Following Unexpected Directions
When I saw a couple of pumpkin vines starting to grow next to the parsonage stoop early in the summer, it was no great surprise. Last fall, the squirrels had feasted on the pumpkins sitting on my stoop and, of course, they left behind a seed or two. This one took root under the yew bush. Then one morning recently as I returned with Bella from our morning walk, I spotted something bright orange nestled in the yew branches. On closer inspection I discovered that it was a pumpki