The ant and the grasshopper

We all know the story if not here ya go.

In a field one summer's day a Grasshopper was hopping about, chirping and singing to its heart's content. An Ant walked by, grunting as he carried a plump kernel of corn.
"Where are you off to with that heavy thing?" asked the Grasshopper.
Without stopping, the Ant replied, "To our ant hill. This is the third kernel I've delivered today."
"Why not come and sing with me," said the Grasshopper, "instead of working so hard?" "I am helping to store food for the winter," said the Ant, "and think you should do the same."
"Why bother about winter?" said the Grasshopper; "we have plenty of food right now."
But the Ant went on its way and continued its work.The weather soon turned cold. All the food lying in the field was covered with a thick white blanket of snow that even the grasshopper could not dig through. Soon the Grasshopper found itself dying of hunger.
He staggered to the ants' hill and saw them handing out corn from the stores they had collected in the summer.
Then the Grasshopper knew:
It is best to prepare for the days of necessity.



I relate to this story because it seams these days I am the ant...

I made apricot jam and canned a few jars for pies from the two trees we have.( I did loose almost half the crop to birds.) Then I gathered some wild figs and made another batch of jam. Now I am getting ready to can the peaches that are coming on. When the tomatoes come into full production I plan on canning as many jars as I can because we use a lot of tomatoes.

Most of my summer has been spent working in the garden, building animal pens, or checking the wild trees, and berry bushes for fruit. I keep telling myself the more I do now (food wise) the less I will have to worry come winter.

"It is best to prepare for the days of necessity..."