Our Summer Is Now Official

Summer just wouldn't be summer around here without a trip to our favorite art festival.

Our beautiful downtown area hosts this wonderful art fair every year. And every year we all look forward to it.
Usually it's a full day event for us. But this year it was a two-day event. We planned to go on Saturday, so we headed out even though it was rainy and miserable. We had our umbrellas and rain gear, but we only lasted about an hour. And many of the artists closed their booths for the day.

We attempted the outing again on Sunday and braved the sun and sweltering 95 degree weather. It was hot and sticky, but just as wonderful as always. We held hands. We walked. We looked. We enjoyed each other and the tradition of the day.We put out fires.We learned important life lessons from firemen.

We were too old and mature to participate in the putting out of imaginary fires.

We got sweaty and sleepy.

We got messy.

We pondered jumping in the river to cool off.

We practiced the fine and subtle art of people watching.

We drank copious amounts of Bayou Billy's soda. (And spent a grand total of $2 all day, since we have a good stash of Bayou Billy cups from previous years.)

We debated the finer nuances of root beer versus cream soda.

We felt so grateful to be a part of this wonderful community. And most importantly, we created a whole mess of memories to hold us until next year.

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