This is my contribution to Piper’s alphabet hop. In case you’re wondering Piper, from One Sydney Road has put together an alphabet hop and today is my turn as the proud owner of the letter M. The idea is you take your letter and go and photograph things that show your interpretation of that letter. When you’re done reading go and check out the other contenders for today, letters K, L, N and O. A special mention for my fellow M bloggers – Magpie and Muttonfly, The Maddie Chronicles and Deros.
For my letter I went with M is for Markets. These photos are from the EPIC (Exhibition Park in Canberra) Farmer’s Market. I visit these practically every week with my good and sometimes bad (she travels a lot) market buddy. To say I love going is an understatement. How could you not love a location that lets you buy local wines, organic chocolate and vegetables that have travelled 10km from the farm to your table? It’s the highlight of my Saturday and I could never go back to buying fruit, vegetables, bread, wine or even meat anywhere else. The best part is that this is a real farmers market and most of the market sellers travel to Canberra every Friday evening or in the wee hours of Saturday morning to setup shop for the morning. The official start time is 8:00 but I usually arrive around 6:45 and by 11:00am it’s all over for another week.
My market buddy and I are the devoted attendees that brave the elements and most especially the Canberra winter. These photos were taken 2 weeks ago and I think the temperature sat at -1 (Celsius) the whole morning. Is it worth it? Definitely.
{P.S. Getting this published on the right day in two time zones was an interesting challenge… thanks Piper for letting me take part}
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Great shots.
Of course you love the farmer’s market — look how beautiful it all is.
And those apples look really yummy!
Yum-O! What a mouth-watering take on the letter M…Do you know any food that starts with Q…:) I’d be doing that letter this Thursday. Love your blog!
Oh, Libby! I loved visiting the Market with you! Delicious colors, great photos! I want to eat everything!
Oooh, I love me a good theme! AND I love markets. Perfect. Or, Marvelous, as might be more appropriate!
What an aMazing idea for the letter M!!! It was fun getting to visit the market with you
Gorgeous photos, I’m so craving bon-bons now 
!! Great job!!
Great pictures! Now I’m starving!
I love the market theme, and I am dying for those apples and breads. Nice work!
Great idea, really loved all the shots. Rockin post!
what beautiful market pictures these are! i LOVE going to farmer’s markets on saturday mornings and picking up fresh veggies/fruits!
Just had my evening meal, but could certainly make room for some of this yummy food! Great images!
This delicious post has made me hungry! I would taste the feta with the bread, then have some Belgian chocolate with a glass of Merlot to wash it all down;) Letter J
Hello fellow “52 Weeker”,
I think your move to WordPress works well. I would like to do it myself but am not tech savvy enough!
Lovely market pictures. All the wonderful foods so fun to eat! Nothing beats chocolate and wine! I’m finding the alphabet walk to be a hoot! I did the letter K.
These photos make me want to hunt down the nearest Farmers Market!! Great interpretation of M!
Speaking of wines…if you haven’t tried it, Penfolds has a most wonderful wine called Koonunga Hill Shiraz Cabernet. It’s my favorite Australian wine!
That’s too funny… I just bought a bottle this week to take to my brothers house – I do like almost all of the Koonunga Hill wines but the Shiraz Cabernet is my favourite also. I tend to buy the clean skins (the ones in the picture) as they are not only inexpensive but really nice wine.