Figs and Flock

Every Saturday morning, there’s a farmer’s market at Britomart in the CBD. Last week, I went there to buy something, the same thing I buy once a week in summer. There’s a stall that sells fruit and vegetables, and when figs are in season, that’s what I buy.

Supermarkets sell figs, too, but they only sell them singly, one at a time, and they’re expensive. Sometimes, they can ask between $3 and $5 for one! But at the farmer’s market, you can buy a big punnet of them. As you can see in the picture below, they come in a 3-litre ice cream container. 

The figs are big, and there’s maybe a dozen per punnet. If I was buying twelve single figs in a supermarket, I’d pay over $30. That’s expensive! Last year, the guy at this stall was selling punnets for $15. This year, the price has gone up to $20, but it’s still good value.

Figs have a short season, so it’s a good idea to enjoy them while they’re here. Just like people.

As I was walking home, I saw the windows of this empty shop, but I didn’t know what it was. I thought HOKA was the company name. In the window on the right, I thought the top shape was a big, white bird, and birds land when they leave the air and come to the ground, so I thought maybe it was a pet store.

But another way to say landing soon is coming soon. I took the picture in January, so next month was soon. But I still didn’t know what HOKA was.

The window on the left asks us to join the flock. Well, flock is the name for a group of animals, for example a flock of sheep or a flock of birds, so again, I thought it might be a pet store.

But flock has another meaning when it’s a verb. It refers to when people go somehere in large numbers, so I guess the shop wants lots and lots of people to go there and buy stuff.

But it’s not a pet store. I checked on the internet, and if you don’t know what HOKA sells, follow this link.