. 
do i believe local food is important? absolutely.  i just believe there are some improvements to be made.  i also believe that the amount of personal satisfaction one receives from growing food is second to none.  anyone can and should.  you can grow food on apartment patios, in gallon buckets, in old wine boxes, anywhere.
this growing season i learned a lot about myself, mike, my friends, and my family.  one of the most important lessons i learned was to stop overextending myself.  i learned thati have a really good group of friends and family, too.  the most important lesson: mike is the best thing to happen to my life. 
i am looking forward to fall out here.  i am looking forward to our family evolving even more and seeing what the new season has to bring us.  we still have a lot to be thankful for.