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

Just home from Middlebury VT. My mom is up for a surprise visit . We have two cousins from different sides of the family graduating from Middlebury college tomorrow. We met up with both of their families. First a nice dinner with Ethan, Jon, Jean and jeans family and Ethan s friend Adam

Then a nice quick meet up with Emma and her family including my cousin Peter his wife Allison , my cousin Judy and my aunt sis and uncle Phil . And a bunch of allisand family .We had time for a quick drink (though I didn’t have one . I was the DD)

Not CE seeing all of them

Then the hour drive home . I took my mom to visit the time cycle which is rusting in the markowski’s field

Ok.. super sleepy. More tomorrow

Nite all, nite sam
-me

It was good hanging out with my mom on the drive. She kept me awake

Day full of errands.. just settling into my vacation ..

had a great dinner with friends Mat and Matty.. discussing chocolate, AI ,. Yoga , Miami and Pittsburgh.

I just pulled a 1/4 inch piece of metal out of my left middle finger. I’m deep in the middle of a metal working project and didn’t  realize that I’dc skewered .. The nice thing about splinters is that they come out..

note much more to report on the day

 

nite all, nite sam

-me

 

 

First a shout out to our nephew Dr. Vincent Mariano.. who graduated from medical school today.. Congratulations Vincent.. We’re all really. really proud of you !

Just back from a half day trip up to Montreal to attend our good friend Matt T’s senior show for the Desin Program at Dawsons University.. and a chance to see the Chagall show at the Montreal Museam. Aroudn 1 we met Deb, Hannah, and Ian and jumped in Hannah’s car for the hour an a half ride up to Montreal.   We parked the car at Matt’s and went out on foot in the very warm and beautiful day

 

the show was absolutely amazing.. it tracekd Chagall’s entire life and work.. i think it’s the best single artist show I’ve ever seen.    I’ve always loved Chagall’s work.. and love it more now that I’ve seen it all together. I counted 36 pictures of goats in the paintings cermaics. costumes, music, glass and movies.. ..

 

sadly.. no pictures were allowed at the show.. but I had to grab this one.. my favorite.. Reminds me of Eugene’s   Start Wearing Purple 

 

from the museum.. out to St Ambroise for beer in the 80 degree heat  . 

 

perfect time and place to try on everyones sunglasses 

 

from there to Dawsons to see Matt and his classmates Industrial Design Show.. It was really impressive. We are really poud of Matt.. he’s got an amazing eye for design

 

here are soem of his designs from the year

 

and he lists ‘Friends of Sam ‘ in his CV !

 

Matt and his GF Inez

\\Matt and his dad Barry

 

then alate dinner at Summac on Notre Dam.. So tasty !

 

then a quick drive home (at least for me.. I slept !)

 

great day./ congrats again to all the new grads !

nite all, nite sam

-me