Showing posts with label peonies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label peonies. Show all posts
Saturday, May 30, 2009
The Farmer's Market Is Back
Winter in Chicago can drag on forever and ever. . . except that eventually the farmers' markets come to neighborhoods all across the city, chasing winter away.
This is our first visit of the year to the Oak Park farmer's market. The OPFM is a very special market. Good farmers have good produce to sell, but there's also a bluegrass band that plays every market, rain or shine. And there's a group that sells the most amazing freshly made donuts--powdered, plain or cinnamon and the cinnamon are the best hands down. Sometimes, I think the OP crowd can be a little self involved and that translates often to rudeness, but if you can focus on the donuts, the music and the sweet sellers, it's a great way to spend a Saturday morning.



Tuesday, May 5, 2009
ants on my peonies. . . yeah
There are ants on my peonies which seems like very good luck to me. . . because all of the bad connections of ants and peonies are all old wive's tales. This is just a natural symbiotic relationship that should happen with peonies and ants. And if that can happen, even in the city, then all must be right with the world!
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