Craig and I spent Thursday afternoon eating lunch and wandering around the Olympia Farmers Market. It was pretty cold and our lunches blew off our picnic table, but we somehow managed to get back to the newsroom without frostbite. Man, it was a brrrrr kind of cold.

Wandering around the market, we noticed how many plant vendors were there, although there would have been even more, we're guessing, if the weather would start showing some springlike tendencies (ugh).

One of our longest stops was at the Lynch Creek Farm booth to admire/gush/drool over the wide selection of dahlia tubers.

The next stop was to admire the lavender -- about a dozen different varieties -- at the Spring Creek Farm booth. Craig bought a few different culinary herbs, including sorrel, thyme, oregano, cilantro and bergamot.

I'm planning on heading back to the market this weekend before I head to the fun and kitschy Hazard Factory event. On my list of stuff to buy is a sweet bay tree from the Spring Creek Farm booth. It will be a nice vertical addition to my corner garden.