Living Rootless: Longmont, Colorado: Another City, Another Farmers Market

Sunday, May 7, 2023

Longmont, Colorado: Another City, Another Farmers Market

Arranging the asparagus. Longmont Farmers Market, Colorado. May 2023. Credit: Mzuriana.

No kettle corn.

Several vendors offered big ol' fat, soft, chewy, yeasty, pretzels. I felt tempted, but no, I am saving my caloric debauch for kettle corn.

Soft pretzels. Longmont Farmers Market, Colorado. May 2023. Credit: Mzuriana.

This vendor is clever; made me smile, although I didn't even notice the name or claim - The Off Beet Farm - the Gayest Little Farm - until I looked at the photos later. What pulled me in was how the sunlight played on the leafy colors. Maybe my mind was also distracted by my hopeful search for kettle corn.

Gayest Little Beet Farm at Longmont Farmers Market. Longmont, Colorado. Credit: Mzuriana.

Gayest Little Farm at Longmont Farmers Market. Longmont, Colorado. May 2023. Credit: Mzuriana.

Gayest Little Farm at Longmont Farmers Market. Longmont, Colorado. Credit: Mzuriana.

Gayest Little Farm at Longmont Farmers Market. Longmont, Colorado. May 2023. Credit: Mzuriana.

The mountainous backdrop with its crown of clouds lent drama to the occasion.

Mountainous backdrop at Longmont Farmers Market. Longmont, Colorado. Credit: Mzuriana.

Mountainous backdrop at Longmont Farmers Market. Longmont, Colorado. May 2023. Credit: Mzuriana.

Apparently, I am not the first person (or even the second or third) who initially misread the banner of this pie vendor.

Human pie? Oh. No. Longmont Farmers Market. Colorado. May 2023. Credit: Mzuriana.

The bird nest outside the pupusas booth enchanted me. Also, the "Pupusa Family" took me back to Mexico City, when an El Salvadoran family from one of the Central American caravans made pupusas to share.