Scenes like this are memorable.

I am grateful to be able to capture and pass them on to me. I see them almost every day on Bedlam Farm, which is one of the many reasons I want to be here. These scenes comfort and calm me no matter what is happening out there.

I took these photos this morning after getting back from the Cambridge Food Pantry, where Maria and I were stuffing food into backpacks for children whose families need food support.

So many of you right me to thank me for posting photos of the farm where nothing much is happing, but if you watch them for a minute or two, you will find, as I have found, that this is not true. A lot is happening here.

These images are all about peacefulness and warmth, here are two donkeys, inseparable but looking in different directions. Fanny is on the left soaking up the sun – donkeys will only lie down if they feel completely safe – and Lulu, our guard donkey, is always vigilant, on the watch for predators.

The background chorus of songbirds is loud and beautiful; it frames what I see.

I stood and watch this scene, blue skies, and warm and gentle breeze, and our donkeys, as peaceful as they will ever be.

I call these pictures of warmth and peacefulness, things we all need more than ever in our turbulent world.

On the porch, some anemones