Bounty

 

Amanda bought this beautiful produce yesterday at the Methow Valley FoodShed. The FoodShed is an online market and self-service farm stand, founded in 2021 to support small local farmers by connecting them with the community. It's easy to forget, especially in tourist season, there are two sides to the Valley in sharp economic contrast. Nearly 60% of local working families here earn under $55,000 a year. 

On the high end side, Amanda and I stopped at the new Bluebird Grain Farm Store. This is real success story, as they started out many years ago selling little bags of emmer faro at the Saturday market. Now they have a spacious facility to showcase their products, along with an online store. 

Anyway, Amanda and I had a lovely day browsing around Winthrop and dropping in to see Nova at work looking so grown up. Later, Karen and I went to the Confluence Gallery here in Twisp to check out the new show. 

The deer kept me company as I walked up to the house last night.

 Just trying to get motivated to pack up and head back to big city life.