Diner Tabletop in Morning Light

Colorful Characters

Bookshop Window Seat with Haiku

Country Road Farm Stand

Patient and Obedient

Golden West

Colorful Commercial Complex

Patrona in Ukiah

The beauty of Patrona restaurant is how it relies heavily on the local products of Mendocino. I stopped in on a late Monday afternoon, so only a few of us were there, and discovered the opportunity to try the locally made, world-class Craft Method Brandy of Germain Robin distillers. All in all, a beautiful experience.

A Good Sign

A lovely looking development, a "Used & Rare BOOKS" and antiques shop is preparing to open on Main Street.

Indie Bookstore

Shopped at Mendocino Book Company in Ukiah, hoping it can hang on in these turbulent times.

New Movie, Old Theater

What the Eyes See

A Bookstore Wall, Revisited

Summer Market Colors

Old Workplace, Revisited

Smart Cookie

In a canny tactical move, this little business woman sets up her artisanal food outlet at the farmers' market in the park.

Hidden Legacy

 

The handrail for the steps leading to overflow parking at the Howard Hospital campus includes an echo of the Howard family racing silks used in the days of Seabiscuit.

Busker's Payment

The Willits farmers' market moved indoors this month, changing the light but not the spirit.

Albion Village Store Abstraction

Mayan Weaver at the Market

Today's farmers' market had some light rain, but some people still turned out to shop. The market manager wrote up a nice preview for the local paper, including this tidbit:

Special this week: Katja Grace will bring her friend, Albertina López Húmez, a Mayan weaver from the town of Santa Catarina on Lake Atitlán, Guatemala. Albertina will demonstrate Mayan back-strap weaving and show her work, along with that of other Mayan craftspeople featured in Katja's "Tomorrow's Traditions" fair trade business.

According to the resident vendor, Katja, this woman will be going back to Guatemala before next week, even though her home has been "wiped out" by the flooding down there. I wish her well.