Today was the last day of February interesting and sometimes confusing year. Overall, though for us, it was a good year. I guess it’s all about what you make of it.
We’ve really enjoyed the holidays this year.. especially having our boys with us. We’ve had a lot of people in and out of the house.
Nothing says lots of company like having every spoon in the house be used.:-)
after a workout and short run, dianeand I headed tot he waterfront in Burlington to help with setup for fluffy.. we’ were performing from 2Pm until 10 PM.. .. thankfully it was a relatively warm and sunny day (in the 40’s which is crazy warmer this time of year)
It was great seeign Chris’s Champ he’d made for the burn. He made two of them forming a heart.. in reference to the need to bring people together after such a divided year.
n there was fluffy .. all ready for setup . Setup went pretty smoothly with the number of folks there
the BTV fire department came for a look.. I guess they let we were kosher
PTZ news was there and interviewed chris, gabe and me about hilight.. both of them did a great job talking about the champ burn !
by sunset the place was gettign pretty busy.. we had a series of DJ’s playing on Fluffy alternating with bands on the stage at the other end of the park
fluffy was looking good !
there was a guy blowing big bubbles in front of fluffy.
Our cousins Jon and Jean showed up ! They just arrived here from Wisconsin. Jon has a one month residency at the Gund school on the topic of climate change as a healthcare issue. We’re looking forward to seeing them in some of the rest of their family over the next month!
We got to see Elliot, Leah, Gustav and Ezra !
I loved watching the crew in the lights of the cloud and the fire roofer . took at those smiles !
we were smiling too !
Rachel and Jovian came by too !
Suze, HansMartaan Illya and Kim came by too.. Here I am showing Illya how the lights work
hen came the fireworks !
then came the Fire dancers and the Champ burn. I tired to get close, but It was packed down there.. so I went back to watch from the bus. ..
then Chris and Gabe came out and blew fire on the champ sculptures to light them. Here are the pics I got.. but there were Buch better ones from my cousin Jon that I can share
we shut down around 11 . we took down quickly.. and fluffy headed out with lights still on
we drove up hoping to see our friends the Wormdogs playing at a bar in the north end.. .. the place was packed.. and there was a long line to get in.. it was so great to see them so popular.. it was almost as fun as getting to see them !
We went home tired and happy..and stayed up just long enough to take a bath and float into 2025
happy new year everyone..
lets make it an interesting one.. lets make it a fun and kind one too !
nite all, nite sam
-me