ditch digging

Ditch behind my house (actually the sauna building) has been recently invaded by eager water plants. Yesterday one of my old neighbours was cutting plants on the other side of ditch. We had a small talk, the water had occassionally risen near his house (probably threatening his basement) and he was now doing some clearing in order to prevent possible flooding.

I promised to clear the ditch from my side (I'm sharing it with an other old couple who don't actually live there and visit that side only once a year). So I took care of my duty and cleared the ditch. Muddy work, but somehow very rewarding, the universal currents were in the right place.:)

This little event made me think again that I have always felt that I really prefer to live on the far edge side of the modern society. My now retired father worked over thirty years in practical agricultural work. For first six years of my life (before the school years) I had a chance to be part of that world. And his father (my grandfather) was a farmer. So, I think this lineage has always somehow affected within me and I've always felt strong belonging to this chain. Now I'm happily taking care of my garden and house, but I feel that there's something missing. I'd still like to live more of the land and take care of it. Would I become a farmer someday, why not?