Wednesday And Side Dish

Welcome to Wednesday night at Sheepish Annie's!  It's the home of The Wednesday Night Bullet Post and a time when we can just all sit back while we enjoy the random.  Here's what's been going on since last we met:

*I got up bright and early this morning and did the first half of the last workout of the week before the heat 'n humidity hit too hard.

*Aren't I just the diligent little worker bee?  I believe you might even call me virtuous.  

*Then, in an ongoing attempt to pretend that I have really been a healthy sort of person for the first half of my life, I headed out to the local Farmer's Market.

*I'll just give you a minute to recover from that.  I know that it is a little shocking to think of me strolling amongst the vegetable matter...  

*The pickings were slim, if you'll excuse the metaphor.  The midweek version of this affair isn't really all that much of a money-maker for the vendors.  But I'd rather go on a Wednesday and have less from which to choose than go on Saturday when there are fifty million other people there.

*As it was, I had to stand for five minutes waiting to pay for my meager purchases while a rather gaunt looking woman extolled the virtues of her gluten-free, no carb, all-leaves-all-the-time diet.  She said she'd never felt better.

*I had my cell phone out just in case she needed an ambulance.  She did not look well.  Not well at all.

*I didn't get much.  But I found some rather tasty looking 'taters alongside some brand new baby garlic.  There's this one local farm that puts out a mighty fine head 'o garlic.  

*And I'll just bet that they never, ever find themselves infested with vampires.

*The next stop on my Tour Of Virtuous Behavior was the bookstore.  I didn't really need to go to the bookstore.  But they are one of those independent, employee-owned stores and it is always good to support those.

*Did I mention my incredible virtue?  

*Virtue outweighs the fact that we didn't really need anything at the bookstore.  

*Besides, is there really but one definition of 'need?'  The whole concept is really open to interpretation if you ask me.

You do what you have to in order that the local merchants feel the love.

*As it was already fairly toasty in here come dinner time, it didn't seem like it would make a huge difference if I fired up the oven and roasted some garlic, potato and onion for dinner.  Then I sprinkled the whole crusty affair with some fresh herbs.  I finished the it off with a liberal dusting of fresh, grated Parmesan.

*I don't think I will admit to you just how much I wanted to douse the whole thing in ketchup.  That doesn't make me seem like a gourmet or one who is virtuous with the vegetables.

*Although there are some who consider anything made from a vegetable to be a vegetable.  

*The lights just flickered.  We may be having a power issue in the near future.  Thunderstorms can be tricky for the virtuous blogger/vegetable eater.

*I didn't knit much today because of the heat.  But I read a little from the new knitting book and this counts as knitterly behavior.  

*It's the best I can do.  It is still kind of hot up here.

*Obligatory Cute Cat Picture:

*Tomorrow is supposed to be much cooler and maybe I can knit something for you.  Or actually touch wool without sticking to it.

*Photographing the garlic and potatoes was a little tricky.  Kitties can't have garlic.  I needed to distract them.  Fortunately, I also went to The Greenies Store (aka the pet store) today as it's right next to the Farmer's Market.  That took care of the Big, Fluffy Kitty.  But Absurdly Gi-normous Kitties do not like Greenies.  

*This had me stumped for a while.

*But, after seeing my handsome boy's reaction to the freeze dried turkey that the vet gave him, I thought I might be able to come up with something.

*I did.  He really likes these.  The photo shoot was carried out without harm to garlic sniffing kitties as everyone was happily distracted.

*Although there was a minor scuffle over dining territory.  We are still working on the kitty love around here.

Hmm...it seems that the rains have decided to come down in a more aggressive manner.  As much as I am enjoying the drop in temperature, I am not sure that this is the best time to be hanging out on a computer.  Hence, I shall wish you a pleasant Wednesday and remind you all to eat your vegetables.

Don't you want to grow up to be strong and virtuous like Auntie Sheepie?

SA