On Saturday we took a day trip to Ithaca and Aurora--both on Cayuga Lake. Our first stop was the Ithaca Farm Market. It's one of our very favorite markets. Everything sold there must be locally produced; within 30 miles of Ithaca. Over the years, we've purchased a hand-loomed table runner, jewelry, eggs, honey, flowers, fabulous baked goods and bread, plants for the garden, and fresh fruits and vegetables. It's also a great place for photos, and only being a day late for Sandi's 5 in 5 meme, I took the DSL-R to capture some photos. The first five were taken within the meme's required five minutes. This is a very easy task at the market since booth after booth has beautiful products to photograph.
This stand also sold perennials. I purchased two to add to my cutting garden---an unusually beautiful variety of Black-eyed Susans and two delphiniums.
I've been doing a pretty good job of sticking to my relatively gluten-free and sugar-free diet, but it was really hard to pass by my favorite bakery stand.
I did purchase two blocks of cheese from this vendor who had samples to share. Interestingly, the two I bought were "Goblin" and "Ghost." When I commented on the unusual names, the man told me the cheese is named after particular cows in the herd.
Several of these photos are candidates for the second alternate in the Summer Photography Scavenger Hunt: Fresh Local Produce.
