Whenever I think of going to our local Farmer's Market I think of the children's poem:
To market, to market to buy a fat pig
Home again, home again jigedy jig
Well, we might not have bought a pig -- but, we certainly bought our fair share of the local produce offered.
Our first purchase was a bag of these - - -
I seriously thought of having boiled okra, but then thought - nah -- so, later that day, I just tossed them in a little corn-meal/flour and fried them up.
While Willie Jay was paying for the okra I looked to my left and saw this - -
By the way - notice the shoes under the chair? The 'spinner' was male !
After petting and fondling the yarns, I finally pulled myself away from the yarn and we made our way around the market barn to find a booth selling herbs and bedding plants. She also had a display of handmade cards that were simply beautiful.
In the above picture she is explaining to process of creating your own paper -- Willie Jay was very interested in the process and as we were walking away, he said he just might try his hand at that craft. Perhaps we will have some of our very own handmade paper in the future.
On our way back to the car, we made a stop at the tomato tent -- it was a very busy place.
Tomorrow - more 'market' goodies of the organic variety