First, thank you for continuing to visit my site while I was
taking a physical, mental and spiritual rejuvenation! I so appreciate each and
every one of you, thank you!
The season of the Farmer’s Market! Anxiously anticipating
this week for so long, now I can have fresh vegetables, fruit along with the
fabulous vibrant colors! Managing my fruits and veggies to make sure to have
room for the “fresh” and local produce anxiously anticipated walking and
selecting my treasures. Oh my trainer will be so excited that I am out and
about purchasing color!
Ahhh, already have my chicken ready to grill to add to my
amazing salad with my soon to be purchased veggies and fresh fruit for dessert.
Yum Yum
There are Farmer’s markets all over the area and they are on
different days but yesterday the market was right in my town center, convenient
and a chance to mingle with my neighbors.
Armed with small bills in my pocket to make it easier for
the vendors to make change, sunglasses on, hat on and ready to take my 2 minute
walk outside my complex and select my fresh items! As I walked I was so excited
sensing the fresh taste of the tomatoes, the sweetness of the corn, the bite of
the onion and the delicious and juicy peaches or crunchy apples that would soon
be mine! Walking with purpose I entered the beginning of the market.
What did I find? Well, let me tell you my experience!Hot Sauce was the first vendor – its 87 degrees, I live in a desert though I love hot sauce I have plenty in my pantry, thank you very much!
Jelly- locally made in very small jars its dinner time not breakfast
Bread- gluten free – wonderful but given I am blessed and not gluten intolerant – next
Beer!!!- six variations of beer – nice but I am a wine drinker- red wine – thank you very much
Clothing- two tents of clothing- given I am clutter clearing and purging- No thanks- but nice stuff
Creams- not the moo kind- the spa kind- listened how in LA these are sold in the high end spas for $300 a jar- pulling off my shades I reminded him that he wasn’t in LA and asked: What is the local price. $75.00! I was trying to imagine, given these were natural ingredients how this would fit into my salad- NOT… next????
Peanuts- ah the nut family- I am nuts enough at times and though could be a sprinkle to my salad – not interested
Continuing to walk through the market there are garden
ornaments, OK it would help if I had a garden, if I did I certainly wouldn’t be
walking through what is suppose to be a Farmer’s Market….. Help!!!!!
After numerous more vendors finally at the end of my trail
are two- repeat two stands of produce.Peaches- Yeah so I lovingly went through and picked out my favorites. Yippee
Shallots, carrots (the Mr. Green Jeans type) and Brussels Sprouts- Seriously? Are you kidding me?
Apples- yes ! What? Candied apples dipped in Carmel
or chocolate- peanuts or no peanuts… No
thank you!
Success I did walk away with Peaches for desert!!!
As I walked away I turned around and looked with
disappointed as to what I had just experienced. OK I am always optimistic, so
the bread is gluten free, the clothing may be organic and the creams may be
natural ingredients, peanuts may be healthy, Beer may be from a local micro
brew, jelly is an extra income source for a local family and the hot sauce? The
hot sauce is just plain not in any category in my opinion.
What has happened to our local Farmer’s Markets? Where are
the fresh greens, fruits, vegetables, the color that represents nutritional
healthy living? I am all for the above
items and also for local authors and artists, but PLEASE throw in a few fruits
and vegetables “for Pete’s Sake”…… Walking home I was sad to think that now I
had to have my chicken solo and naked… not a good combination in my opinion. So today I went to the local grocery store and bought all the fruits and veggies that brought color, laughter, nutrition and good tastes into my home. I created my own farmers market!!
Time for me now to go fix my corn, build my salad with all
the goodies and enjoy the colors and delicious savory tastes!!
Perhaps next week the selection will be bigger as the weeks
go on and the growth continues……….
" Time allows for growth of all things that are desired" Cindy Lake
