Sugar Magnolia

Sugar Magnolia, blossoms blooming…
Heads all empty and I don’t care…
Saw my baby down by the river…
Knew she’d have to come up soon for air…(Sugar Magnolia-Grateful Dead)

So…Magnolia, blossoms, blooming…do we have a theme? The warm weather, the longer days, the sun, the rain, the hint of even warmer days…April showers, May flowers, and not just flowers but amazing herbs!!!

Yes…you are correct…the market is now LIVE and in action…with live plants!!! It’s that time, again!!!

Swisher Hill Herbs brings us their selection of live herbs!!! This is the time of year that makes me so excited!! During the growing season, SHH are the only herbs that this market manager grows, and uses in her breads!!! SHH are the best…make sure to get your selections ready, place your orders, and let your planting begin!!

Flowers…beautiful flowers!!! As with each year, we bring you the live flowers from the green thumb of Katie Hoover of Sunshine Gardens!!! Her hyacinths are simply amazing!! And, she is running a special price for the market!! Make sure to get them while they last. They are very time sensitive so I suggest ordering, pronto!!

Herbs, flowers, plants…it’s that time, again…and we couldn’t be happier!!

I am opening the market, once again, for the week!! Thank you, always, from the bottom of our hearts for supporting this little market of love…

Peace and Love,
Cosmic Pam

Extended Last Call!!

Ok, Kit Kats…

I extended the market while I am finishing up a few Art Affair tasks!! That means, you have until 10:15, and then the market will close for the week!!

Go, run, take advantage of the extra few minutes!!

Peace and Love,
Cosmic Pam

Brian Wilson

Drove downtown in the rain…
Nine-thirty on a Tuesday night…
Just to check out the late-night…
Record shop.
Call it impulsive…
Call it compulsive…
Call it insane…
But when I’m surrounded…
I just can’t…
Stop.
(Barenaked Ladies – Brian Wilson)

So, hello rainy Tuesday night!! A total rain filled kind of day. I don’t know about you, but rain filled days, rain filled nights, find me flipping through my albums, old mix tapes, old cds. Yes, I know…why not just flip on over to ITunes. But, there is just something about going through my collections of music…on a rainy evening…memories, nostalgia, messages, fun!!

My West End pals are posting old ticket stubs to long ago concerts, on Facebook. We are all discussing and remembering out first concerts. In the West End, we were youngsters doing a whole lot of fun things!!

I recently had a flashback, after an email chatting about The Beach Boys, Ambrosia, and a 1970s concert…and, it put me in total concert nostalgic mode. Music was what I was raised on. It has been a part of my life for so long. I cannot even explain what a music driven kind of hippie girl, I really am.

Anyway…the talk of The Beach Boys, this week, talk of our earliest concert memories, and this rainy day, made me remember this song, by a long time favorite group, Barenaked Ladies…if you have never listened to them, go, now, find them, listen, thank me, always!!

A total early 90s song, group…I remember discovering them, when I was running around Chapel Hill, when I lived in Raleigh, and was friends with the producer of the local radio station, there.

The opening lyric of compulsive, impulsive, insane, totally reminds me of the way I feel about this little local market of love!! I am totally obsessed, still, with this market!! I am compulsive about explaining and promoting it to anyone and everyone, and on impulse, I just generally, spill all kinds of love about it.

So, it’s Tuesday, it’s rainy, what better way to show your compulsive, impulsive love for this market, but to place your orders?? Go ahead…the holiday is over, spring breaks are ending, the spring weather is finally here…

Make me smile…show us some love!! Go crazy…just order before 10pm, tonight!!

Oh, and find this tune, turn it up, and like I said, thank me, always…

Peace and Love,
Cosmic Pam