Oceanside Farmer's Market and Street Fair

Thursday morning began with a walk into "town" to find some breakfast. Our choice this morning was Angelo's a local fast food joint. We reported on it last year when it was one of the participants in our fish taco contest. Ron and Nancy have discovered it for breakfast and so we went to check it out. Of course the portions are amazing. We had a ham and cheese omelet that was shared. It came with hashbrowns and toast. Of course we couldn't begin to finish the hashbrowns, partially because we wanted a fish taco at 9:00 in the morning! It was also shared and very good, especially for $2.50.



On our walk over, we passed this really interesting flowering plant. I am not sure that you can tell, but the flowers and feathery or hairy, and soft, according to Bubby. It was certainly a striking thing to see.



Following our breakfast we headed into the center of Oceanside and attended the farmer's market they hold every Thursday, all year long. It was a nice affair, not too big, and there were the usual assortment of clothing, jewelry, pottery, and food vendors. I bought a couple of used books for a dollar, and I even found an audio book for the ride home.



We stopped at a booth that was selling men's and women's hats and so we did some clowning around. I think Ron looks particularly smashing in his.



Bubby needed this one to attend an English wedding. Maybe she should wear it to church in Oceanside on Sunday.



From the farmer's market where we bought a loaf of bread, and not much else, we walked down to the Pier to look at the waves and watch all of the interesting people. Trisha sneaked this shot while I wasn't looking.



I mentioned in our previous posting that there was big surf in the area, and part of the reason we walked out on the pier was to watch the surfers do their thing. I don't know how big the waves are, but I would guess at least 10 feet. Bubby did a pretty good job of catching the action with a slow trigger on her camera.



This activity can be pretty mesmerizing, and we watched for quite awhile. Of course we had to walk all the way to the end of the pier so I could see all of the fishermen. They were not having much luck in the heavy surf.



There was a pelican on one of the posts holding the railing together. Bubby looks like she is not quite sure how close she wants to get.



This fellow has had his picture taken before and he was pretty nonplussed by the whole experience. I just want to see what is sticking in his craw.



As we walked back to WorldMark, we got the chance to duck into a very exclusive vacation home complex along the beach. It is gated and we watched for someone to open one of the entrances so we could duck in. We followed one of the gardeners as he opened up to push his lawnmower in.

There was an amazing koi pond, and lots of very interesting plants to see.



Bubby insisted that our deception include a hand of cribbage at one of the gaming tables we found. She does love to crash someone else's party.



Went we arrived "home" we got ourselves together and headed to the pool. We played a little Bloody Smash between dips in the pool. I even read a couple of chapters in my new book. It is very nice to have nothing more to do than to enjoy yourself.



At 4:30, we walked back into town for the evening version of the Farmer's Market, the Oceanside Street Fair. It also happens every Thursday, and is a much larger event. We went early because Nancy says it really fills up as the evening where's on.

We saw everything, or at least the ladies saw everything. I stopped and listed to a rockin' cover band that was performing quite a wide selection of music. Ron can't hear the music much, because of his hearing issues, so he was stuck with the ladies.

We all decided what we were going to eat, and in this photo, we have just finished our standup street supper. The ladies had savory crepes that contained spinach, chicken, feta cheese, and other things. They liked 'em. Ron had a sausage in a sourdough roll with pepper jack, mustard, and onions. He said it was worth the $6 it cost just to watch the guy assemble the finished product. I opted for a puposa that was a little disappointing.

I did enjoy a lot of the musical acts that I saw, including a young college age kid who was singing Christian music accompanied on his guitar. Of course I don't know much about the music, but he made it sound great, and there were half a dozen times that people would stop and join him in singing "praises". I guess I am in the minority as far as knowing the music.



We walked down the beach on our way back home. The sun was sinking low, and the promise was that it might be a pretty sunset, so we waited it out.

These are our attempts to take photos with the sun in the background. Hard to do with a low-tech camera.



We stayed with it until the sun actually went below the horizon. It was a lovely evening, and we enjoyed this day thoroughly.

Buboppy