Shepherd's Harvest 2012

The festival:

HUGE Lincoln Rams.  Huge.  Never seen sheep this big!

You should see what I bought!
http://erinkknits.blogspot.com/2012/05/shepherds-harvest-2012-spoils.html

Wow

Since the last time I posted, we've been awfully busy. 

Brad and I took the train to see a Twins game downtown, Harry (Brad's dad) visited and the kids and I went to the Minnesota History Center with him, my mom flew into town, cleared out her apartment downtown, stayed with us for a few days and "did the town" with us one day before driving back to Montana with (almost) all her stuff.  Holly had another checkup that turned out very well (thank goodness!) and the kids and I went to the beach for the first time this year.  Harry came back to stay with us and while he was here the second time, we went to the beach again and were sandblasted with wind and 100 degree heat--and then we went fishing the next day at Moose Lake State Park and we were cold!  We've attended a parade, gone on carnival rides, and tonight we'll be watching the big annual fireworks display for our town's Pioneer Days--this year from the high school, where they do the fireworks!

I really feel like I'm missing some things...

I do have pictures--of some of it.  I will be posting them soon.  Check back this week!

Tall Ships

Article with great pictures on Tall Ship Festival in Duluth:

http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2010/07/29/tall-ships-duluth/?refid=0

Nine tall ships are going to be in the harbor this weekend!  We saw three last time they were there.  And they even fired the cannon as they came into the harbor.  That's impressive, let me tell you, when you're right next to the water and they're close! 

The university students are doing The Pirates of Penzance while this is going on, along with other fun activities during the festival weekend. 

Makes me wish we were living there even more...



(But when it's late winter/early spring, I can tell you that I'll be glad I'm living down here!)