oh! what a merry-go-round week it's been!

i've set up at

two farmer's markets and two mansion shows in less then a week.

a lot of physical work.

and small talk.

a lot of smiles and nodding with customers.

visiting with some pretty amazing people.

seeing how the upscale community due south of us lives.

people standing in line buying $5. loaves of basic bread.

flats of strawberries being wheeled out to cars at $30 a flat.

i said to myself... baby, you're not in kansas anymore!

packed the pick up with my show inventory and drove home.

happily exhausted.

thinking on the drive home, how materialistic the world still is.

oil well's spewing in the gulf.

people buying impulsively.

what recession?

i'm trying to make a buck.

wondering if my apple tree's will produce in the fall.

for canning applesauce.

listening to competitive mommie's talk about their kids academic achievements.

listening to them out talk each other.

they talk loud so everyone can hear.

annoying.

conversation leads to sports. another competitive topic.

staring at my feet and thanking God, that i'm beyond that.

mind slips away for a moment... thinking about my bees and blackberries.

was the oil spill really and accident?

just thinking.

oh, it's nice to live in my world, where there is peace in hanging up laundry

under the apple tree.

AWOL's missing. do they have a plan?

time to cut lettuce for tonight's dinner.

and, think some more.

smile, wink, nod.