Friday Farmers Market Report, August 7, 2009

The stone fruits are in and so nummy. Nectarines, peaches, apricots.

The Boy and I picked up a cantaloupe that smells lovely. I have high hopes for this melon. It has a nice, resonant thump.

Speaking of melon, isn't this one scrumptious looking? If you closed your eyes and took a bite, you'd never know it was yellow.

We finally got some rain — after, what? 28? 29? days? — and it did, indeed, "fall like a blessing."

After so long and so much heat (104˚ — ick), the smell of the rain on the pavement was luscious. I could feel my pores opening and my skin relaxing.

After getting dampened at the market, The Boy and I headed uptown a couple blocks and the sidewalks were dry. Huh.

I liked it better in the rain.

Here's a great way to get around downtown. DASH runs a free shuttle every 10-15 minutes from the Capitol campus, down Capitol Way and to the Olympia Farmer's Market.

Did I mention it was free?