Summer Saturdays

This Saturday was a special joy, especially since I'm ever more mobile. We got to the Cortez Farmer's Market in time to get one of Bessie's apple pies and some of her neighbor's fresh broccoli, as well as fresh ripe tomatoes and beets from Rosy Carter at the Stone Free Farm stand. My old friend Ranger Rick and his wife were just starting to play and sing as we wandered, have visited briefly with a number of old friends.

Thence to Krazy Daze near the Cortez Cultural Center on N. Market, looking at yard sale items and visiting a few of the booths.

City Market filled in the gaps that we couldn't get at farmers market. Oops! Forgot the vanilla ice cream, so stopped at P&D in Mancos, where 4-H kids had a bake sale going to benefit a boy injured in an ATV accident ... cookies and banana nut bread followed us home.

So, I crawled back in the rack for a while ( the perpetual motion machine) and then we got ready to go to the Opera House to see "Chicago." It's a lot of steps up to the theater, but I made it without any trouble, either way. 'Twas a long program (three hours), but well done, especially considering that the two leading ladies were 17 and 18 and the nerdy husband (shown here as "Cellophane Man") looked to be even younger.

It's been a nice day in which we got a lot done, but with no pressure and with plenty of opportunity to rest. Maybe that's what retired life is supposed to be like? tv