As if spring were a feast

Late February already, and the crocuses push up through the moss and grass, violet and yellow against the brightening green. The birds are all out at once: robins probing the lawn, warblers gossiping in the hedgerows, mallards and mergansers crowding the water, and in the stubbled fields flocks of swans browse, their necks bent like white question marks to the untilled earth.

Skiing last weekend over Lightening Lake I squinted into the cold, trying to read the shape of the land in the flat light. The snow was depthless, the hills on either side dark and close, the sky low. The landscape felt too austere for beauty after the noise and exuberance of our temperate spring. But when the sky opened on a patch of western blue and the low sun lit the clouds’ heavy bellies warm gold, lit the hills and lake, lit my face and chest and the cold fronts of my thighs, I stood still, caught by the light.

Sophie
Owner | Baker

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​THIS WEEK's WEDNESDAY BREAD
Order by Sunday night to pick up Wednesday, Feb 27
Red & White
Mountain Rye
Baker's Choice: Quince & Rye

THE LAST WEDNESDAY BREAD (till April)
Order this week for pickup Wednesday, Mar 6
Red & White
Mountain Rye
Baker's Choice: Black Bread

Order ONLINE and pickup on Wednesdays from:
Downtown: Cafe Velo, 120 Prospect, 9am - 7pm
Fairhaven: Shirlee Bird Cafe, 1200 Harris, 7:30am - 5pm
Birchwood: the front step, 8am - 8pm

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