Bradford Farm

Today was a picture perfect day in Charlotte....the kind of day that makes you fall in love with this area, 70 degrees, sun shining, vibrant fall colors making the roadside scenery so beautiful it looks like a picture book. To make it even better, it was my day off...and the kids day off...(Fall Break...don't think we had that one growing up in Canada). I spent most of the day enjoying my daughter. My 13 year old son decided that it was his last day of this (new to me) Fall Break and he was going to blissfully do absolutely nothing...Syd and I spent the morning dancing around the house to 80's music. I am blessed in that she thinks that The Cure, Billy Idol, Queen and Aerosmith are all 'retro cool'...I guess I can also thank the cast of 'Glee' for the revival!!! After an unsuccessful attempt to sign Syd up for dance class (we missed the studio, ended up at a goat farm, had to call the 'relaxing' RJ to look up online directions......knew that cancelling Onstar would come back to haunt me..finally found it only to discover it didn't open till later in the day.....) we ended up at Bradford Farms. Bradford Farms is a wonderful roadside farm and market that has the best fresh local produce, meats, eggs, breads and products produced locally. It is a little old fashioned farm with a rocking chair front porch and a raggedy lovable mutt dog that flops over on his back for belly rubbing when ever anyone comes near....They sell soda in glass bottles that require a bottle opener and invite you to sit a spell on the porch to enjoy it....I just love the experience of shopping there ....let alone the taste difference in a farm fresh egg or their homemade apple butter. On the way out Syd pointed out a sign that read No Farms = No Food....mentally, I decided to stop there more often...

Tomorrow I will be back at the office...but my hope is to keep in my mind the feeling of spending some time with my teenager at Bradford Farms today...that step back in time, enjoy the moment, sit on the front porch and stay a while kind of feeling...oh and if you can support your local farm....they need you and you'll be glad you did!!