I come over to this part of Virginia for two things. A great butcher, which, once discovered, you can not do without, and a place called Swirlies. I can do without meat most days, but, I had a carload today that swore they would die on the spot without a few swirlies. Pictured is Swirlies before we lost our privileges.

Soft serve has made it around the world, faster than a #MarketFriday post! Mister Softee, our most famous ice cream truck, made its way to China where it serves up the regular flavors, plus a few of its local flavors: Green Tea and Red Bean flavored soft serve.

Day or night, people come from near and far to stand in line. And meet up with a friend or three. Not now, but, you know, the old normal.

Off subject, but, did you notice the water fountain has a booster seat on it? How cool is that?

Oh, for the love of soft-serve ice cream! Over the years, it has found its niche, its place in our food pyramid, of sorts, if you will. I'll bet you didn't see that coming, did you? It was created with a combined effort of Dairy Queen (DQ for short) and Carvel, the experts in all things ice cream. They hit a home run with it. The rest is just history.

Did I mention that they come in a sugar, pictured to the left, or a waffle cone, my personal favorite. If you are really being watchful of your waistline, you may just want a dish. Your call!

Most of the soft serve shops have only chocolate and vanilla or a combination of both flavors called a swirl, this place called it a twist. You can roll it in sprinkles, jazz it up with nuts, or you can cover it with a magic shell, which is a cone dipped in pure chocolate and it hardens, making a hard covering over your soft serve. Oh, for the love of God and all things chocolate. It is pure and delicious. Nowadays, you can get cherry also. Praise God, did I say it was a near miracle of experience?

Why, yes it is.

Today is #MarketFriday initiated by @dswigle (Denise, that's me!!) Join me as we share our markets across the globe. I always look forward to seeing what you send me! It is amazing to see different markets and cultures of our friends here on Hive..

Rules of the Road
Go to the market, or anywhere that you pay money for a service.
Take pictures! Be creative (or not, we don't judge!)
Tell us a little bit about the market, what brought you here?
Post the picture(s)
Use the MarketFriday Community Platform to post
Or drop the link into the MarketFriday post so I can find it
Have fun!

Please leave the link to your post on here so it can easily be found by others. It helps you and me to have them in one place. Where else can you take such a quick trip around the globe? Thank you so much for joining us!! ❤

If you are watching your calorie intake, soft serve is a better deal for you than regular ice cream. It has a light, fluffy texture which accounts for it's lower fat content. Win-win!

STOP!! BRAIN TEASER AHEAD!!

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Question: Two men find an old gold coin and want to have a coin toss with it to decide who gets to keep it. The only problem is the coin is heavier on one side so it comes up heads more than tails. What is a fair way for the men to toss the coin and decide who gets to keep it?

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Answer: They toss the coin twice. Each man picks heads or tails on the first coin toss and on the second coin toss they switch. So if you picked heads on the first coin toss you would have tails for the second coin toss. In this way, no one has an advantage over the other.

I went out that way today and Gasp! My Swirlies is socially distancing from me. Plus, tape on the sidewalks and everything. Chained offf the area, lest you try to sit with it.

I have to ask...Do you think this will be the new normal?

A flower. There must always be a flower or three, to color my world. Hail the beauty!

And just like that, this show is over. Come back tomorrow and we will do it again. The market? Oh, yes! Wherever money is exchanged for a service or for merchandise. Be different if you wish! It does not have to be a traditional market! Just remember! #MarketFriday loves you!

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they set my aunts house on fire
i cried the way women on tv do
folding at the middle
like a five pound note.
i called the boy who use to love me
tried to ‘okay’ my voice
i said hello
he said warsan, what’s wrong, what’s happened?

i’ve been praying,
and these are what my prayers look like;
dear god
i come from two countries
one is thirsty
the other is on fire
both need water.

later that night
i held an atlas in my lap
ran my fingers across the whole world
and whispered,
"where does it hurt?"
it answered,

"everywhere"
"everywhere"
"everywhere"

warsan shire