Even though it's only a pleasant 15 minute walk from home, and even though it's packed with wonderfully fresh produce, I don't often shop at the market. Partly because it's expensive - though you can argue, and I often do, that the freshness of the produce means you get much better value from whatever you buy - but mostly because I still have to visit the supermarket for those staple items that are not local or in season. And I really don't like household shopping.
But maybe because I hadn't been to the market for some time, yesterday's visit was a pleasure. It's really an enjoyable walk as I trundle along with my old lady shopping trolley. There are morning glimpses of the city skyline across the historic Lawson Street mural:
there's the fun of the Big Issue production site.
I like the small lanes that link the back streets I walk along:
and I wonder about the ever-delayed restoration plans for the beautiful deserted old buildings that were once the headquarters for the Eveleigh railway workshops:
But yesterday's greatest pleasure was the figs. Plump, fresh, and picked just at the right time. Luscious. Yum.
7 comments:
I so wish we had a great market within walking distance. I'd even invest in an old lady shopping trolley!
I have a shopping trolley. I love it. I'm not signing up to be an old lady yet (everyone in Paris uses one...)
You brought me right back to Redfern. And I have fig envy!
What a lovely area you live in.
Seeing those lovely photos reminded me of the lovely time I spent visiting you when you took me to that market and walked down those streets.
Beautiful pictures, I want to stroll down one of those leafy lanes.
these are all the things I miss about sydney, and your photos are a reminder of how much i loved living around there. i do like the image of you trundling along with your old lady trolley!
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