Catching up from the holiday weekend

I can't believe I haven't posted since June 30th!  One friend/faithful reader emailed to see if we were okay, and I had no good excuses--some days with nothing to post and other days too tired to post!  So now I'm catching up.

This weekend was the annual Flea Market at the Town Hall, sponsored by the Historical Society with all proceeds going to the Heritage Hall Museum here in town.

Part of the draw are all the vendors who pay for a booth to sell their wares, either outside under the pavilion or inside the Town Hall.

Another part are all the "fleas"--donated items from people in town--that are put out for sale on all the tables inside the hall.  At noon on the second day of the Flea Market--today--everything goes on sale for half price.

And a BIG part of what brings people in is the lunch that is served during the sale days--brats, sloppy Joes, coney dogs, potato salad, macaroni salad, all kinds of bars and pie with ice cream--mostly rhubarb or raspberry pies.  Good stuff from good cooks!

Then when it's all done (this afternoon), anything left over gets boxed up for the next "fleas" destination.  And then we start collecting for next year!

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Catching up: Tuesday was CSA Day and here's what came in this week's box:

Fresh Bayfield strawberries, rhubarb, two kinds of Bibb lettuce, Swiss chard, garlic scapes and a jar of apple cider from a Bayfield orchard.  I never knew what a garlic scape was until a couple years ago.  They are the long stringy, sometimes curly, things by the cider jar.  The CSA people included a recipe for hummus made with the scapes, garbanzo beans, olive oil and cilantro--which was also in the box.  I made it and it was pretty good and VERY garlic-y!  Had the strawberries for breakfast.

One last catch-up item was this little guy visiting one morning:

I think he's a cecropia moth but he isn't the most colorful one I've ever seen, especially against that wood planter!

Oh, and I also found a wood tick firmly attached to the back of my knee.  Now I'm on "tick watch" for the dreaded "target" shape that is said to show up around the original bite. Yuck!