No doubt you’ve heard the term “Goldilocks Zone” to describe planets that have Earth-like conditions “just right” for hosting life? Yesterday, it struck me we had a Goldilocks Day.
As a Southeast Alaskan, living in the temperate rain forest, I appreciate sunny days, but I also fear them a little. They carry so much responsibility. Their rarity requires that we take full advantage of them; after a long string of such days, that requirement grows exhausting!
Not too sunny, not too wet, but just right! (Photo: Mark A. Zeiger).
Lately, we’ve had either very sunny or very wet weather, with very little in between. Yesterday, we had high overcast and cooler temperatures. It was a breath of fresh air, and perhaps surreptitiously, a sigh of relief.
The day seemed to require nothing of me. It was too warm for a fire, not quite sunny enough to use the sun oven, or drive me to bring extra loads of firewood out of the woods for drying. I felt no urgency to cover wood, plant starts, or tools against rain. Everything was just right.
I felt like I could even slack off a bit. I try to accomplish something every day to justify my existence, but you know, some days one simply wants to dink around. So, for the most part, I did. And it was just right!
