15 April 2012

A cotton pickin' bouquet!

Cotton, Charleston Farmer's Market, Marion Square, S.C.
How about this eye-catching bouquet of fresh cotton?! Or maybe some smoked olive olive oil from Max Blackman at Holy Smoke below (it really was smokey)? Fresh asparagus from Fields Farms?

The best thing I did at the Farmer's Market yesterday was enjoy crepes for breakfast with St. Paul, Minnesota blogger Kate Mura and her husband Jim. Kate is a frequent commenter here and it was a real treat to meet them as they traveled up the coast.

Holy Smoke, Smoked Olive Oil

Joseph Fields Farms, Johns Island

Kate & Jim Mura

10 comments:

Rick said...

My mother picked cotton as a kid. She hated it.

Charlestonjoan said...

I can imagine. Hot, buggy. Pretty in a picture - just like snow.

Lowandslow said...

Cotton intrigues me. Can you imagine how difficult it must have been to get all the little seeds out before Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin? it was an inveniton that started a revolution.

That guy's jacket....it will sure get your attention, won't it? :)

S

Marcheline said...

HOLY SMOKE... that fellow in the black jacket with the beard is GORGEOUS!

Laura said...

Aww Max was in my class at James Island High! That's so neat!

Charlestonjoan said...

It did! And it worked - got our attention!

Charlestonjoan said...

And now Max is the smokey olive oil guy. Who would have guessed, eh?

Charlestonjoan said...

Ahem. I noticed. ;)

Kate said...

Joan, What a pleasure it was to meet you! You made us feel welcome and showed us a wonderful part of your city. Thanks also for suggesting that we go to the concert at St. Matthews, which turned out to be one of the highlights of our trip. You're the best!!

We have learned first-hand the true meaning of Southern hospitality! We both want to return to learn more about your beautiful city.

Randy said...

Looks like it was a great day.