Markets

Lens-Artists Challenge #360 – Found at the Fair/ Market

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You’re only here for a short visit. Don’t hurry, don’t worry. And be sure to smell the flowers along the way.

– Walter Hagen

We have all been to a market or fair at least once when we were children. Some of these are still fun to visit as grown-ups, even if we don’t buy anything. It is the joy of an abundance of fruit and vegetables, flowers, people…And often everything for sale is elaborately exposed.

Here are some of my summer memories from such events. Enjoy the season and the smiles, and then – I’d love to see some of your memories too! They can be from any fair, Farmers’ market, Christmas market, or maybe a carnival? From your own country or from abroad – feel free to choose whatever you have in store!

Life is a lot like jazz… it’s best when you improvise.

– George Gershwin

Ystad Jazz festival last week – Good music, lovely people and beautiful, creative art! (And ice cream of course…) Jazz maybe attracts mostly grown-ups and elderly people, but they do bring their children and grandchildren too. (And dogs) Hoping they will get hooked on the feeling?

Life itself is the most wonderful fairy tale.

– Hans Christian Andersen

Every year there is jousting at Hovdala castle – our nearest castle just 10 kilometers away. I used to go when one of my students was in the competitions. Fun for all ages. Knights, horses, castles and fair ladies!

To me, flowers are happiness.

– Stefano Gabbana

Finally, Madeira – the lovely land of flowers. When we visited for a week in June, we came upon several different fairs and markets. They have quite a few over the year. One of them had a sustainability theme. At the harbour they had put up big hearts for life and painted recued PET bottles as a ceiling.

A big Thank you to John for another turn of learning last week! I truly enjoyed seeing examples and tips. Looking forward to seeing what you come up with this week! Next week we will have another chance of ”Looking Back”, with Sofia at the helm. Be sure to visit her beautiful site for more!

Until then – stay calm, be careful and loving.

Travel theme: Spice

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Spicy Travels! Budapest and Rome. Visit here at Ailsa’s for more.

 

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Camden Cavalcade

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Marknaden i Camden, London,  besöks enligt Wikipedia av närmare 100 000 varje helg. Här finns något för alla, och vill du se verkligen precis alla sorters människor är det hit du ska åka. Vi råkade bland annat på ett glatt sällskap av äldre kvinnor i röda hattar…the British Red Hatters (se länk längre ned på sidan).

Detta område vid Regents Canal består, förutom av slussen (Camden Lock), mest av affärer och en stor utemarknad med allt mellan himmel och jord – att titta på eller köpa. Många av stånden erbjuder mat och den är både god och billig – vi köpte några olika, mycket goda Yorkshire puddings till lunch.

Marknaden var från början till för bara hantverkare, men har på senare år vuxit ut till att innehålla kläder, prylar och krims krams samt, som sagt,  god mat.

The Camden markets are a number of adjoining large retail markets in Camden Town near the Hampstead Road Lock of the Regent’s Canal (popularly referred to as Camden Lock), often collectively named ”Camden Market” or ”Camden Lock”. Among products sold on the stalls are crafts, clothing, bric-a-brac, and fast food. According to Wikipedia it is the fourth-most popular visitor attraction in London, attracting approximately 100,000 people each weekend. If you want to meet all sorts of people, this is the place to go. We even met some absolutely wonderful ladies in red hats, members of the British Red Hatters…

Originally, the Lock was a market for crafts, occupying some outdoor areas by the canal and various existing buildings. While the range of goods has since widened, with stalls selling books, new and second-hand clothing, and jewellery, the Lock retains its focus as the principle Camden market for crafts. There is a large selection of fast food stalls, where we bought some really tasty yourkshire puddings..

From 2006 a large indoor market hall was constructed in a yard between the Camden Lock Market and the Stables Market that was previously used for open air stalls. In November 2007 a large part of the Stables Market was demolished as part of a long-term redevelopment plan for the area and rebuilt as a year-round permanent market area.