tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670240581789114113.post1660184185356770345..comments2020-08-21T05:45:55.272-04:00Joan Lambert Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03115423496781398997[email protected]Blogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670240581789114113.post-75174197763135726222012-06-27T02:52:55.250-04:002012-06-27T02:52:55.250-04:00Kevin, I think that is one of the most wonderful comments I&#39;ve read on this blog. It does make life great. I look forward to hearing of her adventures in seasonal eating on your blog.<br /><br />YorkshireMom, Yeah! I&#39;m glad to hear that, too. I just spoke with a group last night about taking some of the first steps in learning to eat seasonally in Japan. I&#39;m so excited for them. The routes to explore are endless.Joan Lambert Baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03115423496781398997[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670240581789114113.post-81797880169936399702012-06-26T20:27:34.316-04:002012-06-26T20:27:34.316-04:00That&#39;s the kind eater I wanted to raise, too. Guess I did!YorkshireMomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02630095816421979491[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670240581789114113.post-3500680054621605532012-06-25T07:25:44.799-04:002012-06-25T07:25:44.799-04:00Really is priceless to enjoy the foods in season.<br /><br />Today we took Mona (2.5 y/o) to the strawberry patch and picked fresh berries, eating most of them on the spot. From there we moved onto the mulberry bush where the fruits are just starting to ripen. Mona loved searching for the dark colored ripe ones, pulling them off, and eating them directly. <br /><br />But the pricelessness does not come from the freshness alone - that is only a small part of it. Soon she will learn that this is a once-a-year experience, and one to look forward to and savor each year, just as she has learned not to ask for fuki-no-to (her favorite early spring goodie). Soon it will be watermelon and corn, and then it will be gone. During winter she rarely ate tomatoes (maybe once or twice), but she loves them so I can&#39;t wait until the tomatoes in our area start to ripen. And in the fall she will once again devour the persimmons as much as possible for the one month they are available.<br /><br />I look forward to her being so in-tune with the seasons that she will be able to anticipate what is next, and learn to savor it for its fleeting goodness.<br /><br />This is what makes me think life is great.Kevinhttp://www.bastish.net/blog/[email protected]