Autumn Days and Markets

It's a perfect fall day in D.C. today.  It's sunny and crisp and the Farmer's market was buzzing this morning.  Last week I was saying how green everything was but this week it's red & brown.  I think that's because I still have greens from last week to eat so I didn't get any today.  The red apples are mountaineer apples and I love them -- they're crisp and sweet and tart.  The yellow apples are Candy Crisp apples and they're very sweet and crisp.  I also got some asian pears -- I don't really love pears but these are also very crisp and sweet and I am excited to eat them.  I found little red peppers today:  I love red peppers and I use them a lot so as long as I can find them at the market, I will buy them.  Do you notice those beautiful, and adorable, cherry tomatoes in the center?  Those were quite a find.  There were only 4 boxes left at this one stand and they were tucked away on the side.  I noticed them while I was standing in line.  There were hothouse tomatoes at the market but they were really of the hard, pink persuasion and I am not a fan of that variety.

We had a little bit of what I think is called Indian Summer in these parts last week.  Well, it actually rained most of the week but Friday it was sunny & warm so we went to Great Falls to celebrate Dudley passing the bar and me finishing all of my papers (until the big guys at the end of the semester).  This is the first year that I've been able to see the leaves change color -- they're so pretty!

Lucy had a fantastic time!