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| STREET CLOSED FOR BROWNSTONE DAYS |
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| LESLIE AND ALLISON LOOKING FOR FUN |
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| 1937 CHEVY PICKUP |
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| 1958 OLDS HARDTOP |
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| 1937 FORD V8 |
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| '60'S R&R BAND |
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| AN ARTISTS' GARDEN |
Sunday, 8:40 AM. 54 degrees F, wind N, light with occasional stronger gusts. The sky is overcast, and although the sun has made a few futile attempts at breaking through it looks like it will be another dark morning. Some more rain fell last night and Buddy smells like a wet fish again after his run in the woods, but it sure doesn't dampen his spirits, as he and Allison play continuously. The humidity is 94% and the barometer is steady at 29.87"
Yesterday it rained on-and-off-again all day long but we managed to duck between the raindrops and go to the neighboring town of Washburn for their annual "Brownstone Days" celebration. Hwy. 13 was closed off for several blocks, and there were food and art vendors and rides, but the main attraction probably was the classic and collector's car show, which had everything from hot rods to mammoth old Detroit production autos and everything in between, as well as a pretty good live Rock and Roll band playing all the '50's and 60's songs. They even got most of the lyrics right.
We had lunch at the Time Out restaurant, which is one of our favorite small-town eateries, and then took the self-guided festival garden tour. Washburn has some nice gardens, mostly of the front yard flower variety, including that of local artist Jan Wise, pictured above.
We are all off to church this morning, while waiting for things to dry out and warm up after several days of cold rain.
The cherry crop is still being picked, the strawberries are pretty well over, and the raspberries are just beginning. All have been bumper crops of outstanding quality. Blueberries will be ripening within the next two weeks, and the early apples sometime after that. Apple Hill Orchard has picked 8,000 pounds of cherries so far, and the crop is only half in.
The Almanac has reached a milestone of sorts, and has logged over 100,000 page views. Unfortunately, I don't really know what that means or what significance it may have, if any. But there it is.
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