Another Weekend...Another Event

We were back in Astoria this past weekend, doing an event called the "Scandinavian Midsummer Festival."  The weather was gorgeous...no rain.  In fact, it might have even been a little TOO nice.  When the weather is nice at the coast, people flock to the beach, and little local events like our festival suffer, attendance-wise.  But we did well in spite of the poor attendance numbers.  In fact, we may have been the only really palatable food at the event, so I think that helped.

Our booth was placed outside the exhibit hall, because we have to use propane for our cooking appliances (don't want to kill off the patrons with carbon monoxide...)  I love doing events at county fairgrounds.  So far, we've been to about a half dozen different ones.  They all seem to be in various states of slightly seedy disrepair, owing to the chronic lack of funds they have to deal with.  Most of the buildings are right out of the thirties or forties...  Anything built after the sixties is considered extravagantly updated.  Walking around the fairgrounds is like stepping back in time.  

Many of them have "Master Gardens," which are planted and maintained by the County Extension Services.  The picture above was taken in the Clatsop County Master Garden, which was a few steps away from where our booth was located.  It wasn't huge...maybe the size of a typical suburban back yard.  But the flowers were wonderful.  How great is it to be able to do the work you love in this kind of setting?  I haven't made any money yet, but this weekend was definitely an example of why I do what I do!