farmers' market thursday meets nature sketches

How many noreasterners does it take to help me parallel park my Sienna at the farmers' market?

the atmosphere is GREAT!   It's just some good, local, carefree fun!  

Parking's an issue.  There's really no official parking lot, since it's held on a blocked off street area of our historic district.  This translates too......I went, KNOWING I was going to have to figure out how to parallel park....our Sienna!  I failed my driver's test the first time, because I failed the parallel parking portion.  My parents got smart and had me retake the test using a small vehicle.  Happy to report that I am NOT driving illegally, I did indeed pass:)  However, today, I was attempting to parallel park (as mentioned, my first time ever with the Sienna....by the way, Toyota Siennas are on the LONG side).  I was doing fine, but unfortunately was partly on the sidewalk (no curb) as I was about to straighten her out.  But then some people came, so I had to move to get out of their way:)  (they have the right of way, you know...on side walks....I'm pretty certain it's not within my legal right to drive on the sidewalk:).  But then, they turned out to be polite northeasterner retirees, who decided to help me (really, I was doing ok on my own, this actually wound up taking a LONG time...because all FOUR of them decided to help...I appreciate the gesture, and after they were out of sight, I moved the Sienna to the position I wanted...you know, where I could get out easily and not be trapped in a tight spot:)  I'm sure it was comical for them, and that's all that matters :D

Then we arrived, not haven eaten lunch.....which means the girls were HUNGRY.....and although there are food vendors, there aren't a lot of vegetarian options (which sounds kind of lame, as we could have elected to have fresh produce for lunch, right?!)....and we made the mistake of getting mac and cheese, and dried out cornbread.  Fairy Girl didn't finish hers...(it was kind of gross, and old, and fattening, and ick). 

We did have a nice time; especially after we found a shady spot....shade is a beautiful resource in the south you know:)

We then meandered down to the river, hoping to see some dolphins.  Not today.  Thankfully it was high tide, because the effort to walk back UP the floating dock during low tide, just might have pushed me over the edge following that mac and cheese:)

Somehow I just managed to drop $50 at our farmers' market, and the ONLY produce we went home with was $3 worth of organic tomatoes.  That's kind of sad, considering it's a Farmers' market and all :(
A friend asked me to explain how that was even possible.  Here's the explanation:
purchased three servings of old, gross , fattening Mac and cheese plus one dry corn bread for $16 total .... Then we got three fresh squeezed lemonades for $12 (they were quite good!) three icecreams, and a loaf of sprouted rosemary garlic bread and fresh tomatoes for dinner;)  

I Sherry, do hereby solemnly swear, that from here on out, I ONLY buy produce,  or sprouted bread...healthy home-made or home-grown treats.....and NO more gross, icky, fattening, coldish mac and cheese and dried corn bread.
 
hopefully dinner makes up for lunch a little bit:)   Doesn't this look delish?????
Spinach, kale, arugula, bell peppers, tomato, cucumber, Vidalia onions, black olives and chickpea salad .... with a side of sprouted rosemary garlic bread

scenes from the Farmers' Market last night

oh, and when we walked down to the river, we were gifted the joy of watching a dolphin swim in the glow of the water from the setting sun....WOW (look closely in the last photo, you might see her)! 


  


welcome to the south:)




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There's a New Farmer's Market in Town!

Join us every Wednesday at the Shelter Cove Park Farmers Market on 39 Shelter Cove Ln, Hilton Head Island, SC, 29928. In its first year, the market features 41 vendors selling local farm-fresh produce, art work, sweets, baked goods and other specialty foods, as well as seven prepared food vendors for those looking to grab lunch.

The Shelter Cove Park Farmers Market will be held every Wednesday from May 1 to October 30 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The park is an outdoor “living room,” having a wonderful area with plenty of picnic tables to share. Shelter Cove Community Park is located at 39 Shelter Cove Ln, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, 29928.

Summer is truly here with the opening of the vibrant Shelter Cove Park Farmers Markets bring local farmers, crafter and vendors together to sell our region’s bounty to tourists, residents and workers. For more information please call (843)681-7273, email info@islandreccenter.org or visit the website at www.islandreccenter.org.

This Week's Happenings....

 Bambie looking to ride the bronco?

Bambie looking guilty after getting caught mowing our front lawn.

We've had MANY Bambie sitings in our yard lately....our pumpkins are gone, our sunflowers are gone, our July supply of tomatoes is gone.  But we got smart, there is now a fence around our backyard (pumpkins were in the front, sunflowers on the side) vegetable garden.  Take that Bambie!

The girls have decided to enter a contest that they found in The American Girl Magazine.  Do they have American Girls...no (they have very adorable similar dolls from Target, that only cost $30 each (shhhhhh, don't tell the judges:)  The contest is to design a birthday cake!  They mailed their cake artwork with info, and their photographs all the way to beautiful exotic Wisconsin:)  (as the company is headquartered near Madison). 

 

 We FINALLY hit the Friday morning farmer's market on Hilton Head.; located at Coastal Discovery Museum and Honey Horn (home of our beloved butterfly house, which we also visited).

I've decided that it would be fun to set up a booth at some point and start selling my Dragonfly Inspirations Bracelet Creations, and some other fun home-made goodies we have in the works.  It's only $25 (a week) to have a space...we could just start with once a month, and have some fun!  Time to start working on some beachy-coastal theme, as that's the stuff that would sell on Hilton Head:)  I'm going to become my very own tourist trap,  ha ha:D  I just think this would be a fun little social business for the family....we love the atmosphere of this particular Farmer's Market...it is so peaceful and beautiful!  Next project, I will start working on designing and having a banner created.  Stay tuned......

 Little Miss Angel purchased a garden stone kit for her daddy's garden as a Father's Day gift to him.  Below is her beautiful finished art!!

 Remember our front porch project?  Here  it is so far, so glad our porch is no longer all nakie nakie.

 And finally, our weekly beach shots!  Ok, Ok, I confess, we actually haven't made it to the beach this week....can you believe that?  But this works too:)  And aren't you just digging those groovy flipflops!  

Peace out!