The days are getting shorter. Beautiful afternoons seem to end suddenly, each day earlier. I know it has to happen and I know it will. Still, I have the hardest time to accept it. This year especially. I have been out in nature, growing vegetables in our own yard, volunteering in a public garden, going for walks and hikes and bike-rides...and I loved it all. It was beautiful! More closely then ever have I observed nature around me. I watched the first greens and flowers sprou