Monday Moods: I feel... small town.

Being fancy can be fun.

Dressing up in gowns,

having girly pedicures by the pool,

& traveling with your girlfriends

are all certainly are lovely.

While those glittery things keep me constantly dreaming,

it can be the simplest of things that get me giddy.

After paying for our lunch yesterday

 at a pub next door to Beatrix Potter's farm,

we were invited by the bar tender 

to the marrow contest

 he was headed to judge.

A... Marrow Contest?

Apparently, a Marrow is a mutantly huge courgette/zucchini.

{Like huge as in last year's winner weighed 115 lbs.}

But beyond gigantic vegetables that could outweigh a teenager....

and vegetables dressed up in funny costumes...

and colorful vegetables grown by local school children...

and a cash-prized prize for 

accurately guessing the weight of marrows...

... there was, most importantly,

a delicious tea time

served by sweet people

who were happy to share their yummies with us.

So while it might seem a little hokey

and, undoubtedly, a little random...

I'll gladly take it.