La Bella Vita

I shined up my ring for the occasion. When you take a thought slash idea into the world of action it is, as it turns out, a very big deal. 

This day was made for making the rounds - first to the County Recorder's Office (for a fictitious business license), then to the Planning and Public Works Department (for a Business license), and finally to the bank to open a business account.

We talked it up and wrote it down, gave away samples and that is how CityFolk Farmers was put on the map. I want to be consumed by the newness of it, the excited promise and hopefulness of looking ahead. There's a baby in the family again, something to nurture and grow.

I know it will stretch us farther and work us harder than we thought possible, but not today. Today we are honeymooning with License 2013501, with dogs at our feet, ripe figs on the tree, a garden of green things, and olives on the table from our very first harvest.

We are also just days from the first anniversary of closing escrow and getting the keys. Life was full of so many dreams and plans, and concerns, too, about what lay ahead. Looking back, what I see now is that we couldn't imagine how good it would be.

Year 1, down.