Good Day, Sunshine!

Hello, good morning, happy day…

Just a reminder that the market closes, this evening, at 8pm!

If you have not already noticed, new products have been added by Burns Bakery and Fudge, and from the girls of Flourish!

Sending the love vibes, today, and will see you on Thursday!!

XOXO,
Cosmic Pam

Band On The Run

Band On The Run-the entire Paul McCartney/Wings album…perfect for Sunday morning listening over coffee, tea, blood marys, mimosas, or whatever your Sunday morning brings you…

This album was one that was finally the masterpiece that McCartney had hoped for, after having departed The Beatles, years before.

Labors of love are never easy, and sometimes are years in the making, and overcoming a few hardships, before things take shape, and the end product is what your vision had been, all along.

This album had many obstacles in it’s making, and true to form, was aided with a little help from his various friends.

When this album was released, I was still young…3rd, maybe 4th grade? But, growing up in our West End sort of enclave, I remember patio parties that our parents all threw, on Saturday nights, and hearing this soundtrack playing. Saturday nights were our West End parent nights in the summers. While all of us kids had the freedom to ride bikes at dark, run wild catching fireflies, playing Ghost in the Graveyard, really, in the neighboring West End cemetery, and listening to our own soundtracks, in one of our basements, while having our own fun…

Summer memories, all brought back with this album. And, the labor of love that I talked about? Well, this market was not without it’s own challenges, it’s own labor of love, to get it to where it is, today, and where I hope to guide it, in the future.

Have a happy Sunday, lovelies…and, if you find yourself with a free moment, don’t forget to throw us some love, today, with your orders…

XOXO,
Cosmic Pam

Road To Nowhere

Well we know where we’re goin’
But we don’t know where we’ve been
And we know what we’re knowin’
But we can’t say what we’ve seen
And we’re not little children
And we know what we want
And the future is certain
Give us time to work it out…
(Talking Heads)

Well, we are not on the road to nowhere, but I have been revisiting my love of all my Talking Heads collection, and this song takes me back to move in day, junior year in college, AKA perhaps my most favorite, most epic, most fun, most daring year of all…lol. Also, probably the reason I had to go an extra semester to graduate, but, I digress.

This song was released on their, Little Creatures album, and I will always have this mental picture, memory, of moving back to school, with all of my sorority sisters, and just the love, the communal spirit, the helpfulness, the hopes, the dreams, the laughter, and the road of life’s lessons, just beginning, as we were all on the brink of our new paths, wherever they may take us.

On a side note…the gentleman that you see helping your other market manager, packing your orders, and organizing your plants/flowers, is my father, and each and EVERY semester, that man was front and center on move in day, helping each of my sorority sisters move in, carried our heavy trunks of clothing, room accessories, etc. The same man who was also present as I moved into my first apartment in Venice Beach, California, and carried my futon mattress, on his back, down the main drag, to my new digs.

Anyway, this song just always makes me think of all the positive in things, that hopes and dreams are always being formed, no matter what stage in life, and, that no matter how dismal life may seem, you can still look at things with a joyful hope.

The market is our own little oasis against all of the dismal news, I feel. Each week, we open the greenhouse to you, filling your cars, hopefully filling your lives with joy, as well as local goodness.

Happy Saturday, lovelies…and, add this song to your listening pleasure for the weekend…

XOXO,
Cosmic Pam

All My Love

That is what I give to this lovely little market!

I hope you all feel the love that goes into each order we send home with you!

Tonight, the market reopens for the week, and we look forward to seeing your orders, and you!

Have a great evening!

XOXO,
Cosmic Pam

Tomorrow’s Time Slots!

Thank you for another great market!!

Tomorrow’s times:

A-J…4pm-5pm

K-Z…5pm-6pm

Also, as always, we have the Friday pick up, 10am-noon!

And, remember, if you are not paying ahead with a card, please have a check made out to Oakview Farm Meats, or exact cash/change in a ziplock bag with your name!

See you, tomorrow!

XOXO,
Cosmic Pam

Tuesday Love Note

She lives on Love Street
Lingers long on Love Street
She has a house and garden
I would like to see what happens..
(The Doors-Love Street)

Bringing you nothing but love on this Tuesday morning! And, also to remind you that the market closes for the week, tonight, at 8pm!

The market is looking all jazzy with orders, and we thank you, kindly, for that!

If you have not yet ordered for the week, don’t forget…I want to see all of your smiling faces, now that I am back from my week off!!

I’m getting ready to order my own dose of market love…

See you on Thursday, or Friday…

XOXO,
Cosmic Pam

Monday Flourish Notes

This weeks bouquets is called the summer solstice and will feature beautiful locally grown bells of Ireland, sweet peas, dill heads, yarrow, luscious lillies and garden roses.

We will have bunches of lavender available now too for $12 – would that be ok if I added it to the market?

Freshwater Farms Info!

I know that so many of you have been emailing me about some of the unavailability of Freshwater Farms products that you have grown to love!

Like all of our vendors, since March, with the huge growth spurt the market has seen happen, they have been working, working, working to keep up with the demand, but sometimes, it gets difficult to keep their retail shop, and this market, always stocked!

So, if you cannot find some of the items, in stock, here, please visit their shop online market, for those items, until they catch up with demand for both places!

Their shop website is…

fwfarms.com/shop

Or, it’s also just a short drive to their retail shop, and farm!

We look forward to them restocking, soon, here, but until then, use their website!

XOXO,
Cosmic Pam

Come Saturday Morning

We’ll travel for miles in our Saturday smiles…
(The Sandpipers)

It’s Saturday, it’s sunshine, and it’s going to be a lovely day!

While you are soaking up the sun, and all the good vibes, don’t forget to get those orders in so that on Thursday, you don’t have sad Thursday faces.

I loved taking a bit of time off, last week, but I love being back to the market, watching your orders flow in, and ready to bake the love into your week.

The market has so much to offer, and each week, we love seeing your smiling faces.

Yesterday, I gave an interview to Growing Ohio Magazine, a division of Farm Flavor, based out of Tennessee, and it is always so fun to gush about this lovely market, the customers, and our growth. Since March, all of you have been part of such an evolution of this market, watching and participating in it’s staggering growth. For that, I am always, truly grateful.

I have nothing but love, for each of you, and I hope you have a sunshine, love filled Saturday…

XOXO,
Cosmic Pam

Hello, Old Friend

As I am strolling down the garden path,
I saw a flower glowing in the dark.
It looked so pretty and it was unique;
I had to bend down just to have a peek.
Hello old friend,
It’s really good to see you once again…
(Eric Clapton)

Well, hello there, lovely little local market of love vendors!! It’s been just a week, but feels like a lifetime, since we were last groovin’ together!!

I am back from my vacation week, all Cosmic products are back in play, and I had a lovely little time away with my daughter, wedding venue securing, and a general mental break!

But, now, I am back, I have missed you, and I am ready to greet all of your shiny faces, this week, with all of your orders…

It’s really good to see you, once again…

XOXO,
Cosmic Pam