Mitzvahs and new pants
We went to a Batmitzvah this weekend, and while I had hoped to come home with a picture of Harvey spinning around in neon sunglasses and a plastic top-hat, such a thing was not meant to be. The music and the older children were a bit too overwhelming for him, so he spent most of the time grabbing onto mama or running around the quiet outdoors. Here's a shot of the latter:
up? up?
For the occasion he wore a second-hand button-down shirt and some new pants hot off mama's sewing machine. I cut the pieces from some old cargo pants of mine that no longer fit and added a green band around the top to hold the elastic. I made Harvey pull up his shirt in this picture to display the contrast edging:
an obedient model
The benefits of this pant-making method are of course that
1) recycled material means almost no cost (although I'll admit that it's a hard thing to keep enough elastic in the house), and
2) pre-made cargo pockets make them look not quite so home-made.
Also, obviously, pants take less time to make when you don't have to make the pockets. On the other hand, fitting a pattern piece onto a pre-made garment is kind of a bear, so there's 6 of one...
The best part of the event though was getting to see my two handsome boys all dressed up.
Aren't they the cutest?
sorry market
The Bedford Farmers Market, which opened with such high excitement just four months ago, finished up today—and I am sad to report that it was rather more with a whimper than any sort of loud or otherwise celebratory sound. Things were perhaps looking up early this marketing season, but the last month or so there just hasn't been that much reason to even stop in. Not many customers, and not many farmers either: Busa, Chip-in, and Butterbrook farms all abandoned the thinning crowds, leaving us without a single purveyor of general-purpose vegetables. Thank you Flats Mentor Farm for sticking around and letting us buy carrots and bok choi!
So we won't miss the Bedford market, as convenient as it may be. We will, however, miss the fantastic Lexington market, which only has two more market days left—and which, I learn, recently won the 2010 Best of Boston award for best Farmers Market. It really is a great scene, with probably four times the number of booths than there are at Bedford and a great crowd every market day. I skipped a couple weeks due to home emergencies and poverty, but you'd better believe I'll be there tomorrow hoping to stock up on squashes and cranberries for the long winter ahead!
So, better luck next year Bedford?