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Third & Fairfax |
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Sunshine
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since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart 
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Third & Fairfax You can’t go home again, I know this, but still, wrapped in warm-summer scents, memories stream from long ago… The early sixties saw paradise draped around palm trees and cream colored buildings, with green roofs and a sense of welcome in An emerald blue parrot perched politely, eyeing me steadily while scents and sights of exotic orchids, pineapple, kumquats and avacados, huge bananas bunched on their stems, peaches, apples, normal enough oranges sat side by side of the unfamiliar, and nuts with tongue twisting sounds sat flat by flat from around the world ~ Look, they offer sample platters of everything…oh Mom, may I? Turn, and pomegranates stare at you, their inner seeds ruby red jewels, blueberries and plums borrow color from each other, full dates and fresh figs bring thought of camels and wanderers, and all was a garden of wonder. And Sun watched me skip-dance from stall to stall in full pretend bahama-mama skirts. “Meet you at Third and Fairfax,” open to all, where farmers deftly hefted cantaloupe and strawberry flats, green grocers carried in varied and variegated leafy lettuces of green and purple, huge Vidalia onions vied to sweetly scent the air like no other onion can, Herbs and spices blended their sweet, pungent scents, promising long life and you rubbed elbows with all of those visitors, friend and friend alike, voices as subtly exotic as the gifts of food, both common, and unusual, draws one to smile, to anticipate tastes and sensations, and you watch as hands wave over sample choices of asparagus, broccolis, fresh Swiss chard or deeply greened spinach, and round full tomatoes swelled blood-red in the sun. I remember sounds of music, brilliant colors, all those strangely and unfamiliar, deeply satisfying scents and sounds, and warm winds. You can’t go home again, but you can anticipate a welcome in as you await to return to acknowledge perpetual change. I’ll meet you at the Farmers Market. ~*~ [This message has been edited by Sunshine (08-14-2004 07:46 AM).] |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
I remember shopping there.  |
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VAS Member Rara Avis
since 2000-11-16
Posts 7450Oregon |
deliciously painted, Dear Sunshine!!! Whether on the shoal or on the shore, |
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miscellanea Member Elite
since 2004-06-24
Posts 4060OH |
Neat topic, Sunshine, but I have to admit I'm trying to diet. The calories just poured on while I read this! Yum! You're wicked! I just swam a mile and you do this to me! Food! Food! Where is that Farmer's Market? Third and Fairfax you say? (I'd lie if I didn't tell you it was a pleasure to read. Enjoyable...) Missie |
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Nightshade
since 2001-08-31
Posts 13962just out of reach |
We're off to our Farmer's Market to-morrow morning! Love this Karilea. hugs, Chrislane "At one glance |
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iliana Member Patricius
since 2003-12-05
Posts 13434USA |
Man-o-Man am I hungry for fresh vegetables and fruits! Sunshine, this was an absolutely beautiful array of flavor and a delight to the senses!  *hugs*...SILly jo |
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EagleScorpion Senior Member
since 2000-03-08
Posts 1644Here, Now, Forever |
i must say this here is the mark of a true poetic master.. maybe one day i could write as well as that |
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Fagin Member
since 2004-05-07
Posts 126Ca |
Drooooooooooooooool |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Karilea I has been years since I went to that Farmer's Market...thanks for the memory!  |
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muted
since 2004-01-15
Posts 2949Elapsing, Eclipsing, Evolving |
oh i remember going to the farmers market where im from....everything seemed so big then. and all the yummy things to eat...especially the pommegranites.. little red fingers  picking at the juicy seeds mmmm... really enjoyed this so satisfying body and soul |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
I think every hometown has a Farmers Market |
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ethome Member Patricius
since 2000-05-14
Posts 11858New Brunswick Canada |
WOW! You sure describe the scene so well. The reader can hear, smell & touch the very images you have listed and delivered so delightfully. I love the market and all the smells sights and sounds. Great stuff! Eric |
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ice Member Elite
since 2003-05-17
Posts 3404Pennsylvania |
Excellent poetry, Karilea...:-) Reminds me of "The Goblin Market" for some reason? enjoyed --------ice ><> |
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Magnus
since 2001-10-10
Posts 14135South Carolina, USA |
YES< YES,....YES again.... Loved this, so visual...I almost started smelling and hearing things from that corner of life.. The good/nice thing is we both write of similar times of life....and that makes personification that much more precious in what is read. Thanx Sun One...and I would have forgiven you for commenting in a teaching way of my poem, Barry/BJ/Nitwit.. |
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kayjay Member Elite
since 2002-06-24
Posts 2015Oregon |
I've been to many a farmer's market over the years, but a small one in Connecticut was my first. The smells of produce that was on the vine or in the ground within 24 hours can't be beat. Perhaps they got me into gardening. Well done. KJ Through rubble and trouble and dark of night |
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Corinne Member Ascendant
since 1999-10-28
Posts 5167state of confusion |
We've a farmer's market like this in the next town, where there are large populations of Filipinos and Mandarin peoples. Lots of green things I've never seen and wouldn't know how to cook, but nothing quite as exotic as this. It had me thinking of a farmer's market in Hawaii. Corinne |
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vandana
since 1999-10-22
Posts 10463USA |
nice read |
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