July 4, 2010After a winter that seemed to have no end summer has arrived and is making up for all those un-summer-like days in June and July with record breaking heat. Northwest folklore says that summer does not arrive until July 5th and then only after the winter gods of wind, rain and cold have been appeased with a gift . A gift that will seamlessly transition winter's dark, cold hardness into the sweet, colorful languid days of summer.
The weather was overcast and in the 60's at Sunday's July 4th Hillsdale Farmer's Market. For the market vendors and managers the fact that it was not raining was promising. Knowing that the gods were awaiting their annual offering and ever hopeful that summer was just around the corner the HFM crew conceived the perfect gift but before the gift could be presented its worthyness would have to be determined. The vendors of the market were called upon to test the gift and it was sampled by all. Eamon and his family of volunteers dished out the most wonderful, colorful red, white and blue ice cream sundaes ever seen in the PNW and it was agreed that this would be the offering that would surely bring forth sun and warmth. The perfect ode to our nation's independence and the blend of both sweet and cold the essential elements of summer and winter. But perhaps the gift was too perfect, the effects too powerful and by Wednesday temperatures had risen into the 90's and by Thursday we saw 100 degrees. But yes, summer has arrived. Thank you Eamon!
PS: for those of you that wondered what happened to spring, spring in the NW is usually just a tapering off of winter
