We had a beautiful Thanksgiving weekend - I hope you did too! The weather was perfect for welcoming the cozy, nesting spirit of autumn and Saturday's Market was spectacular - bright and crisp and busy with anticipatory energy. I would have loved to see every Thanksgiving table decorated and laden with our farmers organically grown vegetables and gourds and flowers!
I don't have any pictures of the Market's harvest bounty, but I will lift this image of Green Tomatoes from Jen's blog, Forward Thinking Foods. Jen is preserver extraordinaire, growing and harvesting her staggering selection of organic fruit and veg and herbs and turning them into mouthwatering preserves. Though the Moss Street Market goes right to the end of October this year, last Saturday was Jen's last for this season - she has to get ready for Holiday markets! For Thanksgiving hostess gifts, I picked up Jen's Cranberry Kiss Marmalade, Hot Spicy Thai Jelly with Corriander, and a huge jar of Wicked Dilly Beans. Salivating yet?
I chose to have this Thanksgiving weekend be a bit of a break from the computer and administrative work, and it was delightful. With all of my lower-Vancouver Island neighbours, our Sunday evening Thanksgiving meal was illuminated by candlelight, a gentle reinforcement of my decision to be unplugged, and a reminder to take things slow and light, making time for family and friends and giving thanks. And potatoes, lots of potatoes.
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