Sunday night, 04MAY, Dan took off for SeaTac airport to pick up Corrie after midnight (ie early Monday morning!). Grandson Mason Houma, LA, was not 100% healthy, but thankfully he was well enough for Oma to come home. Monday Dan continued to work on wiring shop/RV garage, while Corrie unpacked & recovered from a half day of travel to get home. Tuesday & Wednesday was great weather & Corrie tried to make up for lost time on her gardening; while Dan kept plodding along on the shop/RV garage. Unfortunately because of the height of the shop/garage walls, much of his work was on a ladder twelve to sixteen feet off the ground; which he is not happy about because of his major accident involving a ladder back in DEC12!
Sunday, 11MAY, we headed to Dan’s brother Shawn & Cindie's for an early Mother's Day dinner; we had great weather & great food. While there Shawn & Dan went thru brother Gary's (who unexpectedly past away November 2013) few possessions & discussed a family remembrance for Gary at the end of July/beginning of August.
>on Sunday many people sleep in (especially if they were out Saturday night)
>people go to church first before other activities
>there are city meters around
>if all else fails, the parking lots give all day discounts if you are parked before 10AM, again you have to get there before the crowds
What we hadn't counted on was:
>the city had blocked off all parking meters within blocks of Seattle Center
>Mercer St & Roy St which had been one way streets with plenty of parking on both side of the streets, were now two way streets with no parking on either side
>because of the festival local parking lots were charging $20 or more, & no discounts were offered
But because we got there early, we found one of the last "free" city meters:)!
As the Seattle Times said - "Northwest Folklife Festival takes over Seattle Center this weekend with music, dance, film, and art by community groups representing cultures around the world. Old favorites and first-time artists from 65 cultural communities perform at 24 indoor and outdoor venues, with music, art and cinema of "
Not only was the music from around the world but so was the food; there were vendors from Greece, India, Kenya, Peru, Thailand, Russia, Poland, Korea, & the list goes on. Dan went with Afghanistan & Corrie went with Greece. There were also many clothing vendors - Dan noted there seemed to be three "styles" represented - hippie w/lots of tie-dye & paisley; medieval w/lots of leather & purple; & folkie w/lots of flannel & plaid.
The rest of May was spent:
---Corrie working on re-storing decks for several days with pressure washer, sanding & restaining; to help in the job, we buy a pressure washer
---lots of gardening by Corrie
---Dan starts on long overdue maintenance to RV storage & interior
---almost constant mowing or bush hogging over three acres grass
---medical & dental appointments
---many visits to the library by Dan to use their internet & try solving major e-mail problems on old computer (eventually Dan found brand new computer service in Sultan that solved problem & two other for free!)
---seeding & repairing all the damage to the yard caused by excavation, including renting a lawn roller
---Dan constructs & installs a "hayloft" access ladder for barn, now he needs to rig block & tackle to lift it up out of the way
---Dan re-connects with Habitat for Humanity & helps out on two houses they are building in Marysville
---discovering mold on our two mandoors to new shop/RV garage & builder sends out a painter to address; turns out cheap doors & only primed at factory not painted
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