Cold start to the day, even for May 8, 2021, regardless it was time for the opening of one of my favorite farmers' markets. Purchased several plants that I didn't really need - a nice sized currant bush to add to the ten or so I transplanted from Royal Oak almost a decade ago! - one day maybe I will actually be able to make a currant pie - my all time favorite pie (and jelly), a honeyberry bush, a type of honeysuckle bush, to go with four honeyberries I already have, another oriental poppy (I know why did I buy another poppy when they only flower once a year and only for a few days but still - - , they are so nice when they do flower), and a Gogi berry bush (why not? I don't have one). When the seller told me the growth canes on the small Gogi berry bush I bought would be 6 or 7 feet - I was hooked.
There were two stalls selling this year's maple syrup, one stall selling exotic mushrooms, a stall for bison meat, several stalls with bakery items, several stalls for flowers - mostly annuals, a guy selling coat hangers attached to planks of old barn wood - pretty neat actually, some dog bone sellers, etc. Actually it was a very good crowd considering the temps were in the high 30s. Clicking on photos will enlarge them.
There were many boats out fishing in the river from Lake Huron to Lake St. Clair; asked a kid what they were catching. Apparently there is a tournament in a couple of weeks complete with a starting gun and an end time to see how many fish they can catch. They fish have just started to spawn on some sunken logs they submerged a few years ago to encourage increasing their numbers. That's Canada across the river. We are still not allowed to go there. I cannot blame them.
In case you couldn't guess what they were fishing for: -
