May 6th, photo of the day: West Seattle Farmer’s Market

I don’t want to “leek” a good secret….but this farmer’s market was fantastic!

beautiful leeks

Even though Isaac and I had no need to visit a farmer’s market today, I wanted to go. I found two in the Seattle area, and while I originally wanted to hit both, I knew that one would likely satisfy my needs.

At the West Seattle farmer’s market the shops offer a great selection and variety of veggies, fruits, breads, cheese, meats, and other food-related items. For example, there were several shops that offered rhubarb, which is something I’ve been on the lookout for, during the past few weeks. I saw one place and thought, oh, I’d better get some this is probably the only shop to have it anymore! but then I saw another, and another! It was like Christmas.

I plan on going back next Sunday (or possibly to a different FM on Tuesday…), so I have some rhubarb on hand for the Rhubarb Festival at the Columbia City Farmer’s Market on May 16th. And then I will go back again next month in preparation for Rhubarb Days in Sumner on June 13th and 14th. …I’m hoping the Rhubarb will still be producing by then.

lovely rhubarb

I bought a loaf of  beautiful delicious sourdough bread. I couldn’t resist it, it was calling to me. I bought it from Tall Grass Bakery‘s booth.

Yum! (Note to self: Order that King Arthur book already!)

And a few others:

A couple enjoying the sunshine

Flowers

More flowers

An apartment building enjoying the sunshine

I look forward to checking out other Puget Sound markets in the coming months. If anyone knows of a particularly awesome one (or ones), let me know!

Scavenger Hunt (Easter) Sunday

Happy Easter!

While I’m waking up, and waiting for my little niece and nephew to arrive, I thought I would look through my photos from the last few days and see if I have photos to apply to the Scavenger Hunt prompts!

Here is what I found:

This is a NEW way to dye eggs - wrap them in old ties and boil them in water/vinegar for 20 minutes. Added bonus: your eggs are dyed and hard boiled all at once!

LIFE can be seen in this giant tree that we planted in the backyard when we moved to this house 16 years ago!

My dad's delicious bread produced lots of FRAGRANT smells as it baked.
Also, this photo was taken 2 days ago, and all but half of one of these is gone. ;)

Who can resist a black crow surrounded by all PINK?

It's OBVIOUS that I'm going to take photos of my niece and nephew when I come to visit them!

And there they are, my Scavenger Hunt interpretations of the week!

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