Saturday market 6/23/18

Another great day at Market. The tuned steeldrum and didgereedoo dudes played unearthly sounding music, to everyone's delight. People came by just to look at and try the instruments. 
The number of kids running around the place is a source of amazement and joy. If not the Happiest Place on Earth, Market is certainly the Happiest Place in Vermont. Almost July. Get out here before Summer ends.

 There is the didgeridoo poking out of the tent-canopy-stage thing.

 Imelda and helper arrange produce and flowers.

 This week's Lady in Blue

 Mother and Child

 That's a 600-700 degree wood fired pizza oven.

 Smiley shirt guy gets a whoopie pie every week.

 Stockwells

 Jack Hinckley and Whirlwinds

Here's Zinnia. Hi Zinnia!

Stockwells playing

Saturday 6/9/18

Wonderful Market day. An increase in number of visitors from last week's Market, due to the annoying cow parade being over. I guess the cows aren't annoying, just the idea that the Market suffers decreased attendance that day.
No such problems today. We had food, drink, music by a dude playing the strangest bagpipey-but-not-really instrument I have ever seen. Music emanating out of it was good. 
Also today was Kids Day, when the little kiddies of the local area set up tables to sell stuff that they make themselves. Here's some pics.

Bagpipe? Also banjo.

Corinne selling great pizza.

Hat of the Week

Kids Day kids

Market town council meeting is open to the public

Excellent job of holding up the big tree. He kind of blends into the trunk

Meghan waits for pizza. Ain't she cute

Thought I'd do a short video of last week's band, from my booth. Check out the dancing kid. He really got into it

Saturday 5/26/18

Massive crowds for Memorial Day. People came from all over to check out Southern Vermont and the Brattleboro Farmers Market. A great band played blue-grassy music on fiddle, guitar and squeezebox. Little kids ran around the place, digging in the sand box. A very active, festive day at Market.  

 Imelda is a peach

 Cute kid walks right by the donuts!

 Red hair of the week

 Making a point-Political? Trump? Bernie?

 Crowd of kiddies gathers to listen to the band

 Eloise and Co rocks the place. Couldn't get there-too busy-so I shot the scene from my booth.

 Naatsha pretty much runs the booth for Varee now

 Smiley Blondie

 Tat of the Week

Wells returns-Just got back from a world surfing tour

Saturday Market 5/5/18 Opening day

Welcome Back To Market! After a long, cold, lonely winter, the Market makes it all worthwhile. We had a gigantic crowd, new vendors, and great weather. 
Dancers did a Maypole celebration. There was a roving group of fiddlers with little kids in tow. Three Morris Dancer groups danced with jingling bells on their legs.
This makes my 27th year at Market. The third generation of Market goers now comes to my booth every week for cookies with their moms and dads and grandparents. Market is my favorite place. 

Looking over the shoulder of Meghan, our intrepid manager, as she regards the sand box on site cleanup day two weeks ago.

Giant crowd opening day.

Roving fiddlers.

And more fiddlers.

Mom trying to get kid to sample kale pesto.

Twins.

Video would not fit on this blog. Click the link below for Morris dancer video.

Morris dancers do their thing

Saturday 9/23/17

Fall is here, but you wouldn't know it from the high temperatures. market has been very warm of late. Next week is predicted to be significantly cooler. come on out for coffee, Fall flowers and apple cider, along with all the vegetables still available.

 Group chat.

 Cute girl in blue dress-very Shirley Temple.

 Drum-thing band.

 Nice family unit.

 How bout some flowers?

 And more

 And more

 And even more

 And Fall leaves, too.

 Meghan chats up drummer dude.

 Mullet dress of the week.

 Pregnant lady of the week.

Cute sisters

Saturday 9/9/17

Don't let anybody fool you . This is Fall. 60s and sunny today. Wood stove weather at night. I predict an early leaf-peeper season. Can't predict mud season yet-not till the freezing of November. Rain, followed by freezing points to blistered dirt roads in the Spring. One particularly bad mud season, my road washed away. The last several Springs have been very light on mud. So it goes.

 Brothers sharing-I Think

 Nice do for the outdoors.

 My smiley friend shows up at Market often-Coffee and a cookie.

 Mom and child.

 Red Hair of the Week.

 Sisters strolling. Get the kid in the back, shuffling leaves. More next week, when they get piled up.

 There's the smile! Nice bear hat.

That's Wendy on the left. I've known her for years.