Shelter in Place, San Francisco, December 31, 2020
On the eve of the new year we should be experiencing rain. Lots of it. This is the time when our water supply needs to be replenished from deep snow in the mountains to the east, and when our garden needs to drink sufficient quantities to flourish in the year to come. Soaking rain is what we need. Bone-chilling dark days. Yet I cannot be sorry for the sunshine we are experiencing and for the optimistic African daisies that sparkle in the light. This is their best time of year, when the rest of the garden is mostly dormant, hunkered down for better days. The daisies burst on the scene when we are (usually) stuck inside.
What should we make of this spate of sunshine? Should we worry that the drought is getting worse? Maybe. But today I’m going to celebrate the end of 2020, thank goodness, and enjoy the sun-kissed daisies that have arrived.
Happy new year, my friends.