crazy country sighting...

i had a really nice morning today. we went to the local farmer's market in the town nearby and got food for the week. lots of the farmers/growers will stop coming soon, though this market is open every saturday year round. but, since it is the end of the primary growing season, they are selling things by the box. so, we stocked up and i'm going to attempt some freezing and canning this week. we'll see.

then we went to a "town-wide tag sale" at another, smaller town nearby. i've recently learned that tag sale is something like yankee-ese for what we southerners call a yard sale. i'm intrigued by the geographical lingo in this arena and who claims what: yard, garage, rummage, and now tag. anyway...it was fun to walk around, though we didn't find much we needed or wanted. there was a castle shaped bundt cake pan that looked like it could provide some birthday fun, but i wasn't willing to commit to moving it when it comes time to do that again. (if we're going to keep moving like we have been, i'm going to have to LOVE everything i have to pack and unpack...a lot!)

but, the strange part of the day was on the way home from these small town adventures. we were driving on one of the paved, but unlined country roads near our house. we came up behind someone riding their horse on the road...this is fairly common on a nice day. we slowed down so we could pass without scaring the horse or rider and waved as we passed. it was then that we realized the man was talking on his cell phone. riding his horse and talking on his cell phone. and we don't even get decent cell reception on these roads! it was just weird.

(for our UM friends) this siting prompted a lengthy conversation about how John Wesley would have utilized technology of the 21C if he'd had access to it. we think he definitely would have talked on his cell or even texted while on horseback. we also think he would have blogged.