MARKET DAYS

HAVE YOU EVER BEEN TO AN OUTDOOR MARKET? THE SEASON IS WINDING DOWN WITH THE COOLER WEATHER BUT MY FAVOURITE TIME TO ATTEND IS IN THE FALL.

OUR WEEKENDS ARE PRETTY BUSY BUT WE ACTUALLY FOUND OUT THERE WAS A MARKET ONLY A FEW BLOCKS FROM OUR HOME! WE HAVE BEEN GENERALLY STEERING CLEAR OF ANY PLACES THAT HAVE LOTS OF FOLKS BUT OUR CITY SEEMS TO REALLY UNDERSTAND THE COVID PROTOCOLS AND THERE WERE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS IN PLACE LIKE SOCIAL DISTANCING MARKERS AND MOST PEOPLE WEARING MASKS.

SO ON THIS BLUSTERY, AUTUMN SUNDAY LATE MORNING WE HEADED OUT TO SEE IF WE COULD SCORE SOME BEAUTIFUL FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES ….AND WE DID!

WE DISCOVERED THE ONLY BOOK TRUCK (IN ALBERTA I THINK SHE SAID?) AND I LEARNED WHAT BRUSSEL SPROUTS ACTUALLY LOOK LIKE WHEN THEY ARE ON ‘THE VINE’. I NEVER KNEW THAT!

IN FACT WE DID NOT FIND ALL THE VEGETABLES AND FRUIT WE WERE HOPING FOR SO WE EVENTUALLY LEFT AND ENDED UP AT YET ANOTHER MARKET, AN INDOOR ONE DOWNTOWN.

HERE WE FOUND THE FRESH LETTUCE WE WANTED , PEACHES, AND THIS PLACE ALSO OFFERED YUMMY DINNER OPTIONS LIKE HOMEMADE GARLIC PASTA AND FRESHLY MADE PESTO SAUCES.

IT FELT GREAT TO SUPPORT LOCAL FARMERS/BUSINESSES TOO . I HIGHLY RECOMMEND A MARKET DAY THIS WEEKEND INSTEAD OF THE MANY BOX STORES ON OFFER. GET SOME EXERCISE, FEEL THE SUN ON YOUR FACE , AND BRING YOUR BAGS! YOU WILL LOVE IT AND BE REWARDED WITH THE TASTIER FOODS !