Happy rainy Saturday! I'm so excited for the first farmers' market flowers of 2025 - Will at Ever Laughter had these lovely little bundles of anemones...

(I don't really have a vase the right size, but fortunately Mom recently gave me a ceramic flower frog that she found on a trip to Canada. Not exactly how it's intended to be used, but I love it!)

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Wow, I guess it's really been almost two months since we last had farmer's market flowers...
My mom took a bouquet construction class and was telling me about the neat grid she made on her vase with florist tape, so I made a cheap-n-cheerful version with Scotch tape. Now I really want to get some florist tape!
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Got home from MerleFest around 1am last night, so I wasn't moving very fast this morning. But I still dragged my ass out of bed in time to get to the farmers' market! And Meadow Lane Farms had these *ginormous* bouquets - could not resist...

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Lovely breezy morning at the farmers' market today! Bluebird Meadows had these *gorgeous* mixed bouquets - I got one each of two different heights and love how they combined...

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We had plans to be out of town for Memorial Day weekend, but after a big week in NYC (art museum crawl & Wicked, with my mom!), we could *not* muster the enthusiasm for a quick turnaround. Upside: lovely farmers' market flowers from a new vendor, [Mu Ta Ka Paw Garden](https://www.instagram.com/mutakapawgarden/)!

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Happy Saturday! Today's farmers' market flowers are from my go-to flower vendor, [Bluebird Meadows](https://www.bluebirdmeadows.net/)... So cheerful!

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Back in town after a couple weeks in Europe, so it's time for more farmers' market flowers! [Ever Laughter Farm](https://www.everlaughterfarmandnursery.com/) had some lovely mixed bouquets today...

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I liked Will's bouquet so much last weekend, I went back to [Ever Laughter Farm](https://www.everlaughterfarmandnursery.com/) for my farmers' market flowers again this week! Feeling truly blessed (and spoiled) to have so many lovely flower vendors at our market...

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Today is grey and rainy, but I put my big-girl pants on and went out to the farmers' market anyway. Brightening up the kitchen with another [Ever Laughter Farm](https://www.everlaughterfarmandnursery.com/) bouquet!

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Please enjoy some [Mu Ta Ka Paw Garden](https://www.instagram.com/mutakapawgarden/) flowers on this sunny Saturday morning!

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I'm really loving the bouquets from [Mu Ta Ka Paw Garden](https://www.instagram.com/mutakapawgarden/) this season! Such a cheerful profusion of colors and shapes..

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Another [Mu Ta Ka Paw Garden](https://www.instagram.com/mutakapawgarden/) bouquet today! I'm in a bit of a rut - but it's such a happy colorful rut... 💐💖

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Lovely fall colors in this week's farmers' market flowers, courtesy of Will at [Ever Laughter Farm](https://www.everlaughterfarmandnursery.com/)...

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Haven't made it to the farmers' market in a while, and I thought we were done with fresh flowers for the year, but Will at [Ever Laughter Farm](https://www.everlaughterfarmandnursery.com/) came through for me this morning!

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We'd planned to head up to VA this weekend to take a friend on their first wild cave experience - but said friend has come down with something (boo!) so we're going to reschedule, and now we have an unexpected free weekend at home (yay!).

Bonus: got over to the farmers' market this morning and picked up this lovely mixed bouquet from Will at [Ever Laughter Farm](https://www.everlaughterfarmandnursery.com/) and Matt at [Wild Scallions Farm](https://wildscallionsfarm.com/index.html).

We plan to bring these with us to family Thanksgiving in GA... I am thankful for our market, for beautiful local flowers from wonderful people, and for the blessing of sharing this joy with my family!

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One of the things I've missed the most this winter is fresh flowers from our farmers' market... So you can imagine my delight when I saw these cheerful blooms at [Mu Ta Ka Paw Garden](https://www.instagram.com/mutakapawgarden/)! They'll be a nice counterpoint to the cold snap rolling in tomorrow...

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Haven't been to the farmers' market in a while - and won't get back there for another while, unfortunately - but the flower game at [Meadow Lane Farm](https://www.localharvest.org/meadow-lane-farm-leonard-family-farm-M14807) was really strong today!
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No farmers' market flowers today - we're in #WNC for the annual gathering of the Friends of the Mountains to Sea Trail.
On our way out to Asheville, we swung by Linville Gorge to scout the Spence Ridge trail and look for the spring at Table Rock, in advance of hopefully going backpacking and climbing out there next week...
The trail was thronged with wild azaleas and irises - an extra joy in a lovely hike!
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