Friday, daughter Emily and granddaughters invited me to join them for tea and flower picking. Emily had booked an hour at Song Garden. We had tea in the tea house and picked all sorts of blooms to fill two canning jars.
Join me as I wander the grounds.
And it was!
Look what we built Sunday morning?
We used this YouTube Video - LINK here. Our costs were about double of what they described and we had to use 12 stones to make a circle not 10.
The fire Marshall required that we have 1 foot of area outside the circle. He was surprised that we built it so fast. He came on Saturday to review whether our placement was okay and then I called him on Sunday afternoon to approve it and issue our burn permit (required by state law). He was impressed.
We invited daughter and family over for a campfire Sunday night to inaugurate the fire pit. Emily brought the makings of s'mores except no graham crackers - she substituted gluten free cookies.
After they went home, we sat outside listening to the radio (streaming from WAMU FM a Washington DC station) until the fire burned down. It was lovely.
p.s. you can see the finished deck there too. No real furnishings there yet so I'll save featuring that until until next Spring when we make deck furniture purchases.
Last weekend was the Fair in our township. It's a very big deal around here and lots of folks volunteer for different aspects: ticket taking, parking, exhibits, first aid, sales, and food. The rides are contracted out of course but the fair entrance fee ($12 adults and $3 kids) is a big money maker for the school PTO.
We volunteered to take tickets for 3 hours (4 pm-7pm) Saturday evening at one of the 5 entrance points. Ours was right across for the largest parking lot which generated lots of traffic to our booth until it filled up. There were waves of people. I never have handled so many $100 bills!
