Musicians from the Monroe Street Fine Arts Center practice under the maple trees on a perfect October morning.

"Politicians don't bring people together. Artists do."

-Mayor Richard Daley of Chicago

 An easy stroll through the market to begin an Indian summer weekend.

 

There's early Halloween mischief if you know where to look for it.

How many colors can a lettuce be...and why?

An entire garden season from Country Bloomers summarized  in the gleaner's wagon

Great design at Dreamfarm

Small People at the Market

This is Charlie, the vegetarian dog, sitting politely in a milk crate on the back of a bicycle.  Charlie's  friend has a garden plot at the Sheboygan Community Garden which is on the far corner of the parking lot opposite the market, and they often stop to say hello.

The market is a good place to practice your new walking skills. 

Most Saturdays, there are a half dozen watchful parents following a little person practicing a best new thing...all systems finally coordinated, out of the trees and across the savannah. So long Knuckle Draggers!  The Walking Ape has arrived.

Multiplicities

Feeling distracted and thoughtful?  Best to use public transportation.

This fellow has modeled a hat for us once before.  (Gift certificate as a reward if you can date the posting of the photo)

She has a plan.....

They'll use this look against each other some day.

Seems like a  honey stick should be easier than this.

"Serenity is contagious."

Wear Your Opinions to Market, part II

"Now we sit through Shakespeare to recognize the quotations" said Oscar Wilde.  447 years after his birth, Shakespeare's mind walks around the farmer's market.  What would he think about that, I wonder.......

...that  is what he would think

New Millennium puns;epigenetic romance

Ale, man, ale's the stuff to drink for fellows whom it hurts to think.
A. E. Housman

 The owner of this shirt recommends that you live stream end of the road radio.  Link here.

Douglas Adams lives!  And in this case you shouldn't panic because......

...feel less anxious now?

The story behind this shirt is here, but we could use a reprint on the idea for many other things.

Wear your favorite message at the market, stop by the information tent for a photo and a chance to win a $5 gift certificate!

People, Big and Small

"The universality of tattooing is a curious subject for speculation" - Captain James Cook - 1779   Too true, Captain Cook.  We are speculating about the message here.

“Never do anything standing that you can do sitting, or anything sitting that you can do lying down.”

 Chinese Proverbs quotes

Think what a better world it would be if we all, the whole world, had cookies and milk about three o'clock every afternoon and then lay down on our blankets for a nap.
Barbara Jordan

"I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me,
And what can be the use of him is more than I can see."  (Robert Louis Stevenson)

(This munchkin followed her shadow all down the market.)

Wonderful face!  Great smile!  These flowers must be for someone special, right?  Nope; they're to decorate a house for sale. (Think about it, ladies.)

All right everyone, line up alphabetically according to your height.
Casey Stengel

 New Millennium little red wagon.  Love the back support; there's a USB port next to the seat belt, too.

Same t-shirts, same smiles, same eyes......brothers and sisters are as close as hands and feet.

Whatever the Weather, again

Another hybrid weather day; we start out wet again.

The world goes up and the world goes down, the sunshine follows the rain; and yesterday's sneer and yesterday's frown can never come over again.

Charles Kingsley

I like reality. It tastes like bread. ~ Jean Anouilh

People are like stained-glass windows.  They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in their true beauty is revealed only if there is light from within.  ~Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

The shoemaker's daughter goes shopping

The puddle might be deeper than you thought.

Some people love a wet day.....

 ...other people are not amused.

Wear Your Opinions to Market part one

Motivational philosophy

A mysterious implication

This t-shirt is twenty years old said the owner.

Don't be shy...tell us what you really think...

 

Movie star

A certain kind of pride

Market glam

Creativity makes a statement too.

These days, the dirt does need a friend.