After spending hours organizing and
packing the RV the previous day, we were ready to leave early
Saturday morning. Except when Steve turned the ignition key, nothing
happened. The RV's starter pooped out on us, so we had to pile
everything and everyone into the van, in a condensed version, of
course. I brought my felted hats, handspun yarn and goat milk soaps,
and Steve brought his hand made wooden bows.
When we showed up in Ferndale two hours
later, the sun broke through, after the weather forecast had
predicted rain. The whole day was a blast! We were crazy busy all
day, juggling selling our stuff, teaching a class, entertaining the
kids, and visiting with people.
Eva in front of our booth, showing off the balloons twisted into a flower. |
Face painting. |
Our friend Bo saved the day. He lives
in Bellingham and bicycled out to help us with the kids. Eva adores
him beyond measure. She got bored sitting around in our booth all
day, so when Bo showed up and entertained her, she was in heaven.
They went on little excursions visiting the Llamas, petting sheep and
bunnies, and watching kids make felted soap balls. Eva wasn't
entirely comfortable with the big llamas, who got kind of pushy
trying to grab apples out of their hands.
Later on, she found a baby goat to play
with. A gaggle of kids followed the baby goat around all afternoon. Kai and Lukas, who ran around with their own friends for hours, joined in the fun.
It was fun watching Steve teach his
mini bow making class. We shared a booth, and he had a crowd
gathered around him the whole day. He was in his element, answering
questions, demonstrating proper technique, show casing his beautiful
bows. I especially loved the diversity of people being so lit up by the skill he shared. There were lots of children, rapt with attention (later, we traded a kid's bow for beautiful beeswax candles). There were fathers of tiny babys, rolling strollers back and forth and hanging on Steve's every word. Even elderly women came up to him and wanted to touch the shiny wooden bows.
The whole event was organized
beautifully. The people who put it on fed the teachers and vendors organic, home cooked
meals for free. The sense of community, fun, networking and learning
was so much fun to experience, not to mention the entertainment of
well-known local musicians.
I can't end this blog post before showing you two of my favorite pictures this week. They have to do with harvesting. First, there is more basil, which got made into even more pesto. Eva helped harvest and carry the fragrant basil stems into the kitchen. She looks like she is wearing a dress made of basil.
The other picture is of Steve, helping me make green tomato relish. I took a picture of him juggling three onions, but they all got blurry. So instead, I am including this picture of Steve, showing off his hot body our home grown onions.
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