The snow showers continued, the wind picked up, and everything outdoors seemed rather fragile.
Rushing past one stall, then another, I noted the concentration of root vegetables and the absence of such things as flowers and fruits and things that spoke of summer. Sigh…
So, a good soul would go up to each farmer, hand over a gift and say thank you. Because there were such tough days -- of bugs and heat and lately, of cold snow showers.
I didn’t do that. I stuffed onions and beets and celeriac into the basket and hurried home.
But here’s a quick wave to you. Hats off for a job well done. That is, my hat off to you. You keep your wool caps on. Until spring. See you then.
You rock. All of you.
And hats off to you loyal customers, who showed up and bought, and also donated to the Market's "Squash Hunger" drive in serious numbers for such cold weather. FYI, quite a few of these vendors will be at the downtown winter market starting next week at Monona Terrace, but most likely hatless inside the FL Wright convention center.
ReplyDeleteBarry, for the Westside Community Market, & thanks, Nina, for the loyal Market photo-blogging.
oh I was thinking of your market closing .. I remember last year when you talked about it closing this time of year.
ReplyDeleteI've started enjoying our market once every couple weeks or so (it's a little bit of a drive), and I always think how nice it is to have. Far better than the grocery store. I really enjoy the freshness of it all and the people.
cheers :)