27/08/2024
This winter has felt particularly hard. For the farmers with flooded crops, rain/storm damage and stunted growth from the cold. It's easy to see and grasp nature's physical reponse to the weather. From the conversations we are having with our customers and community, it seems everyone has been feeling a little stunted and bogged down. Let's not forget that we ARE a part of nature, we ARE enduring the same weather as the plants, crops, orchards, dams and rivers... that it impacts us and our state of being just as much. We have the option to find shelter, yes, but that doesn't mean our senses are fooled and are not now feeling cooped up and "watching the world go by" whilst we go on with our daily life. Feeling perhaps confused and more and more disconnected from Nature. This weather will pass, the rain and wind will stop and we will be able to go outside and breathe in the sun and blue skies again. Let's remember though to do just that - to go and sink our feet into the wet soil and be grateful that we can appreciate it all and that we are not just witnessing it, but that we are a part of it.
