The Main Library is my favorite place in St. Augustine. The staff is amazing, helpful, pleasant, and if an award is to be given to library staff it is these folks. It’s one of the few things about St. A. I will miss. They treat all with respect and care greatly for the enormous amount of homeless that hunker down in their domain. This winter they even had a box of free blankets for them. One of the many wonderful staff members is pictured above in holiday regalia.

What spirit for the holiday!

After my library visit went to a garden festival at a local farm. When leaving the car a woman asked me to sign her petition to run for office against 5 men. I asked if she was a republican, and she said yes. Then I asked if she will endorse female health care and she stated in a nasty tone, “That ship has sailed,” and she walked away. Sad, as women should stand with other women on this issue, especially for their daughters.

Thought this gal had an interesting store working from her trailer.

And the food was quite tasty from the food trucks. Had a great chicken sandwich from the VFW Food truck. They were retired military and their son was the cashier. What a nice young man graduating from high school and looking to go to technical college. A straight A student as well..

My fare and the gal even substituted coleslaw for fries. Nice touch.

More vendor pictures..

And I found some very healthy African Violets for only $5. each. In another life I grew them from leaves in an aquarium. May do that again. Have been investigating the purchase of a green house for the cabin and still thinking about bee keeping.