Gentle afternoon on the town square

One of the nice things about the small town where we live is the friendly informality of the place. Today was the first of the summer's Farmers' Markets (every week on Thursday, probably through the end of September or so), a delightfully understated event: only about a couple of dozen vendors, mainly fruit and vegetables, but also a few selling things like milk, eggs, baked goods. It's a perfect June afternoon, not too hot, no thunderstorms yet, and it was just lovely to walk around the town square, visiting the vendors, all of whom remember us from last year, and seeing all of our friends and neighbours too.

Of course, the vendors don't remember LOML and me! They all remember Boo and Skibo --- everyone commented on how much both of them had grown, especially Skibo (of course, being younger it shows so much more), and that we no longer had a stroller. Nope, no stroller, we reply, but all this time Skibo was on my shoulders since he wanted to be carried --- and I can handle his weight so much more easily on my shoulders than on my hip.


N.