Recognizing a moment of pure luxury

 The garden, the tomato plant - they give. Obviously. I'm a believer! 

Yesterday at  table, enjoying brunch on our sunny comfortable deck - IN Ohio! mid October gorgeous weather - I was able to pick our side dish of vine fresh cherry tomatoes almost at the instant that I thought of serving them. Our amazonesque, indeterminate tomato plants are growing intertwined with the clematis that is covering a man made 'wall' of an old brass elevator door on the South side of our wood deck. I'll try something new and get a photo here, perhaps.  Anyway, ripe tomatoes peeking thru the clematis vine, showing bright red against a massive green foliage backdrop, are sugar sweet and it's a luxury to be able to saunter over and grab a handful to add to the plate. I love so much the little moments of luxury of which this is one. All the senses involved. 

In this photo you can see the overall picture of our deck  and the clematis covered door, right in the center. It's difficult to see the tomatoes but some peek out right at rail height between the bench and the blue shutter. We've been working on making this area a right proper "room" so we can entertain, both ourselves and others, as long as possible in the pandemic. Jake has made a heat directive attachment for our gas heater to make it more directional, less 360 degree. And I repurposed an old sewing tool, a cardboard pattern table that folds up like a screen with a thin reflective "blanket" I had on hand. So we'll see how well we do over the next few weeks with that. 

**Editing and adding closeups of the brass elevator door and the tomatoes!