Well, so much for the thought that we would have a snowless winter this year. We have about 6" out there as I write, and it is still falling, despite the forecasters predicting this morning it would be over by now! While it IS a good thing for the storms to hit on the weekend because it makes it easier to clear the streets and parking lots and no school days need to be made up, as a pastor I shudder whenever the forecast for weekend storms hit the airwaves. Weekend storms translate into fewer people in church which translates into small collections which translates into greater difficulty to pay bills. So I am hoping and praying that everything gets cleaned up tonight and the church is bursting at the seams tomorrow.
In preparation for this storm I went out to the courtyard yesterday and picked the last of my broccoli! That's right - fresh broccoli from the garden on January 20th! It will continue to grow until the ground freezes solid - which it is in the process of doing. That is even stranger because I got NO broccoli from those plants all summer. The leaves all disappeared one day, and I was puzzled as to why since the only access to the courtyard is through the door leading into the rectory (or by flying in over the garage roof!). Jean (our office manager) went out one day and showed me these caterpillars that looked just like the stalks - one on each plant - well fed and content! I sprayed the plants, they grew more leaves, and more caterpillars returned. This process was repeated until it was too cold for caterpillars. THEN the broccoli came! Hooray!
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