Saturday, July 18, 2009

The perfect kind of summer Saturday morning...

for me, anyway. Can y'all believe how pleasant the weather has been lately? I can't remember another July where I have truly wanted to be outdoors...

This morning, as soon as Addison woke up and had her bottle, we loaded the car and went out for breakfast at one of our favorite local places, Henpeck Market. We enjoyed a good country breakfast, and I savored what I consider to be their specialty, a blueberry scone! We chatted with some of the regulars and Addison tried to charm everyone while eating her cereal.
From there, we drove to the Factory in Franklin and gathered some fresh goods--Williamson County homegrown. I've never been much of a Farmer's Market fanatic until this summer, but I've been craving fresh summer squash and zucchini, tomatoes, berries, and herbs and spices, and it feels so much more fun and authentic to purchase them from neighboring vendors. Both my hairstylist and a Bunco friend have booths there, and I like to buy from them. Plus, you never know who you are going to run into!We love getting a good Cup of Joe from the Frisky Berry and meandering through the booths. We strolled through, took inventory, enjoyed our coffee beverages, and then went back to select our purchases. I didn't need many veggies this week thanks to Kelly stocking me up with produce from her garden, so this is what we came away with today: Looks like Blackberry Cobbler is going to be on the menu tonight! We're also trying out some local honey for the first time--Patrick is convinced that the one teaspoon he tried is going to clear up his allergies! HA! Enjoy your beautiful Saturdays.

2 comments:

Tiffany Norris said...

Those fresh fruits and veggies made my mouth water! Meanwhile, after two years of dealing with allergies here, I'm finally (diligently) trying the daily tbsp. of honey. I heard it takes about a year to work, though.

Kimberly said...

I have heard that taking buying local honey helps with allergies. I need to get some for Jack. He never had allergies until we moved to Florence, and I think Henry is going to have allergies as well.