Winter appears to have arrived.
We were up at 4.45 this morning so we could get to the Rocklea Markets when they opened at 6am. That’s not too much of a problem in the summer, and our autumn’s been dawdling along so far. Until this morning. Thankfully, being only partly awake meant I didn’t quite register the cold when I got out of bed. By the time we got to the open air fruit and veg stalls I had woken up enough to feel myself becoming a slow moving icicle…
It was still worth it. The food is fresh, and there’s hot coffee after. We did have some trouble choosing the fruit/veg at first – it was still a bit dark – but we got there in the end.
Had breakfast. We get pancakes at Pappy’s Pancakes. He makes gluten free ones as well.
This is how cold it was – normally the cream is melting off the hot pancakes by the time we sit down. They didn’t really have a chance this morning.
Another good thing about regularly going to a fresh food market is that you get to know the stallholders, and can chat with them about life while you’re stocking up with good food. We decided to get some new tea today (Strawberry champagne/Earl Grey tea and Black tea with caramel), and were given some jam/marmalade/pickles samples, because we’re favourite customers 🙂 It made for a good morning tea after we got home.
Handmade, thick cut marmalade, nicely paired with caramel tea. Yum!
I was still frozen when we got back, and it took me a couple of hours to thaw out. I’ll have to find my gloves and woolly hat for next time!
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