I know the calendar still says spring, but I swear that yesterday summer officially began in Tennessee, so we did what anyone would do when it’s 80 degrees outside: we went swimming in the small pond that PJ built for us, of course.
Tennessee has, for reasons unknown to me, a tendency to shorten seasons, so it shouldn’t come as a surprise that we went from winter to a little bit of spring for a week and then straight into full-on summer. It’s still kind of chilly in the mornings, but it’s calling for hot weather the rest of the week, so I think it’s safe to say we’re done with spring (though my allergies would disagree).
The water was still a little too cold for me to want to get in (I hate cold water so, so much!) but the kids couldn’t stay out of it. I always tell PJ, to everyone else this probably looks like just a big, muddy pile of dirt, rocks, and water, but to us it’s paradise. It still has such a long way to go, and we haven’t even scratched the surface of what it’s going to eventually look like, but the biggest and most important thing is that we have water on the farm (for now at least) to keep us cool this summer.
Last summer was so miserable (for many different reasons) because we didn’t have anywhere to cool off in the 100 degree temps. That’s why this little pond is paradise for us right now: it’s a step in the right direction to get us to where we want to one day be out here. We can see the vision of what this farm could be for us, and maybe even for others, and that “someday maybe” is giving us the fuel we need to keep working.
Here’s to short seasons and many more hot days in the coming months!