TO MARKET (IN SOMERSET!)
We are really (REALLY!) excited to be doing an extra market this week....stopping by The Market on Main in Somerset. Our friend Jamie (of Sustainable Kentucky) invited us to come as visiting vendors and for Jesse to do a little fermentation demo. So, we will be there tomorrow night on the square downtown, selling our shirts, posters, and books - and Jesse will be making sauerkraut at 5:30. We are really looking forward to it - live music, a dance recital, hamburgers, and old friends - sounds like the perfect start to our August. We would love to see you there!- Hannah.
CALIFORNIA.
The blog has been a bit quiet lately, mostly because I have been in San Francisco this past week for my best friend's wedding, leaving Jesse all alone to man the farm. I feel completely blessed to have been able to fly across the country to visit the lady love of my life, and so thankful for my husband - allowing me to leave at such a busy time of the season! It was a much needed and very unexpected vacation, an amazing time spent with friends old and new. I am headed back to Bugtussle in the morning, eager to see Jesse and Wendell and our new baby chicks that just arrived! So, sorry for all the photos, and we will be back to our regularly scheduled farm posts after this brief Californian interruption.- Hannah.
Early morning flight.
The wedding was held at a Buddhist retreat center among the redwoods. So beautiful.
Sunday in Santa Cruz.
I was really, really excited about fresh avocados.
This happened.
Californian cypress trees.
Learning about coffee at Blue Bottle in Oakland.
Ice cream sandwiches in Berkeley.
These guys at Fisherman's Wharf were the best!
WE LOVE YOU ASHLEY AND FLORIAN! We will see you in Berlin!
LOUISVILLE, CONTINUED.
Many many many months ago, I saw that my favorite Rufus Wainwright was playing a show in Louisville in August and bought tickets the day they went on sale. Last week, Jesse and I were shocked to discover that it was AUGUST somehow....seriously, where did it come from? Luckily, Jesse's mother stepped in and saved the day, watching the farm for us and allowing us to stay a few days in Louisville. We haven't been away from the farm...well, EVER...since we moved here earlier in the year. It was a wonderful treat, a chance to catch up with old friends, listen to some magical music, and eat lots of good food. The trip was mostly full of coffee shops, book stores, Indian food, and maybe even some ice cream. We went to Hillbilly Tea, where we had lunch on our wedding day last December....so delicious. We also saw the movie Beasts of the Southern Wild- suspecting it probably wouldn't make it to the Danville Cinemas 8 anytime soon. It was a BEAUTIFUL film! Basically, we had a great time feeling like "city folks" for a couple days...walking around town, eating brunch, staying out late. But it was quickly back to the farm life for us....chasing down escaped rabbits and harvesting melons and trying to contain the overflowing tomato pile on our kitchen counters. And we wouldn't have it any other way.
