Wednesday, September 1, 2010

THEME DAY - OPEN AIR MARKET

Bill's Farm Market, Petoskey, Michigan. Has been a family farm for over one hundred years. From the number of people shopping here, it should easily survive another hundred years.Click here to view thumbnails for all participants

27 comments:

  1. Hi!
    From the looks of it... there ARE a few people under the tent! and they DO put away their carts ... as the sign says :o)
    ~Maria

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  2. Loks like a place I would love, that tent awning or whatever you call it is cathedral like!

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  3. It's a clean, beautiful and modern market!Great shot!
    Léia

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  4. It seems like a nice place to buy flowers and fruit under a beautiful sky! Have a great day.

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  5. This shot must have been before the RUSH, huh?

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  6. That's one taut tarp...or plastic or whatever cover!

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  7. Looks like Bill threw an awning on the back of his house and **presto!** outdoor market! Petoskey is a beautiful area. Hope you're having nice weather. It's blazing hot here still (which is why you're there).

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  8. It does look like a thriving market, it even has shopping carts.

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  9. Lot`s of space, and perhaps even free parking. That is what I like.

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  10. Wow shopping carts too!!!


    BTW: we don't worry about wind here too much---just the darn rain. MB

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  11. Super shot, super place! I forgot about the theme. That's 'cause I'm not so open minded! ;-)

    Re your Ocala DP comment: Don't know about the beads but I think they're raking in a lot of wampum!

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  12. Plenty of room to move around. The tent colour is brilliant and vivid.

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  13. looks like a temporary arrangement

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  14. What a great place and all that space! It's good to know it'll be there for a long long time.

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  15. This sounds like a great place. Glad to see business is thriving!

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  16. I've heard of the Petoskey farmers market. And it has supermarket trolleys? Great photo, I love the sunflowers.
    Cheers,
    Melbourne Daily Photo

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  17. Wonder what it looks inside! Great tent at the entrance...I'd end up browsing for hours :D

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  18. Reminds me of Stew Leonards up in CT

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  19. Love that huge tent, it so unusual!

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  20. Cool canopy, I don't know if I've ever seen one like that. Are you back from Michigan?

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  21. That's my guy!!!! You did without a last minute reminder. I hear you forgot something a tad more important. Lordy, do I have to do all the heavy lifting for you B2????
    V

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  22. Nice capture! I love open air markets.

    Too bad I always forget the theme days. :-(

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  23. Well, it WOULD have survived another 100 years, but the FTLDP Staff Limo's brakes failed and (ahem) upset the apple cart... Fortunately, no one was hurt...

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  24. That's great news! Looks like they had to expand too, if that funky-looking tent is any indication.

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  25. I hope nobody steals the shopping trolleys left outside. How far is this place from Detroit. When i was a student in Canada, I used to take the bus and cross the river by tunnel. That was in 1970s and things in USA were cheaper than Canada. i wonder if thsi si still the case.

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  26. That is a huge canopy! That's great to see it's thriving and surviving the bad economy.

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  27. I love markets - they're always full of interesting things and colourful people.

    Many thanks for visiting Norwich Daily Photo and leaving your comment. Come visit again tomorrow!

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