Charlotte Market, Gallery, and Saving Plants

 Went to Lark and Key and of course, loved time there.  Decided to walk away without a purchase and wait for a Sandy Snead piece of jewelry.  Met her while there and saw lots of great art- like these new plates by Jennifer Mecca.  Sorry for the pic, but these were amazing!  Decorative or functional... Click HERE for more about the gallery.

 Also went to Lowe's and did what I love to do there- head straight to the clearance section and find plants to rescue.  Found four perennials!  :)  Lucky me.

 Two dianthus, 1 lady speedwell, and 1 beard tongue; they're now drying out from all this rain and I'll plant them in the next couple days.   :)

 Discovered Atherton Market too.  Can't believe I missed this place when I lived there!  Ended up buying a small piece of this cheese which was kinda like a soft gouda.  Delicious!

 Lots of organic food there.  They have a facebook page HERE.   Discovered it because I heard King's Kitchen, a non profit restaurant downtown now has a bakery but the bakery is at the market on Saturday.  Bought a loaf of ciabatta bread too.  :)  Look here for more about King's Kitchen.  Incredible southern food there too.

 Okay, so that was on Saturday and one of the small vendors had fish.  This black sea bass the vendor said, was alive on Thursday.  I loved this market!

 Back to Lark and Key as my pictures are a bit jumbled.  I really like Julie Covington's work too- there is an upcoming opening featuring here on the first Friday of August.  Will try to go!  :)  I like how she uses wax resist in her glazing to make the designs.   So inspiring to be here!

Back to the market- here's the King's bakery.  (ugh, blurry pic).  I so like buying local food especially when the proceeds go back to the community to help those in need as is true with King's Kitchen and Bakery.
Ended the day with a good run in one of my favorite spots in Charlotte.
Tomorrow will reclaim clay.  Thanks for the inspiration for that, Meredith!
Tracey, thanks for the running inspiration!