What the hail?

 I've been away awhile, mostly deeply marveling at the weather and figuring out what to do with a bumper crop of blueberries (the latter being a nice problem to have, the former, not so much...)

the hail storm last week was quite an event resulting in severely torn leaves throughout the garden.  The hostas, which are all about the leaves, were especially hard hit and we have ample blueberries with little dents in them from the hail.  Fortunately, they are mostly still edible.  Blueberry tart, anyone???

I'm going to try to get back in the blog swing, but first a quick story.  My younger daughter who gets around in a wheelchair was in White Park in Concord with her wonderful aide yesterday.  While sitting on a bench enjoying watching several duck families, she noticed that someone had plunged into the pond and was swimming towards them.  The young man in question was holding a bunch of flowers.  He emerged from the pond and presented the flowers to Elena.  When he was joined by a couple of his friends, Elena and Amy were serenaded with songs and handshakes all around.  Turns out they were from "Chaos and Kindness" a project of the rock band "Recycled Percussion."  Apparently they are a NH based group that has its own TV show.  Who knew?  I didn't, but Amy did and she was quite awestruck and Elena was all smiles! From their website:   Chaos & Kindness is an innovative brand and movement. We believe it is powerful when Chaos & Kindness come together. Our products have positive messages and are high quality. Our experiences are creative and fun!  A percentage of all of our sales always goes toward making the world a kinder place.

Amen to that!!