Heaven

Like I said in the previous post,

we went to an orchid show in Wolfville.

Wolfville is approximately 2 hours from our

home. 

The show was at the Acadia university and it was 

all orchids from private collections.

I've got several orchids of my own but nothing like 

the ones I saw.

wow

It was hard to get pictures because it was

 packed so there was no way I could get the names of them. 

I would just stick my phone in the crowd, snap and hope for the best. 

They also had a plant sale. No orchids but houseplants. Guess what..

yes, I bought some.

I'm guilty!

Sue me!

But Dave was no better than I was. We divided and conquered. Some of the plants

I wanted were on opposite sides of the table.

So we separated and dove in. 

One of the plants I wanted only had one for sale.

You know what? I'm evil.

A lady almost had her hand on it and her friend distracted

her, so I swooped in and got it. heh heh.

All's fair in love and plant sales.

Have a Blessed Day!

Lisa

Another weakness...

Hmmmm...

Maybe I should just make a series on 

my weaknesses. Kinda like the blueberry danishes

at the coffee shop called the Perky Owl

in Yarmouth. Oh mylanta!

If you ever get the chance, go eat one!

To die for!

That is where I am at the moment.

Dave is in surgery for a hernia so I have all day to kill.

Grocery shopping is done, drugstore run is done and lunch is done.

I can only wander around for so long. The more I wander around the

more I buy unnecessary stuff.

So I actually thought ahead and 

brought my handy dandy mini computer.

Well I digress..

My weakness...

Farmer's markets!

I love them! 

Ok, enough with the !!!exclamation marks!!!

But honestly,

I love farmer's markets.

We were in Wolfville Saturday for an orchid show

(that's another post)

I don't know what it is about markets.

The smell? All those wonderful smells, 

from coffee, to Indian food, fresh bread,

chocolate? I don't think so. Yes, the smells are part of it

but I don't think that's the only thing. 

I think it's a combination of all different things,

smells, colours, the type of people that go

to farmer's markets, the music. It's everything 

all rolled into a heartwarming experience.

The vendors and buyers have all one thing in common,

fresh, quality produce, crafts etc...at reasonable prices.

We also have the "we want to save the planet one reusable bag

at a time." mentality.

The Wolfville farmers market is one of the best ones I've seen.

Well in a small area anyway. 

The large farmers markets like in St. Jacobs or Kitchener, those are 

a different ball of wax.

So I couldn't help but take pictures of the vendors and some products to share with you guys..

The top is a lemon tart and the bottom creation is a blueberry UFO.

One of the french bakeries

We bought oyster and lion's mane mushroom from this kind lady

mushrooms galore

Goat's milk chocolate!

chocolate

No caption needed

This pretty lady is actually Carol, my master gardener professor!
She's a potter and a gardener. Super talented.
Beneath the boughs

Just because they look delicious

Nova Scotia made candles

New scotland candles

Loving the colours but not liking the plastic so much

I got an awesome hand cream from this lovely gal.

sister lotus

What can I say!

So this is a very small part of the Wolfville farmer's market. If you ever get
a chance to drop in you won't regret it. They're open Wednesdays and on
Saturdays. I'm not sure of the hours, but you can find them on Facebook.

Wolfville Farmers market

Do you like to visit farmer's markets?

What do you like about them?

Have a Blessed day

Lisa

Yes, I have a problem...

The first step to recovery is admitting you have a  problem..

I have a problem...

I'm a plant addict.

Or you can do like I do and  the first step to recovery

is just buying more plants!

And that's what I've been doing.

Buying more houseplants!

This gorgeous  Hellebores isn't new.

I've had it for 3 years.

The first year it bloomed a bit

Last year nada...nothing.

This year I thought I'd go in the backyard and check it out.

Well Hello Mama! I was so happy. 

Needless to say  we've had a very mild winter here.

This was taken yesterday, February 1st!

A mild winter is nice (last year was so windy and it killed a lot of plants)

but not so good for tapping trees.

I'm not sure how the tree tapping and sapping

will  go this year.  It's getting closer.

Last year it was mid March. And we actually had a bit of snow.

Here's hoping  that it gets a bit colder and snowier.

I tried making bread for the first time in my life without 

a bread maker.  It came out well and tasted good

but it was a bit dense.  I'm thinking I didn't knead it enough.

I'll try it another time. Because it was actually fun.

My bird feeders have been very busy. Birds, birds and more birds...

till a hawk showed up.  The feeders were very, very quiet for a few days.

Even though we have a very big black cat, he doesn't bother the birds

and they seem to know that. He'll be on the steps all day watching them 

and he'll never attempt to catch one.

But that hawk scared them. Finally they started showing back up today.

Well it's seed time!

I've done my seed order and already one order has shown up.

My favourite places to order are 

Hope Seeds

and 

Annapolis Seeds

Excellent quality heirloom seeds.

Give them a look.

Have a Blessed evening

Lisa