For Everything There is a Season!

Today's Blog is inspired by the words..."For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven"...Ecclesiastes 3:1!
Throughout most of our lives, we tend to miss the big picture of our living. We dwell too much on the details and too little on the 'seasons'. So, you ask, what does this have to do with growing grapes and making beautiful wines? Well, as I have a tendency to do, I will draw the connection, but in an unexpected way.
Most of us work and live in cities. We have lost our connection with the earth beneath our feet. Asphalt and concrete has replaced the 'fields of waving grains'. The rich black earth on our hands has, long ago, been washed away. We take for granted our bounty and forget our praise. Yet, those that still till the earth and tend the crops have not wavered. The farmer and the herder are still bound to the 'seasons'. We, at Bunker Hill Vineyard and Winery, are deeply tied to the earth.

 In the "Spring", we watch the green buds of the vines reappear throughout the vineyard. These buds of green become more lush as the Spring fades into "Summer". As the heat of Summer cools into "Fall", the grape leaves become golden and the ripe grapes become harvest. When the Fall days become "Winter" the golden leaves fall away and life becomes silent. These, my friends, are the cycles and Seasons of all life on earth.
Our lives parallel these 'seasons'. When we are born, it is our Spring. When we reach our youth, it is our Summer. When we become old, it is our Fall. When we die, we have reached our Winter.
The grape harvest of 'our' lives depends upon the good deeds that we have done and the love that we have shared.
As with the grapevine, until we reach our Winter, it is never too late to increase our harvest!

'Salute and Happy Days'