Bright sunny day in Hobart. Went to the Saturday Salmanaca Market... a big open air market mercifully not hempen-clad and patchouli-soused. Old book sellers, farmers with end-of-summer produce, woodworkers, a ginger beer homebrewer (yum), small garden stuff, etc.
You can click here and see a generic postcard picture... and play 'where's Chris' in the crowd.
I bought seeds, which are just about the only thing I can bring back to the US, plant wise. Here's what I bought: - Christmas Bells (Blandfordia punicea) - Kangaroo Paw (red and green, Anigozanthos manglesii) - leatherwood (Eucryphia lucida) - black coral pea (Kennedia nigricans) - Celery Top Pine (Phyllocladus aspleniifolius) - Aussie Bluebell (Wahlenbergia gracilenta) - Tassie Waratah (Telopea truncata) - Trigger Plant (Stylidium graminifolium) - Pandani (Richea pandanifolia) - Miner's Lettuce (Montia perfoliata).
All Aussie except for miner's lettuce, which is Californian... but you can never get the seeds at home!
I see Chris' head!
No problem at all spotting Chris!! The skies look wonderfully clear. JMP