Morning...

It's a gorgeous day on Phoenix. Clear skies with a little bit of cool wind. Perfect for the cup of coffee. All outdoor events today will enjoy a just marvelous day.



I wasn't expecting to wake up as early as I did. I went to sleep around midnight. I normally get up at around 4am, but that's when I go to bed at my normal time. Since I was out yesterday at the Maricopa County Fair. I missed my normal bedtime. So I expected to wake up at around 7am, however my roommate and his friends stayed up all night so from time to time I was awakened by their loud noise and I ended getting up at around 5:30ish am. I took a long shower to wake up. Since I was up might as well do some things I wanted to do.



Off I went a few minutes before 8am to the Downtown Phoenix Public Market. It's a quaint little market that springs up on Saturdays 8am - 1pm. There are vendors of local produce, mostly family owned farms. A few arts and crafts vendors, a hand made soap vendor, one farm fresh eggs vendor, and various fruit, vegetable, and herb vendors. It was my first time going. I got some gorgeous on-the-vine tomatoes and some very luscious looking green tomatoes, and some peppers that I will be stuffing with cheese, yum. I almost purchased a pepper and tomatoe plant, but I knew it wouldn't survive my care. I have managed to grow basil, cilantro, parsley, dill, marjoram, chives, and thyme on my kitchen window sill. In actuality my dill, thyme, and chives aren't doing so good. So before into fruits and vegetables, I should get a handle of growing my favorite herbs first. My best looking herb right now is basil. Its aroma is delicious in the kitchen. One vendor was selling tamales and breakfast burritos. They even had vegan burritos. Awesome!! I'm not vegetarian mush less vegan and I might never be, so I got a chorizo burrito with spicy hot salsa. It was delicious.



After the market I went to Starbucks for a regular coffee to have with the burrito Picked up some espresso beans covered in dark chocolate. I love them. I'm going to keep them at work in the event I need a pick me up on any given morning.

Hope everyone has a great morning!!!