After a two week hiatus I was back at the market today. I missed my farmers market family and evidently they missed me too. As I unpacked the car for set up, I received some cheers and claps of joy from my fellow vendors. Cheers and claps of joy! Pretty amazing. I have often extolled the power of a cookie, but this is ridiculous. My buddies love their sweet treats.
Donna Marie from Donna Marie's Peppers, my next door market neighbor, was at her harassing best...teasing me that she wished I had stayed away so she would not have to eat all my samples. Trish, Benito and their kids, Benito and Manual, from Trish's Orchids, were my first customers as usual. They make me smile every time they stop by.
The market was not over the top busy, but we enjoyed steady traffic. The Easter Sugar Cookies I decorated late last night were a big hit. I am not a huge fan of most sugar cookies, but this recipe is pretty darn good...a delicate butter cookie, topped with a subtle lemon glaze and sprinkled with sugar. Delicate is the key word here. They are extremely fragile and one by one they lost appendages. I was so frustrated. And then I had a moment of brilliance...I would gather up all the broken pieces parts, bag them and sell them at a discount as a Bag of Broken Hearts. It worked! In no time every last broken heart had disappeared.
This weekend's market was also the debut of another one of my experiments...the bag of 6 "mini" Heartsong Cookies. I called them Many, Mini Hugs and every last one was gone at markets end. Speaking of markets end...that is when the fun began. I had baked extra cookies this week and joyfully was able to slip into my role of choice, that of Cookie Fairy. I flitted around from booth to booth passing out goodies. In return a bag of lettuce, four tomatoes, a mini rose bush and a sweet smelling orchid magically appeared at my booth. Did I mention, I love my farmers' market family?! Once again I was reminded of the power of a cookie, but most of all...the power of good. These are good people and I am one lucky girl. Cheers and claps right back at all of you.
Many hugs,
Kathy
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