<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tZVufRlMtzM/SXtT9oAQhII/AAAAAAAAAj0/jKITrJKBtiA/s1600-h/DSC01893-1.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tZVufRlMtzM/SXtT9oAQhII/AAAAAAAAAj0/jKITrJKBtiA/s400/DSC01893-1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294918105079776386" border="0" /></a>At about this time of year, I begin to long for those succulent, juicy, home-grown peaches for which this part of the country is famous. I can't help myself. The weather has been gray and cold for months. The thought of how the juices drip down my chin when I bite into a soft, ripe peach gets me through the days when the wind chaps my cheeks and the thought of having to bundle up in scarves and boots for one more day makes me <a href="http://tashadoestulsa.blogspot.com/2009/01/when-i-need-to-be-around-millions-of.html">whine like a baby in a bookstore</a>.<br /><br />I'm glad to know I'm not the only one who daydreams about fresh (I mean, <span style="font-style: italic;">really</span> fresh) produce during the last leg of winter.<br /><br />From the <a href="http://www.cherrystreetfarmersmarket.com/">Cherry Street Farmers Market</a> newsletter, dated yesterday: <div><br /></div><div>The winter weather moving in this weekend may make farmers' market season seem a long time away, but the Cherry Street Farmers' Market vendors are thinking spring, spring, spring!...<br /><br />Our market is participating, along with many other organizations, in a first annual "Local Foods Week" June 15-21, sponsored by <a href="http://www.kerrcenter.com/buy-fresh.htm">Buy Fresh Buy Local Oklahoma</a>...<br /><br />We hope to see each and every one of you at our first market. Here are the opening dates - mark your calendars now:<br /><br /><u>Saturday Market</u><br />15th and Peoria<br />Opens second Saturday in April<br />Closes first Saturday in October<br />7:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.<br />Opening day: April 11<br /><br /><u>Wednesday Market</u><br />41st and Peoria<br />Opens first Wednesday in May<br />Closes third Wednesday in October<br />8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.<br />Opening day: May 6<br /><br /><img src="file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/Husband/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot.jpg" alt="" /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img.groundspeak.com/waymarking/display/608047a3-6fb8-4fe1-8cbd-a20928a53f6a.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://img.groundspeak.com/waymarking/display/608047a3-6fb8-4fe1-8cbd-a20928a53f6a.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />The events advertised in this first Cherry Street Farmers Market e-mail of the year - including a local food forum later this month, a Tulsa County OSU-Extension Canning Class next month and a market gardening class at the OSU-Extension - will be posted on the TDT calendar in the sidebar.<br /><br />Have a look and pick an activity or two. Everything we do to support Tulsa's farmers markets enriches them and helps them to grow in this really yummy and healthful version of the old adage, "What comes around, goes around."<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >Second photo from <a href="http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMQMD">waymarking.com</a>.</span><br /></div>