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Oremfest 2025

The yearly event formerly known as Summerfest has changed it’s name…

to Oremfest for some silly reason.

I’m an old duck and I guess I resist change that seems to happen just for the heck of it. Hmph.

I didn’t get as many pictures this year, because I was a little distracted.

See, this was the first time in a lonnnng time that Dane and Kortney were here for it…

but they were also leaving before the fireworks to go home…

and head out to Arkansas.

Whew…that was a tough one, watching them all walk off into the sunset.

I cried for an hour.

We have our new sweet girl this year–who makes that cute boy so, SO happy.

Poor L was still sad about Uncle Dane leaving. I hear you, buddy.

We’ve been coming to this event since my girls were babies…

back when it was called the Glow in the Dark Festival.

Changes. Changes.

Even if I’m a sappy cry baby, I do love the progression and the growth and the joy and the adventure and all the good things that surround me and my sweet family…year after year.

We are blessed and I am truly grateful.

 

 

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Summer Booths

We spent considerable time in the booths at the festivals this summer.

My boy hosted a booth for his work at most of the events in the county. It was tons of fun to go, just to be with him, so he didn’t have to sit there alone for hours on end.

We had a lot of Dippin’ Dots…a personal favorite–and tried tons of other food, most of which I was too busy eating, to even grab a picture. I know, I know….slow dowwwn…chew your foooood. I’m a work in progress.

Sometimes we had little imps visiting their daddy…

which, of course, is always delightful.

Another perk is finding the best homemade bread and salsa and jam and…candy! We found these incredible Swedish Fish without the red dye!! Dane and I bought a TON of them! Yum!

My memories of this summer will be full of the people I love…

surrounded by all the people they love.

We even have a new somebody–that we already love, and would very much like to keep.  

Hee hee!

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Nearly Summer Snow

A few days ago we woke up to some crazy rain. I mean, like torrents of rain.  For 4 or 5 minutes it even turned to hail. I was amazed that it wasn’t even all that cold outside…just wet. We found this odd pile of hail in one spot on the lawn that must have slid off the roof or something.

ANYway, the best part of all this moisture is…

what it does to our mountains.

Oooooh.

Not bad for nearly June–right?

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The Farmer’s Market…Puzzle Version

We’ve certainly gone to our share of Farmer’s Markets. When you’ve been around, you learn a few things.

If you’ve ever gone to a farmer’s market and smelled the flowers and homemade soap…

and tasted the apples and peaches and thumbed through the old books…

and sampled the 47 different treats that can be made with a pumpkin…

then you also probably also know that the best time to go to a farmer’s market…

is when the trees look exactly….like….this.

Everybody knows that.

Ask around.

 

 

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Summery Autumn “Paper” Chain

You know that funny place where Summer is pretty much done, kids are back to school, everybody is ready for Autumn…

but the weather isn’t quite playing along yet?

Yeah, that’s where we are now. Too breezy and cool to actually swim, but then, the next day it’s 230 degrees on the porch.

Mother Nature make up your MIND already!!

So, as to not feel thwarted in my desire to decorate accordingly, the colors that felt to me like this middle space between the hot days and Halloween– I came up with these.

Maroon and lavender and deep green and a variegated mixture of them all. Clever–yes? It kinda looks like a bright, yet ready-for-Fall-ish sort of concoction, don’t you think?

At any rate, it makes me smile.

So go ahead Mother Nature–do your thing. I’ve found my color “happy place” in spite of you.

And we can stay here comfortably till the leaves come down.