A Simple Saturday

Two weeks ago at the Barker’s Island Farmer’s Market I bought a packet of really good biscotti which, of course, I promptly ate because it was really good. I went back last week and the Biscotti Lady did not have any biscotti. I politely expressed my disappointment and bought some consolation mini chocolate chip muffins from her which were good, but not as wonderful as the biscotti. She assured me that she would have biscotti this week.

So today, after Christine and I had our usual delicious Saturday breakfast at KD’s, I hopped on my bike and headed over to Barker’s Island where I got distracted for a bit taking pictures of geese and a Eastern Kingbird and by the time I got to the Biscotti Lady she had sold all her biscotti except for the last packet which she had saved for me. And she says she will be sure to have more next week. I also wound up getting some pretty darn good peanut butter cookies from another vendor at the market. I am running the risk that the cookies might also become a weekly purchase.

Being retired there is very little that I have to do on any given day, so I get to fill the day doing the things I want to do. So I usually spend a chunk of the day reading and a bit more wandering around on foot or by bike taking pictures. On Saturdays I also like to check out rummage sales.

Today I had good rummage sale luck in not spending money. I always win at rummage sales, I either feel smart that I didn’t buy junk I don’t need, or delighted that I found some bargain. Today I found a lot of things that were easy to pass by and I only spent two dollars for three movies that are the kind of entertainment I like. Nobody gets revenge quite like Vincent Price and nobody smashes stuff quite like Godzilla.

When I stopped by one garage sale, I saw a deer bound across the yard and it paused and looked back at me long enough for me to get a nice photograph with my Sony. Today turned out to be a good day for photography, I got a nice shot of a Blue Jay at our back yard pond early this morning and I also got a nice shot of Jim Kari’s little Studebaker Museum. Jim’s family have been car dealers in Superior since the 1930s and Jim, who I think is a about 80 years old and retired, has restored an old gas station in Billings Park to a single car museum. The car is the first Studebaker sold in Superior and Jim has it restored to mint condition. At a later date, I’ll get some pictures of the car. The little gas station is filled with Studebaker memorabilia.

As I have gotten older I’ve realized that life doesn’t have to be some big spectacular thing and the things I get the most satisfaction from are little things like a good breakfast, a good conversation, or a friendly smile. Sometimes it’s a Blue Jay at the back yard pond and other times it’s some darn good biscotti. Every damn day there are thousands of delightful things happening and I feed lucky and blessed that I’ve got the time to notice them.