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Marty the Supermarket Robot

We parked in the lot at the Stop & Shop supermarket in Acton, Massachusetts.

Eileen and Linda told me we’d look for Marty the Robot.

Marty the Robot roams the aisles and has some tasks he can accomplish.*.

We looked up and down and discovered he was plugged in at the front, charging.

Marty the Robot is 7 feet tall
Charging up

Marty the Robot video at work

“At Stop & Shop, Marty is a seven-foot-tall autonomous robot that patrols store aisles to improve the customer experience by detecting spills and other hazards on the floor, as well as scanning shelves to identify out-of-stock or misplaced items. Using computer vision and AI, Marty alerts store associates to issues, helping to create a safer environment and ensure on-shelf product availability. Marty is not a replacement for employees but rather a tool to support them, allowing them to spend more time assisting shoppers”

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Did Not Add to Cart

At the supermarket the other day.

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Bringing Spring into the House

Wintery temps, snowflakes and winds thwarted by a bouquet of Spring tulips from the grocery store.
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Makeshift Thanksgiving Eve Supper on Supermarket Conveyor Belt

Do you ever look at another customers items on the conveyor belt in the grocery store?

Do you make judgements based on their choices?

Today I was watching the weather and accumulated snowfall all day and thinking about my Thanksgiving travel plans.

When I drove out of the school parking lot, it was slush on the roads and a pretty snowy wonderland in the trees.

After school, I went to the Giant Eagle supermarket and procured some semi-Thanksgiving items for supper tonight.

You can’t see the pretty red yams.

I can tell you this, the cranberry, orange, Granny Smith relish was refreshing. We didn’t sample the pie.

It’s just sitting.

If I never eat another Turkey Burger that’ll be just fine.

Don’t look too closely foodies and food bloggers.

Holidays are usually low view days on the blog.  Good thing!

Steve and I ate together and he’ll hold the fort here.   I packed a suitcase with plenty of wool sweaters and socks.

Thinking about all those I love and who love me. Feeling grateful for friends and family.

Thanksgiving ingredients

When I took the car to be inspected on Monday night (due Nov 30th so made it just under the wire)

I saw this sky as I waited in the wind for Steve to pick me up.

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Skip if Squeamish- Live Crickets Containers at the Food Market in FL

Florida.  A couple of years ago.  I was shooting a friend’s daughter’s wedding. We stopped at the market to shop for supper.  Not for live crickets.  I just happened to see them there at the market.

 Remove bottom lid to fill?

This display was something I’d not seen before. Seemed an interesting offering in a food market. I have driven by signs for Live Bait over the years but never really thought about it as I’ve never gone fishing.  I didn’t pick a canister up to see if it was filled or empty.  There are no holes for air?  Maybe these are empty, waiting for you to fill them?  Maybe some of my friends and followers who fish or keep spiders will know.

I looked up Live Crickets and discovered there is a whole industry. Also read a lot about crickets being kept as pets.   People need them to feed their pet spiders and reptiles.  Never really thought about that either.

Maybe best not thought about.  The food chain.  These are for fishing?

Just a bit different photo to start off the week.  Once in second grade, a long time ago, we studied a unit on Grasshoppers and then the teacher opened a tuna size can of them and we all tried to eat a piece of grasshopper.  No kidding.  What I remember is that it was like the hull of a popcorn kernel and it was oily.  I can’t remember any taste to describe.  It did not taste like chicken.

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