Foodie Festival Fun!!

Hello everyone out there in blogland! Sorry to have been a bit absent again ... this crazy head cold is just hanging on and draining the ol' energy banks, so there hasn't been much happening here. But since today was a perfect Autumn day, we decided to head off on a little outing.

See? Lovely autumn day complete with gorgeous bronze leaves. :0) Our outing was to the annual Hampton Food Festival, just a five minute drive up the road. It's a lovely day of showcasing local produce ... so wonderful to have all those delicious foodie treasures in one spot. :0) First stop ...

... DEEEEEEEEELICIOUS vanilla bean ice cream with raspberry and blueberry coolie from locally grown raspberries and blueberries.

My Beloved Geek Boy couldn't wait to tuck into the blueberry coolie. :0) I confess my raspberry treat didn't last long either! Tee! Hee! Hee! Thus fortified, we continued to wander around until we discovered ...

... Some yummy Greek salt and feta balls ... YIASOU! :0) We had to keep our strength up to keep exploring, right?! :0) Aparently there was some Greek dancing at that stall later in the day ... think I'm glad we missed that one, though!! :0)

So, after a lovely time wandering, exploring and soaking up the delicious autumn sun we took ourselves off home to enjoy a late lunch picnic with our gathered goodies ...

A cheese platter, some marinated olives, some ewe-gurt (yogurt made from sheep milk) and some toasted olive and herb foccasia. YUMMO!! We love these kind of lunches and it's even nicer when the tasty treaties support local producers. Can't wait for next year's picnic! :0)

I hope you've all had a relaxing weekend with some tasty treaties. :0) I'm planning to do a bit of sketching and tracing this week to prepare for a girly weekend of stitching next weekend, so hopefully I'll have some stitching to share with you soon. And hopefully my energy will come back soon too. :0) Have a fantastic week. Til next time ...

BEAR HUGS!

CHEERS!
KRIS