August 10th

I actually slept until 6:30 this morning…I  read the Divine Office and said my Rosary while my tea water got hot.

Time went quickly…when Steve got up we sat outside and soon Gary and Delores joined us.  We visited and then got the Van unloaded so we could put up the back seat so we could all ride together to Corny and Corny Day celebration!

It was already full of cars when we got there. I found a place to park by the Artisan well and the back end of the flea market.

We split up, of course the guys headed to the front and the beer! (Steve, not so much Gary).

Delores and I started our browsing the market... I found a smaller cast iron kettle for Beth…they were asking 23..i offered 20 and \they took it right away, maybe I should have gone lower but I'm happy with the price. It was brand new.

Lots of things to sample…the trail mix guy was there again with his great Cranberry / cherry mix.  We got a sample of that and as he handed me mine a cherry fell out..he said “oh, you lost your cherry”…I said “ oh, I lost that a long time ago”… the young hippy got a good laugh out of that!

We made our way to the front and then started back the other side of the market.

Gary asked us to look for an aluminum ice cube tray, so we had a mission! We did come close...a tray but not the inside.

We found the guys..they were enjoying themselves.. so Delores and I went and got a braut and sat down.

Manzaneta had a popcorn machine outside her shop.. she asked if I had any special yarn with me.. I didn't,  but promised I would bring some along the next trip.   She has this old floor loom, she weaves the most beautiful pieces. I just lose myself looking at all the different colors and fibers.

I got a call from Beth and she had arrived ..I told her we were close to the dunk tank, where she was schedule to be in at 12:30.. she had about 15 minutes. 

She had on her bikini with a tank top over it and a pair of shorts.  We watched the gal that was ahead of her and she looked pretty scared! 

Beth got up there and Gary threw a couple balls at her… missed.. then I gave it a try… they let me stand at the kids line…loved the advantage!  I dunked her twice!  Steve’s turn and he got her once..

 Delores took a shot but didn’t get her.  Gary thought he would sneak behind the dunk tank and reach threw and dunk her from behind…but she saw him.. he stayed back there and he got her when she wasn’t looking …pretty funny.. she was a good sport

There was a young family that had about 6 young kids with them, the Dad was so patient and I think he spent over $20 so each child could take a couple tries at dunking Beth.. The youngest who looked around 2, of course couldn’t throw that far so at the end the guy  running it gave the Dad a ball and he held the boy right up to the target.. the little one thought he was supposed to throw it at Beth.. finally with his Dad’s help he hit the target and in she went…they all got wet!  

The parade was going to be starting and Steve started heading to town where he said we always watched it…I always watched it where we were…but Beth said last year they watched it down there with Pat, Vonnie and Caela,…Len, Vicki and I watched it by the pavilion. So we were both right.. This weekend we were having some disagreements on quite a few things.

So we walked down there and it was nice to sit in the shade by the coffee shop.  The parade true to form lasted 10 minutes…lots of candy thrown to the kids..even to us.  There were a couple of kids by us that had a large bag and were picking up lots of candy..Delores and I thought that was a bit much… but then felt better when the boys asked their parents permission before eating any candy..  they weren’t out of control!

We went into the coffee shop and I got a raspberry soda and Delores got a cold coffee drink…we sat and visited there awhile.

  I needed to go over to Ehlers to pick up some things for my potato salad.. Steve suggested that I walk back and get the Van and they would wait on the benches outside the store.  He didn’t want to see me carrying my purchases all the way back there. So thoughtful...naw...I wouldn’t have been so nice but I did it for Gary…  we girls walked back there and got the Van and drove back… Beth left for home and we would be stopping there on our way home.

Rocky hadn’t come because that morning  he had a fight with the skill saw and his thumb lost, and the saw won.  I found out later he was working on my bean toss boards.  I felt bad.

He was doing okay… we got a tour ..I am always so impressed at our little girl and what she and Rocky have accomplished on their land.  She showed us the house plans…it is really going to be nice.

We were over by one garden looking at a huge slab of tree Rocky was going to make a table top out of..it was leaning against the post and on top was an outboard motor casing and a  Bald faced hornet nest in it…they were busy bees… Rocky gently pulled the slab out to show the other side and when he put it back it got the bees mad and they one got him right below his eye.. I quickly grab some Plantain and chewed it and slapped it on it.. what a day he was having..he had a bee sting a few yrs back in almost the same spot and his eye swelled up… not good.

He had it on for awhile and then Beth found a huge leaf and he took and chewed it himself really good and put it on.. maybe his own saliva would work better too.

When we pulled in to the driveway  Delores noticed there was a stack of wood by the fire pit.. we were curious to who had done that??

It was such a beautiful day we sat outside and I gave Delores Connie’s cards on herbal healing plants.. she really was interested.

All of a sudden a red truck with flame decals shows up!  Dan had arrived!! 

I greeted him with a big hug and he said he had been to the local bar for the last few hrs.. He had arrived about noon he had brought his new chain saw and started cutting wood for us…he asked if we saw his note and we hadn’t even walked back there to find it.

I loved his note... of course I miss placed it...something to the affect.. it was a riddle "I am from a town where men are men and woman are few.  Sheep are scared..." he is from Ladysmith..

He had forgotten about Corny day and didn’t realize it until someone at the bar mentioned it.. He had a burger and some fries and then shook dice and kept winning drinks…after awhile he decided he wasn’t in any shape to drive to Corny.

I got the bean toss boards out from the back of the van. Put the seat back down and put everything back inside of it.

Beth arrived on her scooter…Delores and I walked over to the shed to get my aluminum table… she found a huge branch that was ready to burn and hauled that back.  

A game had started and so we enjoyed watching them.   Soon Rocky came…his eye hadn’t swelled up.. he was impressed with the Plantain and not totally convinced it was what save it from swelling. He definitely would keep it in mind the next time something came up.

He took over for Beth and we gals sat and watched. 

It wasn’t long he had enough so I took over and then Steve needed a break and Beth took over for him.. we played awhile …we weren’t keeping score so finally we all had enough..the bags needed reinforcing anyway.

I loved the boards they were light weight and very easy for me to handle.

Beth and Rocky got going on the fire and we all moved back there.  Delores put her branch on...it was a bit long...but we would watch it burn shorter and shorter.

 I was bringing things out to the table and saw that Rocky had taken Dan’s chainsaw and was starting to cut down the dead Birch tree that was on Steve’s to do list.  Steve sat and watched ..Gary and I were over closer waiting for it to fall…Steve thought we were too close. But the tree had so many spruce around it that it was stuck …somehow Rocky got it down… pretty cool.. he started cutting it up and Dan was picking up the brush..Beth said he was a really good brush monkey…I never heard that term!  

I got the hot dogs on the sticks.. and Gary started roasting them…then Steve took over.  I put the cheese brauts Gary and Delores brought in my new basket roasters …the handle wasn’t that long and it was heavy.. Rocky made a brace with some wood slabs for it..

Everything tasted so good, Delores had heated up some beans and had fresh tomatoes and her cucumber pickles! 

It had gotten pretty dark and Beth was concerned about driving the scooter home in the dark.. I told her she could take our van

home.. she was happy to do that.

Rocky saw a meteor shower …so I was excited to look for them.

They left for home and left us oldsters to our fire.

It wasn’t long and Gary was ready to hit the hay and soon after Steve left too.

I asked if anyone wanted to join me roasting marshmallows and Delores did…so I went in and got them and the Grahams and Hershey bars!  Unfortunately the marshmallows had melted in the cupboard but I did find a couple that we were able to roast.

A sticky mess but tasted good!

   

We all went in around 11:30. Dan said all he needed was a pillow and blanket..but they were under the bed where Steve was sleeping..he didn’t want me to wake him but I did…he’d fall right back asleep.

I got him situated and we all went to bed.. I loved looking out the windows at the beautiful starry night!

I even saw a meteor shower!