caught up in the magic of performing

Sugar snap peas, asparagus, and cucumbers were my first purchases at the farmers market on Saturday. She sold them to me. She of the cool hat and winning smile.

Beets were front and center from several vendors.

What's not to like about a pastel palette of eggs? Especially in the morning sun.

It was at about this point that I looked up and saw a most colorful "topper". I want to be someone who throws on such a thing as I head out the door for the market. Gosh it was pretty.

Speaking of pretty, how about those little mini heads of Romaine Lettuce? Peter Rabbit would adore them.

Perhaps my favorite photo of the morning was of these two women. They graciously agreed to a picture and the older woman told me proudly "this is my granddaughter", while the younger woman said, "this is my grandmother from Malaysia". I loved that they were enjoying each other so much.

I had the best time eavesdropping on these 3 as I waited in line at Juice Garden for my protein balls and juice. It was so fun to hear them talk about which juice they liked and why they were getting it, while Thuy patiently went through what the differences in each were.

As soon as I saw these flowers I knew I would be circling back to get them. Ranunculus! The colors and sturdy shape. With just a touch of an herb and a snap dragon to round out the arrangement.

Luckily I was not holding them when I saw him playing his harmonica. I would have dropped them. So delightful was he. Caught up in the magic of performing, in his own little world, doing his best, and looking so cute doing it. He was living his t-shirt motto fully.

Death by chocolate was the cake of the week. Yes. Yes, I did.

I came home with a LOT this week. But with a good plan for what I was going to do with it all. Besides just eat it I mean.

As soon as I unpacked everything, the beets and broccoli were cut up and roasted with a bit of olive oil and a pinch of curry. The kale was chopped up, raisins and celery were added, plus some red pepper that needed to be used up. After the roasting the beets and broccoli were thrown in followed by a few toasted slivered almonds. Dressing of olive oil, apple cider vinegar, honey, garlic, salt, cayenne pepper. Individually portioned into side salad size servings, they are ready to be pulled out of the refrigerator for dinners this week.