Lunch on the Porch at last!

Saturday I went to the farmer's market. It was a little smaller because the town where the market is held was having their annual street fair. The parking lot where the market is usually located was needed for parking so the farmer's had to display their wares up a small side street that connects said parking lot with the main street where the fair was. Imagine having a table of strawberries and asparagus directly in front of your house! Delightful! I noticed the prices were a little higher. I hope that was just for the day and not a reflection of things to come. Although, gasoline prices being what they are I wouldn't be surprised.

I bought lots of strawberries because we love them, they have a short season (although we've had delicious ones three weeks running), and my oldest child was making a strawberry shortcake (actually a sponge cake with strawberries and homemade whipped cream) to take to work. She is a nurse and had to work but everyone was bringing something so they are having a nice lunch together.

The rest of us are home. Having a quiet day. We're actually sitting on the porch!

And we had lunch (salad, of course) on the porch too. At last. I love to eat outside. Today and all weekend the weather has been just perfect! Salads outside on my porch...it almost makes you forget just how much lettuce is in the bowl!

There is a tiny bird that was evicted from one of the corner pillars on the porch. The contractor and I hung a bird house on the lilac bush just a few feet from the pillar location. The bird was very nervous when the old pillar (with the hole in the top) was removed. But now, it seems, the little bird has taken us residence in the birdhouse. She has a really beautiful song and is very tiny. She sits on the branch next to the porch and sings even while we're sitting just a few feet away. I'm not really sure what kind of bird she is. I always think the birds in my yard are rare and exotic and far away from where they should be...but they turn out to be exactly where they should be. Lots of birds in the yard this year. And lots of nests. Just the other week we watched as three baby robins learned to fly.