Supporting our local farmers

Early this year I saw an advertisement in our local paper from a farm where I grew up.  They were advertising that they were participating in a Community Share Program.

For those of you that are not familiar with this (as I was until this year) what it entails is a "subscription" plan for the produce from the farm.  And depending on the level of your subscription you get different amounts of food.

Since there is just Mr. Books and I we went with the smallest plan. . . personal share. . . . and believe me, I think we have gotten a good deal.

Each week, for 20 weeks, we will be able to go to the farm on our designated date and get a basket of food.  At this point we have been in the program for 13 weeks.

Here is what we got in one of the earlier baskets:

There are a LOT of greens there. . . . of course in the beginning of the year that is what came up for harvest.  Our last basket had potatoes, tomatoes, two different type of eggplant, and corn.  The week before we got corn, several types of tomatoes, a cantaloupe and squash.

It has been fun learning how to cook things, like kale and swiss chard, that we have never had before.  And now, after having farm fresh vegetables, it will be hard to go back to the food at the supermarket.  There is such a difference in taste it is amazing!

I think Mr. Books and I will definitely do this farm share program again. . . . . and we wish that we knew about this program before!

In peace and pieces,

Sherry

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New Hampshire 2016 -- part four -- rock climbing and street sights

Mr. Books and I saw signs for "The Basin" not far from where we were staying in Lincoln, NH. . . . and we decided to investigate.

It involved a little bit of rock climbing (not vertical. . . . we are not that crazy, or young!  LOL) but we did have some up and down portions to get to our destination:

I am hoping that you can enlarge this picture to be able to read about this rock formation:

It was a pleasant walk with lots of places to watch water flowing over the rocks in varying degrees of "white water".  Here's a video to give you an idea of what we were hearing:

We also visited Littleton, NH. . . the happiest place. . . and an adorably quaint little town.  We ate at "The Coffee Pot" and ended up talking with several of the locals like we had been there for our entire lives.

Since we like wandering through antique malls and thrift shops we strolled down the main street to see what we could find.

There was this terrific carved bench:

Here's a close-up of one of the heads, with the plaque about the bench:

We also were intrigued by the presence of many pianos on the street corners:

On the top of the covering is this sign:

Anyone, with the ability to play, is encouraged to uncover a piano and play for as long as they like.  When they are done they just recover the piano to protect it from rain and go on their way!

Each of the pianos were painted differently. . . . some more fanciful and some more classic in design, but each of them were wonderful.

While we were strolling around we were lucky enough to hear a couple of different people take a seat and play.  Some were more talented than others but it was so fun to see and hear the music being played.

There is a YouTube channel that you can check out . . . .  just look up Littleton Piano Project to see some players.

And there, behind some shops we found another covered bridge!

Exterior:

Another view:

The interior (and Mr. Books):

There are lots of rocks and water flowing throughout the area. . . . and we had fun exploring them.  Here's some more of what we saw:

We did not walk up to the Rocky Gorge. . .  but perhaps on the next trip we will do it.

But here was some water we saw on the same site:

And that pretty much sums up our adventure in and near Lincoln, NH.  I had hoped that we would have seen some moose, but we did not see any on the tour that we took. . . but again, we can always hope for next time!

In peace and pieces,

Sherry


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