Green

Voici des fruits, des fleurs, des feuilles et des branches

Et puis voici mon coeur qui ne bat que pour vous.

'Green' - Paul Verlaine

This month, the NaBloPoMo theme is Green, and how appropriate that I spent a day cycling through green. The Boyfriend and I spent a lovely summer afternoon riding through Niagara Wine Country, stopping at wineries, huffing and puffing up the Niagara Escarpment, rolling past orchards, admiring lush gardens.

It's a privilege and a luxury to do something like this in a place such as this. We had set aside just a little time for the trip -- only overnight. But one lovely day was all we needed. Even the brisk wind we rode into didn't seem so dreadful, although on the return trip it blew at our backs and I was grateful, considering how many wine bottles loaded down my panniers.

The people serving tourists in Wine Country are all pleasant. Of course, this is essential if you want a hope of someone buying your product. But even the guy picking blackberries off his fence beside our parked car was friendly. He shared a few berries with us, to my delight. All the more charming because it was completely unecessary.

We've settled into a B&B for the night. It's right on the shore of Lake Ontario. Toronto's skyline is visible almost straight across. The sunset was gorgeous, the water calm, the grass and trees are at their greenest moment of the summer, the taste of fine wine is still warm in my mouth. We could have it worse, now, couldn't we?

Here - some fruit, some flowers, some leaves and branches,

And here - my heart which beats for you alone.