Blossoming!

The news last week said that the asteroid that is coming 1.1 million miles distance from Earth is 'a reminder that somewhere out there an asteroid may have our name on it'.  It made me think of silly expressions, such as: "Don't worry if plan A fails, there are 25 more letters in the alphabet." We have arrived at Spring in Niagara.  We had warm weather on Sunday and Monday and the earliest blossoms opened.  Grapes, on the other hand, open with the lengthening days, so won't bloom for a few weeks yet. Our first picture of the blossom trail is shows migrant workers pruning the orchards.  "Migrant Dreams" is a documentary that profiles their plight - wages lower than our minimum wage, lack of health care, and living conditions that can be unsafe.  The circumstances are described in this article. I became aware of this because of the tireless work by Michael Hahn for the migrant workers.  Centred in Beamsville, he started out providing bicycles for transportation and now has expanded to clothing, a doctor's clinic, and other services they have difficulty accessing. A few weeks ago, I was part of the Grimsby Rotary Club's dinner for Niagara area migrants.  They come to Mike Hahn's home base - St. Albans church - on Sunday each week for a church service in Spanish, to visit the doctor in the one-room clinic, and to have a home-cooked meal.  It is very rewarding to be of service for an evening.  It goes a step towards awareness of the issues.  So now everywhere I go, I am so aware of our migrant workers and how many there are. our last two pictures show the row of corkscrew willows in spring sunshine vs fog - what a great demonstration of light creating emotion and story.