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the earth rocks!!

This weekend I took a trip up to the happy valley in what is known as western Massachusetts (though it’s actually more like the middle of the state if you look at a map) and was lucky enough to catch the first Saturday of the Amherst Farmer’s Market. It’s still a bit early for the produce to be super varied, but spirits were high and people were out in force celebrating Earth Day 2010. There were booths about composting and rainwater collection, as well as the first bounty from this season’s harvest.

It actually inspired me to enter the above photo in CafePress and  iVillage’s “Why I want to save the Earth” photo contest. Not that I think this picture is all that, but this is a conversation that I very much want to be a part of. Those hippies up in that neck of the woods really have their fingers on the pulse of something that even my cynical urban self has to admit is vital to our survival on this planet. And now that I am a mother, I am even more invested in the future of our planet. The contest goes through the end of the month, so there is still time if any of you are inspired. Click here to learn more.

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We also went to a farm and saw two week old baby goats learning to walk, made garlands out of dandelions, ate tofu (yep, that’s right) and went to the Botanic Garden at Smith College, something you all muct check out if you are ever in that area. It makes me want to entirely rethink our own garden… look at how great it looks, even in the rain. Maybe in my next life…

A beautiful weekend was had by all. I can even understasnd why my friends left the city to live up here. Not that I’m following them, but…

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