The Harvest Festival

Muggy.  

86 degrees

and busy all day long.

 After chores I took a quick shower and headed down to the Farmers Museum

to help with the Harvest Festival.  I'm going to post that below as it is very long.

Did not finish up until it was almost 4pm and was ready to sit in front of a fan.

We had leftover spags for dinner 

 and then I went out to do chores.

 The farrier came for Maggie and Angel today.

 It took no time to get Rebel and his harem tucked in.

I'm not too excited about long hot days.

But let me tell you about the Harvest Festival.

Many years ago the Town purchased a home next to Lakeview Cemetery and some time later it was turned into the Farmers Museum.  A committee was formed and they have been making improvements regularly.  This event has not taken place for a few years and the they thought it was time for a comeback.  I was not able to participate in this group until they changed the meeting time from 8:30 to 10am and now am happy to help, especially with this Festival that they have been working on for months.

By 8am vendors and exhibitors were there to get set up for a 9am opening.

 I arrived around 9:15 (after chores) and the first person I saw in the barn was the Town Supervisor and his 4 children.

Marion Dilger was spinning wool.

 Mary Edwards was there from Clarkson, where she and several others have promoted cursive writing for children in their Town's Historical School House.

 Mary Eunice Weinkauf worked on her quilt....

 Carol Rizzo brought along her rug hooking,

 our friend Al Cretney demonstrated carving,

 (when he was not looking, Gary tried it)

 The barn was a perfect spot and there was a lot of interest.

Doug H. and his wife Dianne were there to get material for a photo essay

they will be putting in a local paper.

 The Sweden Seniors were well represented.

 Dresses for Girls Around the World.

 The Quilters....

 and the knitters.

 They also held a bake sale.

 There were 17 vendors....

 and many tractors and pieces of antique equipment were on display.

 The Lions Club kept us well fed.

 We even had a few animals.

 Owen was the with his baby chicks.  They were a big hit!

Do you know what this is????

 Tina and Loki stopped over.

 Homecoming was held at the college today, and one of the mounted officers (who was there for the parade) joined us for a couple of hours.  Such a beautiful Belgian!

 I sat with the Wolf family for lunch.  So nice to see them.

We boarded our first two horses at their farm.

 Carina and the kids were there with her mother-in-law.

Levi said "you're everywhere!"

 Free wagon rides were available if you wanted to tour the cemetery.

Along the way, the Clarkson historian gave us a history of many 

who were buried in the cemetery.

 Richard B. arrived in the afternoon to take photographs

for a project he is working on.

Susan, on the right (I have posted many photos of her) did an incredible

amount of work to make this day a great success, along with the other

committee members.  I really enjoy working with this group.

Time for a nap.

Night all.