Cold and Dry Farmer's Market. Windy and Wet Muscatine Run.

We managed to dodge a bullet yesterday with the Rain holding off until after the farmer's market had concluded.   I was very happy about that.  Almost as happy as Cheryl was after selling all but three of her baked treats! Given the size of the crowd, I was amazed as well! It appeared that there were fewer people there this week as compared to last week.   I can't blame them, given the cold, the wind, and the ever present risk of rain. Even several vendors failed to show up!

But a few of them did!  And the ones that showed up were enough for the people to come and grab some Thursday Home-cooked nibbles.  I sampled all three of the Burger grills this time.   Cheryl and I agree that the guy with the home farmed, grass fed, all natural "organic" beef patties was by far, the best burger in town.  The others were good too.   One mixes southwester spices in the beef and grills it crispy around the edges.   The other guy grilled his fresh in front of you and offers the best price and the most condiments.   But the simple burger with catsup and mustard and cheese was the best.  Juicy, filled with flavor!  The burger was the star.

I'm very happy that the rain held off yesterday...AND that we made similar sales to last week.   It was going to be very difficult to deal with all those treats had they not sold.  And, we were not going to gather much information if the event got rained out.   But, it appears that people will brave the elements if they can get their treats and fresh grilled burgers.  We are hoping that the crowds will hang around longer in the summer, possibly buying ALL of our stuff.  ( We sold the majority of our offerings within the first half hour of the show.) 

Today, however,  the rain greeted us first thing.   Cold and rainy mist.   Cheryl decided to run anyway, since this is the perfect temps and conditions for her to run in.  ( 46 degrees at noon!) As for me,  I froze my fingers off  while on the bike.   Riding a bike simply does not keep you warm enough on those rainy days.  

The Muscatine Fountain is up again!

 The main reason to run in Muscatine today was to pick up Cheryl's racing packet for Monday.  Seems odd that they would not offer a Saturday packet pick-up, but there it is.  We drove all the way to Davenport's Fleet Feet to get it.  A bit of a drive, but we managed to fit it in with a Muscatine visit, so it all worked out.  Time to take the rest of the day off and blow some Bubbles in the High Humidity....

It continued to blow, rain, and freeze here in Iowa.  Frost warnings are out from tonight until Sunday morning!   Frost!  And I just planted my Cardinal Creeper a few days ago.  It is just peeking out of the ground in certain places.   I'm not going to mess it it and simply let it do it's thing.   Every time I mess with a plant... in order to SAVE IT, I end up killing it instead.  So it is possibly "better off" taking a chance against the frost than having me help it. 

Hope everyone is staying warm and dry.   Cold and misty days like today make my coffee and tea tast so much better.   I'm enjoying my Mushroom Coffee as I write this.   Fingers crossed I will be able to post this without Blogger throwing me a curve-ball like yesterday.   We shall find out soon enough.  Thanks for stopping in.