Share the Joy: Field Trip

One of my favorite jaunts

anytime of year is a trip

to Seattle's Pike Place Market.

I took little sightseers with me

and while they weren't too keen on having

to pose for a picture,

they warmed up to cups of hot cider

and getting to pick any donut they wanted

out of the bakery case.

You can just see the urn full of mulled cider

in the right lower corner of the photo below.

We perused the vendors, looking for interesting things to buy

like this very unusual broccoli 

(cut off the individual florets and the tips,

toss in olive oil, and roast at 400F for 20 minutes).

From the same stall, we bought rainbow carrots

before meandering by the pepper wreaths.

I was moved to capture this image of pomegranates,

mostly because I recently reread

Traveling with Pomegranates

(by Sue Monk Kidd and her daughter

Ann Kidd Taylor)

but also because it brought back the joy

of breakfasts in the dining room on the dahabeya Afandina

when I was on the amazing trip to Egypt

a few years back.

But back to the Pacific Northwest

and its treasures

edible

and 

just plain entertaining.

Finally, we retraced our steps 

back past the pretty peppers 

and across the street to the perfect parking place

we'd snagged. Ah, JoY!

Just one more dose of joy:

here's a shot I grabbed from the car deck

of the ferry on our way to Seattle

on Thanksgiving.

Now

how pretty is that?

How are you cultivating joy? 

Celebrate it.

Share it.

 

1. do a post that tells and shows what gives you joy.

  

2. capture the URL of the specific post and paste it into 

the Mr. Linky box along with your info.

3. Visit other players and let their joy infect you.

Leave them a comment because everyone

 enJOYS getting positive feedback.