I love the summer bounty in the NW. It's a time when we eat so incredibly well. So many varieties of fresh fruits and vegetables. And I enjoy going to two different farmer's markets each week. On Wednesdays I hit the smaller market behind the bookstore and get some mid-week fruits & veggies, and enjoy either a brown-sugar shortbread cookie from The Mount Bakery, or a novelty popsicle from the popsicle stand. On Saturdays I like to roam the big market buying more fruits and veggies, and maybe having a bite to eat or a snack before I go to work in the afternoon. It's a nice ritual.
Last week I took my mom & the girls to pick raspberries. We picked 18 pounds. We ate lots of them fresh, but I also made some treats to preserve the majority. I made about 10 jars of raspberry jam, froze a couple of pints of berries, made raspberry salsa, and made a raspberry pie. I look forward to enjoying the jam in the winter when the summer sunshine is only but a memory.
And then there are all the flowers. Flowers from my herb garden. Flowers from my dahlia plants. Flowers from the farmer's market on my desk at work, and on our dining room table at home, and on my nightstand. It really makes for cheery days.
2 comments:
You know I'm all smiles about the flowers. What lovely arrangements. I also love the idea of three generations picking raspberries together. They must have tasted so good!
"Novelty popsicle" belongs in a poem. Speaking of, I miss your poetry and your Mind Junk anthologies!
Lovely! I have a fantasy where I have that many flowers around me. Hopefully someday there will be enough in my garden for me to cut, but that day is a long way off.
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