Blueberry Pancakes (+ a recipe) On an already warm, lazy late-summer morning, Mama Chipmunk’s grandchildren awoke to the sound of sizzling batter. An hour or so earlier, Mama Chipmunk had remembered her stash of frozen blueberries and decided to make a...
The Family Brunch On one of her morning strolls, Rabbit couldn’t help but hear Crow and her siblings and cousins while they gathered for their once-a-season potluck brunch. For anyone on the ground, it was difficult to miss these occasional treetop parties,...
The Begonias At the edges of each late-summer day — in the cool mornings and the warm evenings — Rabbit liked to wander slowly through the garden. She listened to the crickets and the cicadas, visited with the bumblebees, and — to lend a hint of color to the...
Lemons and Limes The weather had turned so hot that even the bees and the cicadas started taking naps during the day. Crow and her sisters had flown away on an errand that morning and returned in the early afternoon — just after nap time — with string bags...
The Races, part 2 Rabbit operated her tea shop on a pay-what-you-like system, which seemed to work well for everyone, especially since Raccoon donated all of her scones and cupcakes and cookies, and Rabbit herself simply loved sharing her teas and would’ve...
