ONE GOOD SATURDAY

  

Early in the morning

a little more on the Cardinal panel.

  Detail is emerging.

Then, despite the heat--a trip to market

for plants and organic vegetables.

Registration for Voting in full swing

with valiant volunteers out working.

A  b-e-a-u-t-i-f-u-l woman appeared

her smile brighter than the sunlight

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More about her later on.

A weary plant seller, so overwhelmed he was announcing

"Free Plants-Donations Excepted",

just so he could get gas money to get home, plus purchase more for the next week.

Half of them were wilting but viable...so I gave him $20 and got much more than than that amount usually buys....by then he was attracting a crowd, so I stayed on helping folks pick good plants, answering their questions about what each plant needs to thrive and encouraging people to donate.

He was very happy and thanked me.
It was so pleasurable for me, I thanked him!

At another stand,

a two day old pig was the draw.

He, I was told when I asked, had run away from his mom, and she wouldn't accept him back, so the family was keeping him close in order to hand feed him  continuously to give him a chance at life.

I got some nice eggs there.

Further on, I purchased white turnips with their greens, and some lovely green peppers that are sweet when sauteed with just a bit of salt and oil, and a big bunch of basil for pesto, which I make with sunflower seeds olive oil, and garlic.

I stopped in at Catskill Merino Sheep Farm

to admire the hand dyed yarns

Luscious colors

Home slowly,

stopping by Irving Place for a coffee,

 Then up my three flights to stash perishables, pick up my portable radio so I could listen to 'Prairie Home Companion' while I worked...back out, and around the corner to the garden.  One of the woad plants is budding-Yay!

I dug in everything I'd bought

 (an orange hollyhock the prize piece of the day),

over watered all the new plants, plus all the pots 

(6-8 PM),  then hooked up the underground hoses to let the water drip in slow for another two hours, while I went back home for a hot bath and light supper. A gorgeous golden sunset greeted me (picture on the picture blog)  At 10:30 one more trip to turn the water off, and now to bed in clean sheets, while outside the thunder has just announced the promised storm is arriving as predicted to bring change for the better.  

Happiness is like this
--a flurry of activity, a sudden storm, and there it is--

a tiny Buddha!

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