This quilter went to market:

Farmer's market, that is: 

and I had my camera: 

 and found this pile of garden rubbish:  ready for the compost heap:  love:

and a few steps away from the market:  is a butterfly garden:  planted by:

 tended by:

 master gardeners: 

  bag of garden soil:  thrown on the ground: spilt down the middle: planted with thyme: 

 great idea: 

 to love:

and if you dream in color: 

 dream this:  garden hoses:

 to delight the gardener's eye:

garden kitty:

  love:

zinnias: 

 in the butterfly garden:

marigolds:

  in the butterfly garden:

take out: 

 from the farmer's market:  purple hull peas:  tomatoes: cucumbers:  onions: 

 bell pepper: squash: cantelope

watermelon: 

left behind: 

 but they made a great picture: