Sunshine floating in a milkglass bowl on the kitchen table...a beautiful bit of inspiration to enjoy while managing some of the day's duties in the kitchen.

Saturday July 11th Hickory Green Farm donated a bouquet of 15 sunflowers to the Center for Rural Culture's raffle. When the Market official drew the winning number a squeal of delight rang out through the crowd....as I looked around to see who the lucky woman was a darling little girl was skipping up to the Market official with the winning ticket. With a handsome smile the Market official's young son gave her the huge vase of sunflowers. Hugging the vase with all her heart the winner posed for the perfect picture of a beautiful sunny day at the Goochland Farmer's Market. Turning around after taking the winner's photo I noticed the whole crowd was smiling with the winner as though they had won too...sharing the joy...sometimes I think the sunflower should be the olive branch. Hummm....flower for thought...