Belgrade beautiful vegetables

It was nice to spend a warm afternoon wandering through a small market that has lots of vegetables.

The Belgrade farmers market began only a few weeks ago and averages 10 to 12 vendors (there were 11 today), but there is a nice selection of things to buy.

Nonedibles included soap that filled the air with fragrance, hand sewn and crocheted items, and jewelry.

Amaltheia Organic Dairy offered samples of their fabulous goat cheeses.

Freshly grilled steak sandwiches were available, at just the right moment for hungry customers not quite ready to head home.

And, best of all, a beautiful assortment of vegetables. Two farms brought table-loads of produce, but you could also find a few lovely greens lying near cookies and brightening the goat cheese display.

Belgrade Farmers Market

Clarkin Park, front of Lee & Dad’s IGA,

at Jackrabbit Lane and Madison Avenue

August 12 - October 7

Thursday, 4 pm - 7 pm

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Soup Beautiful Soup

The annual soup fundraiser by Friends of the Carnegie Library in Big Timber looks like it was a big success. At least by my standards.

There was a choice of 14 soups.

For $5 you got two bowls of soup, fresh bread, and dessert. I tried the Broccoli Cheddar and the Chicken Noodle soups. Those are homemade noodles, folks. If you werent there, you missed out.

As live piano music by a Big Timber pianist filled the air of the downstairs meeting room, I enjoyed chatting with the gals at my table. At first I was just listening and got confused. I heard snippets of bridge scores, book titles, and references to a museum newsletter. I tried putting these together in my mind and came up with an interesting group to join: one that met in the museum to discuss books as they played bridge.

But then it was explained to me that I was in fact hearing three distinct conversations. Oh well. Maybe Ill start a group of my own. Only instead of playing bridge, well eat cookies.

My mind was on cookies because even after two bowls of soup and a couple of pieces of bread, I was eyeing those homemade cookies in the corner.

If your library doesnt have a soup fundraiser, perhaps you should suggest one.

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