At The Market

[callmemadam]

I love reading about what other people have been buying, whether it’s clothes, books or a great bargain from a charity shop or car boot sale. So every now and then I have a little market boast. On Friday it was so dark here that lights were on all day and everyone was miserable. Yesterday couldn’t have been more different; beautiful October sunshine. It lifted the spirits and made people at the market chatty and cheerful.

One of the regular traders was selling baskets bursting with pansies for a fiver each. Goodness, you couldn’t buy the makings for that so I snapped one up and I’m really pleased with it. You never know what you’ll find at the market. One week, everyone will be selling books, though hardly ever books I want. Yesterday I saw stamps everywhere. The sellers ranged from specialist dealers to people who’d just put a few spares in bags at a pound a go. My luck was to find a chap who had a few albums for sale amongst his glass and china wares. After a quick look through I took a punt and handed over a tenner for two of them. This was money well spent because suddenly I’m all about stamps. I’d recently realized that I hadn’t looked at my collection for about five years. Now I’ve rediscovered a wonderfully absorbing occupation, just in time for winter. Off to pick the ones I want to keep and have a little gloat.

Comments

[gwendraith.livejournal.com]

Aren't markets wonderful? We have two (general market on Thursdays and bric-a-brac/crafts/food/farmers on Saturdays). Yours sounds very much like our Saturday one and fun to wander :)

How lovely to find stamps which have reawakened your love of stamp collecting.

The pansies are beautiful. I love the colour and their grumpy little faces :)

I hope it's still sunny there. It's lovely here again.

[callmemadam.livejournal.com]

Our market runs for three days and each day has its special atmosphere. The Farmers' market is there on Fridays, Saturday brings out the car booters and on Sunday it's traders selling clothes and everything else under the sun. Luckily the fruit and veg people are there every day. When I don't go on a Saturday, I always wonder what I might have missed.

Stamps and pansies, both making me feel cheerful. Weather not so jolly today; sun occasionally but a lot of wind. Good for the washing, though.

[gwendraith.livejournal.com]

Wow, what great markets you have. I really love living in a market town. Yours sounds delightful and so much choice.