Sunday Market at Mabou, Cape Breton

Martin's crabapple pie.

 The highlight of our Sunday was going over to Mabou to the Market, and what a Market it is.  We had gone especially to visit the booth of our neighbors, Gabi and Martin.  They have a booth where they sell their baked goods and other goodies.

Martin of Martin's Bakery.

Our favorite today was the wonderful crabapple pie, made from crabapples from our place.  It was delicious.  We also purchased two loaves of their wonderful bread.

Little visitors at the Market.

There were vendors selling all sorts of vegetables, blueberries, organically raised beef, lamb, pork, chicken.  Then there were the crafts of all kinds---jewelry, knitted goods, beautiful scarves, wooden bowls.

Beautiful vegetables.

Craftsman, "Nature Lost and Found"

    The live music was also quite nice.

Many of these same vendors will be in Port Hawkesbury on Thursday, so I'll see them there.

Made in Cape Breton

Made in Cape Breton quilt. 

As we were leaving Cape Breton last month, we stopped in at the Port Hasting Museum Quilt and Craft Shop at the roundabout to see the quilt exhibit.  It's hard for me to pass up an exhibit of quilts.  Although I no longer quilt (I did once make a quilt--completely by hand---pieced and quilted.) I enjoy seeing the handiwork of others.

There are other hand-crafted items there too.  I especially like the little pins made of zippers.

Zipper pins.

And the wall hangings and pillows are pretty too.

Wall hanging.

Owl pillow.

I bought some pretty place mats with a nautical theme in the blues and reds that I like.

Nautical place mats.

I'm looking forward to using the place mats at our summer place in Cape Breton.  The colors match our dining room/sunroom very nicely.