Another easy Saturday...

Woke up too late for yard sales this morning. So went for coffee and then off to the Palafox Market for a cool morning stroll. Mostly I just wanted to take some pictures.

Got home. Downloaded the pictures to my computer. Edited them in Lightroom. Then did some fancy folder moving in Lightroom. Lost the folder. Completely. So I started the process all over again. Download...edit...etc. This time I paid better attention and didn't lose one! I LOVE Lightroom, but sometimes it can be very confusing. The thing that I love most about it is also the thing I hate most when I mess up.

Live by the sword. Die by the sword.

The Farmers Market...and another pelican

Went to the Farmers Market this morning. Unusually warm I think...but nice. The market is growing and growing. Love it. Then ran a few errands and I remembered a "Pelican in Paradise" that I have been meaning to photograph. It was on my way, so I stopped there, also.

But, we'll start with our tree. I'm in love with it this year. We finally got a new one. Our last one was over 10 years old! This one is 9' tall, and a little more narrow than our old one. Fuller. This picture was actually the first shot with my new lens I bought. I was testing it last night.

The true harvest of my life is intangible...

Autumn. We don't get much of it in Florida. But, none the less, you can still feel it in the air.

There are small signs. The proliferation of monarch butterflies making their journey to their promised land. My river birch beside our front porch...the leaves are starting to dry and become golden. The squirrel party every afternoon as they gather acorns dropping from our oak tree in the front yard.

All signs of autumn.

"The true harvest of my life is intangible - a little star dust caught, a portion of the rainbow I have clutched."
¸.•*´¨`♥ Henry David Thoreau

Market Morning

I wanted to talk with one of the vendors at the market about flowers. So I took my camera and did a short walk. It was wonderful. The market has grown so much this year. I'm so happy to see that.

"I am so perfect so divine so ethereal so surreal I cannot be comprehended except by my permission..."
¸.•*´¨`♥ Nikki Giovanni

A rainy Saturday morning

I wanted to go to the farmers market this morning and just mosey around taking pictures. It was relaxing and fun while it lasted. Sorta centered me. Just taking pictures because I love it.

Then the heavens opened up and dumped all of the rain it just couldn't hold any longer. I was completely on the other end of the market from my car. So I quickly asked a vendor for a plastic bag to protect my camera, and I made my way back to the car. In a leisurely, wet, fashion. By the time I got in the car, I was dripping wet. From head to toe.

And completely refreshed...

I stopped by Darlene's Garden and chatted with Darlene. This was one of Darlene's flowers. Smells soooooooo fragrant!!! I can't wait to get one in my yard.

"After he was quiet a long time, words began to come to him in dreams & told him their secret names..."
¸.•*´¨`♥ StoryPeople

A Saturday Morning at the Farmers Market

Another Saturday a few weeks ago at the farmers market. The weather was warm. Making it especially nice to linger. So I did.

And this Saturday there was something else that made me want to linger a little longer. A three woman string band. The music was soft and almost mystical. There were soft notes riding the sunlight on a breeze through the trees. Sweet.

"After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music."
¸.•*´¨`♥ Aldous Huxley, Music at Night and Other Essays

Palafox Market...2

Sometimes the flowers are beyond description. Glowing with color.

So. Take a stroll with me and enjoy the market.

"The sunflower is mine, in a way."
¸.•*´¨`♥ Vincent van Gogh

Palafox Market...1

This little farmers market is really blossoming! Each time I go there are more people, more booths. More fun. Obviously, from my first photo, some of them were taken on Mother's Day. I so loved the little chair with all the pink flowers.

Pensacola's farmers market

Farmers markets in Pensacola. Sweet places to be.

"The great drawback in new books is that they prevent our reading the old ones."
¸.•*´¨`♥ Joseph Joubert

The world is quiet here

The Palafox Market is a sweet little Saturday morning getaway. While it is not as active as my beloved farmers market in St. Augustine, it seems to be gaining steam each week.

"The world is quiet here."
¸.•*´¨`♥ Lemony Snicket

Antique Car Show

One Saturday morning in early June, I was minding my own business, and doing my Saturday morning thing. Fix a cup of coffee, head out for yard sales and stop by the Palafox Market. When I arrived at the market there was an added surprise. An antique car show. I ended up spending more time admiring and photographing the cars than actually shopping the market!

"Now I'm walkin' in the moonlight, Seein' nothin' but the taillights"
¸.•*´¨`♥ Clint Black ~ Nothin’ But The Taillights

A bit of joy

With what is happening in the Gulf, it is hard for me to find joy. But somehow my photos show me there is still beauty. This post is centered around all the beauty found at the Palafox Market. So do as I do. Let the images transport you.

"...rushing towards summer in a frenzy of exuberance."
¸.•*´¨`♥ Joanne Harris (The Lollipop Shoes)

Oh...sweet Saturday mornings {Part 1 of 3}

I thought leaving the Auggie would leave me high and dry when it comes to farmers' markets. But, NO!! P'Cola is the host to not only one, but two farmers' markets!!! One on Wednesday evening (which I already have posted pictures about) and one on Saturday mornings! The Palafox Market. Sweet.

The painter painting from a photo



Pink ribbon fudge ...honest!!



The market shoppers Reminds me so much of my St. Augustine market...


On the way to the market I saw this beautiful steeple downtown. I don't know the name of the church, but I'm sure I eventually will.

"I like the silence of a church, before the service begins better than any preaching." ¸.•*´¨`♥ Ralph Waldo Emerson


"We can do no great things, only small things with great love." ¸.•*´¨`♥ Mother Teresa


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Oh...sweet Saturday mornings {Part 2 of 3}

"Before I start painting I have a slightly ambiguous feeling: happiness is a special excitement because unhappiness is always possible a moment later." ¸.•*´¨`♥ Francis Bacon



“There may be a great fire in our soul, yet no one ever comes to warm himself at it, and the passers-by see only a wisp of smoke.” ¸.•*´¨`♥ Vincent van Gogh



“Summer is a promissory note signed in June, its long days spent and gone before you know it, and due to be repaid next January.” ¸.•*´¨`♥ Hal Borland



"making a thing of beauty without too much thought about what it means" ¸.•*´¨`♥ StoryPeople


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Oh...sweet Saturday mornings {Part 3 of 3}

"We are shaped and fashioned by what we love." ¸.•*´¨`♥ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe



"With every mistake we must surely be learning...Still my guitar gently weeps " ¸.•*´¨`♥ The Beatles



“You shall have joy, or you shall have power, said God; you shall not have both” ¸.•*´¨`♥ Ralph Waldo Emerson



“Bounty always receives part of its value from the manner in which it is bestowed.” ¸.•*´¨`♥ Samuel Johnson