Just back from a great music and beer festival afternoon.
Tte rest of the day was sweet and slow paced. My mom and I went and checked out one radish. the cafe that is where ‘on the rise’ used to be.. It was really, really nice. They still have the satmsone in the chimney that ben and Rachel put there so many years ago.
net door the quinns started their egarage sale to clear out pat and jenets house. It’s apart of the prcoess.. of processign that both of htem have died.. it was so great seeig all the stuff that was there..
soem of it was our kids.. that had been generously stored in their garage over the years. 
some of it was just pure fun.. lie the dress up duck.. with a custume for every holiday and season
y favorite was the christmas corner.
i got a great plastic steak ( you can never have enough plastic steaks)
and . barb presented me with two of Janets saltshakers.. ! they look like me !
here are all the sisters plus Jim…
bother Mike was at work.
The rest of the day was just cutting the grass an workig around the house. Aroudn 3 my mom and i headed over to teh fstival in SHelbourne .
Deb’s Douglas Sweets is lucky enough to be in a collection of buildigns that include beer makers, spirit makers. tortilla makers, choclate makers.. and of course delicious shortbread.. THey had a really, really fantastic grateful dead cover band.
it was SO great hearing them.. by the end of the 3 and a half our gig my smile muscles hurt from smiling !
julia, hannah, gabe and ian were sellign strawberry shortcake tot he hungry and intoxicated people . \
diane, deb and my mom looked on drom Deb’s cafe/factory
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what a great, great day !
ok. time for slepp. more tomorrow..
tomorrw woud hacve been Sam’s 25th.. WoW.. thats big..
note all, nite sam
-me