Harvest

Today was the keeper's last day of vacation and so she slept in way beyond our breakfast time, but we kept up the annoying behavior until she finally got up and fed us. We slept the rest of the day and she harvested lettuce and other greens from the garden along with rosemary, thyme, and oregano. Also the wisteria is starting to bloom, and the smell of oregano, wisteria, thyme, lavender, and spearmint in the garden takes our breath away.

She sat until she finished reading Water for Elephants and and wants us to recommend it to everyone. She says the animals (at least some of them) come out okay in the end.

Then she was all crazy about How Big is Your God? by Paul Coutinho, S. J. He referred to the image of religion as the well which takes us to the river of God's love and divine life, or grace. She read us this quote which made perfect sense to us: "When the Lord comes, he will ask, "Did you know me?" "Have you seen the face of God?" "Have you experienced the Divine?" "Did you see the river, or were you so lost in the well that it became an obstacle rather than a pathway to the river? Once you have seen the face of God. . . [t]he well will no longer be a barrier between you and God but will open up to the river. . ." We agree with that. We see the face of God everyday, leaping out of the most amazing faces and places, surprising us like a hummingbird hovering for a breath or the wasp that got in the house last night.