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Alas and alack, there were no peas today at the farmer's market. I fear it's the end of summer for real, even though I continue to flout the seasons by wearing my very Hawaiian sarong and sandals. Bah!

On the plus side, I saw the first apple stand today, and another stand selling apple cider!

Buys today included a whole lot of pluots, white peaches and white nectarines. I've been pretty much bereft of fresh fruit for two whole weeks (2!! TWO!!), and it's been driving me crazy. I.e. I keep wandering around the house looking for something to satisfy fruit cravings and end up munching on olive bread and metaphorically bashing my head against the wall because I want fruit, damnit!

I seem to get really bad fruit cravings. Huh.

Also, I am seriously considering getting a stand mixer just so I can make fresh whipped cream. Mmmmmmm, whipped cream. And if I get said stand mixer, I feel I may be seriously tempted to start baking pizza dough. The farmer's market is totally spoiling me! All this fresh food makes me want even more handmade fresh food!

In other news, my rats have been having a great deal of fun in the empty tissue box I gave them -- I don't think Fool-rat has willingly ventured out of it yet!

And in conclusion, it was so nice yesterday wearing pants that zipped up perfectly. One doesn't tend to appreciate one's zippers until one spends a full day in assorted strange contortions trying to get one's pants down without breaking the zipper again.

Ok, maybe that was waaaay too much information.

But yes. Zippers! I appreciate them now!