Diversion

It was such a sunny day today, Lisa and I couldn’t bear to take our kids to their scheduled indoor gymnastics class.  We made a spur of the moment decision, and headed off to Fall City Farms to pick apples.

Apparent apples aren’t in season at this time of year here, but we did find some….      

carrots!

Lisa dug the dirt around the carrots with a shovel to loosen the ground enough for the kids to pull out the little orange guys. (Look at that love and dedication from a mama willing to wield a shovel despite the fact that she is carrying her nice purse, wearing a skirt, and treading around a field in flip-flops)

The carrots were picked.

Then they were escorted to the end of the row to join their friends in the wheel barrow.  (Lisa and I thought ourselves quite clever to prolong the entertainment by having the kids run down the aisle to deposit each carrot individually as it was picked.  Ok, so Katie didn’t buy it, but the other three did…)  

The monkeys and their haul – four pounds of carrots. 

You could smell the sweet scent from the wheelbarrow (I don’t normally think of carrots as even having a smell…), and they tasted wonderful!  (after they were fully washed at home.)

Owen kindly explained that “locally grown food tastes much better than other food.”  Then, “Are these carrots locally grown?”

I stopped at a farm stand on the way home to get some eggs.  Unfortunately they were out of eggs, but these drew my eye.   I bought a half-dozen.  They made me feel so happy that I went back and got some for Lisa and two of my neighbors.