Memes, Yoinked

First, something Txanne has been doing for a while now: today's farmers' market haul! Adam and I hit the U District Farmers' Market on a whim, which meant I had neither cash nor bags, but I did have a three-year-old. This not an ideal combination, but everyone was very nice and took my checks, and many of them offered me big paper bags. Adam doesn't quite get that "samples" are not the same as "snacks," but I think we kept our rudeness to a minimum.

Port Madison Farm: a lump of plain chevre and a wedge of spring cheese. (Attention Annie: I think this is the same stuff we got from the meat-and-cheese-lady in Rome - remember, the stuff that looks like Havarti, but with a milder flavor? This was their last one for the year, what with spring being a long while back, and I grabbed it like a crazy person, but keep an eye out.)

Billy's: four peaches (unknown variety; Adam picked them), two wee artichokes, a bunch of basil, a basket of heirloom cherry tomatoes, and a basket of very late, super-sweet strawberries

Toboton Creek Farm: goat meat for stew - I've never tried goat before; I'm very excited.

Appel Farms: squeaky cheese curds (because Adam kept coming back for samples-onna-stick) and quark

Foraged & Found: chanterelles! We loves them, precious!

La Pasta: sage gnocchi, smoked salmon pasta, and a red sauce with cream

Sea Breeze Farm: Pesto, eggs, ricotta saltata, and a pound of Coopworth wool (very dirty)

A lot of people are selling peaches and tomatoes as seconds right now; I may go back next week and try to score some for sauce and jam. I didn't have a free set of hands this time. Plus, they seem to come in the cute wooden fruit crates!

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And, on a totally different note, a quiz from Arguchik:

What American accent do you have? Your Result: The Midland   "You have a Midland accent" is just another way of saying "you don't have an accent." You probably are from the Midland (Pennsylvania, southern Ohio, southern Indiana, southern Illinois, and Missouri) but then for all we know you could be from Florida or Charleston or one of those big southern cities like Atlanta or Dallas. You have a good voice for TV and radio.
The West
Boston
North Central
The Inland North
The South
Philadelphia
The Northeast
What American accent do you have? Quiz Created on GoToQuiz

Apparently I'm in ur quiz, skewing ur statistics.

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And, because it's neat: The Ampersand

Fleece, Finally

Two weekends ago, I went with Jessica to a fleece sale on Whidbey Island. She, being a far more conscientious blogger than I, has already written about it, but here, finally, is my version.

The sale was held in a tiny house, which was overflowing with fiber and those who love it. I was afraid to move to fast, for fear of knocking an entire sheep over. (Those of you who know me in person can attest to the fact that I'm pretty justified in this.)

I didn't get too many shots of the sale itself, and I've decided to spare you my study of The Back of Someone's Head.

A mountain of fluff

The blanket that sold me on the angora

My utter lack of will power in the face of all this is the subject of another post, so let us now leave the tiny Room of Fluff and slosh through the rain to the Barn of Cuteness:


The poor sheepies are cold because I have purchased all of their wool

D'awww

More awww


The cute, it burns!