Robbins Farmers Day

Saturday morning started a bit overcast but proved to be a beautiful day.  My husband and I got an early start driving from Southern Pines the 20 minutes to Robbins, North Carolina.  The town was celebrating it's 58th Annual Farmers Day.  The downtown streets were filled with carnival rides, games, food and craft vendors.  I fell in love with the jewelry made by a Kernersville woman named Rosa.  She called her line Rusty and Distressed Designs by Rosa.  Check out her website ... really beautiful copper jewelry all handcrafted.  www.rustydistresseddesigns.com Very reasonably priced too. She sells her pieces on Etsy as well.

There was also a parade but instead of the typical line up of beauty queens in convertibles and high school bands it was a parade of horses ... horse and buggies decorated, riders dressed in their finest western shirts and children looking adorable atop ponies.  

We decided to bypass the Bloomin' Onions, funnel cakes and fried candy bars and instead went for a healthy lunch at Eden's Garden.  This Vegan friendly, all organic restaurant frankly seems a bit out of place in downtown Robbins.  The menu selections change daily.  Everything was delicious and so fresh and flavorful.

On our way out of Robbins we travelled "Pottery Road" NC Highway 705.  Many potters live, work and show their wares along this route.  We stopped at several places and even though they said they were open on Saturdays no one was there.  I guess they were all at the Farmers Day celebration!  We did meet these friendly fellows though.

Robbins is a down-home, rustic, nothing fancy kind of town with a few interesting exceptions.  In Pinehurst it's golf shirts and loafers, in Robbins it's overalls and t-shirts and yet at one "thrift shop" they had some of the most beautiful antique furniture pieces I had ever seen in one place. Definitely an interesting town to check out.