08/31/2026
💨 Yesterday at the market was a WILD one! 💨
I just want to take a moment to say THANK YOU to all of my amazing customers and fellow vendors who helped me yesterday. ❤️
It was a windy day, and even though I had weights on my tent, they simply weren’t enough. At one point, a HUGE gust of wind came through and literally picked up my tent! 😳
Of course, this happened right in the middle of making a sale—with my cash box open and me counting money. 😂
My immediate reaction was to drop everything, jump up, and grab onto my tent because my biggest concern was keeping it from blowing away and potentially hurting someone.
The problem? While I was hanging onto my tent for dear life… my money was flying out of my open cash box and blowing all over the parking lot! 💸💸💸
It was an absolute disaster! 😂
And then something pretty amazing happened. Customers and fellow vendors immediately jumped in to help. People were grabbing money, helping me secure the tent, and doing whatever they could to help me get everything under control.
I truly cannot thank you all enough. ❤️
I’m sure I lost a few $1s and $5s to the wind, but I know I would have lost SO much more without everyone who stopped what they were doing to help me. Your kindness and willingness to jump in meant more to me than you probably realize.
What did I learn from this?
I need MORE weight—and I need weights that securely strap onto the tent legs. My current weights weren’t fastened tightly enough, so when that huge gust came through, the tent leg simply blew right off the weights. In an instant, my tent was completely unweighted!
Lesson learned! ✔️
I’m incredibly grateful to be part of such a wonderful market community. Thank you for looking out for me, helping me chase money across the parking lot, and making a crazy situation a whole lot easier to handle. 😂❤️
I appreciate every single one of you!
— Emily
Sourdough by Emily 🍞
(Even though this is an AI image…it depicts pretty accurately what happened yesterday.)
