What I Bought at the Market

Today I ran my usual Saturday morning errands: farmers' market, Trader Joe's and the library. Even with chatting online and having breakfast, I got an early start. I was out of the house by 9:30.

My first stop was the bakery stand where I bought a whole wheat sourdough boulet. Then I bought a couple baskets of organic strawberries. Very tasty. Then I picked up a few white nectarines. I got them quite firm so it'll be a couple days til they're ready for snacking.

While I was filling a bag of organic baby arugula, baby spinach and baby sweet lettuces, the entertainer of the day, a male singer/harmonica & guitar player, was singing a song about being an orphan child and how he'll get to see all his relatives in heaven. It was rather depressing and really just a chance to sing "brother, father, mother, sister" over and over again. (Sorry if you know and love this song)

Next was a search for garlic. It's not in season yet but I'd rather buy it at the FM than a grocery store. I finally found one guy from Half Moon Bay who had some, so I bought a head. I had spotted some amazing flowers and had some cash left so I went over and picked out two bundles of dahlias: one a deep red and the other a deep pink. So pretty.

So with those things purchased I headed over to TJs to fill out my weekly needs: milk, beans, stock, yogurt, bananas, etc. There was a little one in line at the check-out who was very excited about her yellow balloon. I didn't have anything nearly so special in my own cart.

The library opens at 10 which is why I wasn't on the road any earlier this morning as I was up at 8. I arrived at 10:20, dropped off my returning books, picked up my holds and perused the new books shelf for any interesting titles. I quickly moved on though. I have enough unread books here at home.