Today is the kind of day that makes you want to stay in bed, or on the couch, or just generally stay inside all day. I woke up to gloomy skies and hard rains and thought to myself – “Well, there goes a nice walk to the Farmer’s Market!” Luckily, the rain eased up around 10:30am, so I dusted off these beauties and hit the pavement…

Here in Worcester, we’re lucky enough to live just a five minute walk from a Farmer’s Market that happens three days a week. Unfortunately, it only runs during the day on weekdays, so once I transition back out of unemployment (soon, please!) it will be less convenient. In the meantime, however, it’s a nice diversion from the otherwise less exciting task of job-searching.

So…off I went with one of our new, pretty produce bags, courtesy of our friend Linds! Mother Made is a program of the Episcopal Community Services of Maryland and they make reusable produce and shopping bags in Baltimore City. The program hires low-income mothers/women and teaches them job training skills and promotes their financial independence. Right. Up. Our. Alley.

So what goodies came home in this little bag? Some freshly rained-upon local produce, including, an onion, two tomatoes, a red pepper, green pepper, peach, yellow squash, eggplant, and some honey (for my morning coffee addiction routine).

Off to menu plan for tonight’s Farmer’s Market meal!