Deddington's Christmas Farmer's Market....Oxfordshire for its monthly farmer's market....
I simply adore visiting farmer’s markets for the buzz of
finding home-reared food, crafted artisan’s creations and local foods, also unusual gift items.
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| Brilliantly fresh veggies from Anson Vegs. |
For talking to producers, growers, needlecrafters and
artists for the exchange of knowledge and greetings. For meeting the stallholders selling their
collection of books, antiques and crafts of all kinds. For meeting designers of glass, wood and
fabric. The late-night enterprising
folk, the early-morning-risers packing away their treasures and boxes, their
table dressings, labels, money boxes and floats, all for a full day’s selling
activity.
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| The Meat Joint for wonderful cuts and succulent faggots |
The gifted folk, determined and talented, bent on displaying
their precious own-made crafts and
treasures. Their passions, their
life-time’s achievements created through the year, working towards the next
craft fair, the next market event, the next Christmas and beyond.
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| Mariella Bliss for utterly delicious Christmas food - we discussed the importance of using the best flour |
Personal improvement, the love of gaining more knowledge, a
higher degree of craftiness, of learning a new stitch, a new method of
preparation or even a whole new craft, all for the intense pleasure of proving
and improving ones abilities and capabilities.
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| Julie at her wonderful handmade gift stall |
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| Mary Canny - Glass Artist/Designer |
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| So excited by the excellent craftsmanship of this stall - of Pamela Golding and Friend |
And the motivation that undercuts everything we do, either
for economical gain or personal gratification i.e. humanity’s need to grow and
prosper, to stretch ourselves and our talents.
We all have talents, some small some great, yet the need is the same, to
see them grow and improve, for with improvement we blossom and grow. There is an intense sense of satisfaction in
watching a gifted talent grow and a huge sense of attainment to be explored in
the development of self.
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| This one didn't get away from me - it's hooked and waiting to be eaten!!! |
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| Bibury Trout Farm of Gloucester |
The need to shop is part of life’s daily routine and the
various shops and Supermarkets are there at every corner to meet all our needs
and desires.
Yet farmer’s markets provide a wonderful opportunity to
be involved with the food chain, which keeps us fed and healthy and, without
doubt, gives our indie food producers and crafters-artisans the opportunity for
development, growth and economic advancement.
Local is definitely beautiful – long live farmer’s market,
everywhere.
