The trip to Charleston's Farmer's Market, about 50-some miles away, was not without some adventure.
Yes, that's a Loomis armored car on its roof in the median. And that's money scattered on the ground. There were broken money bags and coin wrappers all over the place and the police were busy cleaning it all up--and keeping people out of it! According to the Charleston Gazette, both men in the truck received only minor injuries. Apparently some people who arrived first on the scene took some of the money and could be facing some serious charges if they are identified. Needless to say, we just drove on by. When we returned home 3 hours later, they were still cleaning up the site.
What did I bring home? Tomatoes of several varieties, tomatillos, celery (at last!), rosemary, squash, scented geraniums, new lavender plants (I lost a couple over the winter), chamomile, regular geraniums, petunias, this little white flower that I don't know but love it in pots, lobelia, Victoria, pineapple sage, chili peppers, bell peppers, and Lord only knows what else. We'll be planting fools when the ground dries.
We also voted today--it's primary election day in our state. I hope our votes plant some good people in office.
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Oh wow! I can't believe you got caught in that traffic! I seen it on the news and seen where people were stuck there for hours. I didn't know some took some of the money.
ReplyDeleteWe haven't bought any plants or seeds yet but I hope to get that done soon.
Now that looks like a really big Farmer's Market! Glad you got all your plants, your weather sounds just like ours, we're having so much rain that getting out in the garden is almost impossible though I did manage a couple of hours yesterday.
ReplyDeleteTwo days of rain forecast here too. In fact I haven't had much gardening weather recently though caught up a bit yesterday. Our politicians are more like some weeds - they look pretty enough at first but then run out of control and are impossible to get rid of.
ReplyDeleteTrying to figure out how the Loomis truck did that... glad no one was seriously hurt. I love going to buy plants (it's on my list for Friday). I lost a row - 4 plants - of lavendar in last year's drought. I think part of the problem was I OVER watered them (I was trying to help). Have fun in your garden.
ReplyDeleteAngela, we were lucky. We were headed the other way so we had a lane open. The other side? They were stuck for a long time.
ReplyDeleteIt's a pretty good-sized market, Rowan and such beautiful plants! It was a good day to be there.
Today is still overcast so we're twiddling our green thumbs again :)
I hear you about the politicians, John. I could not vote in some categories, the choices were so bad. I was most interested in being sure to vote for the school levy and the library levy. We need those things. The politicians? Not so much.
ReplyDeleteJoy, I think they hydroplaned on the wet roads. I hope they don't lose their jobs. Some companies have a zero accident policy; with jobs so scarce I'd hate to see that happen to them.
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