“100+
artists are cleaning out their studios for this annual street sale in front of
the Schack Art Center. Become an art
collector without breaking the bank. You'll find incredible bargains on old and
new stock including glass, ceramics, watercolors, oils, acrylics, recycled art,
photography, garden art and much more.”
Unfortunately Saturday was also some sort of early morning charity
run on one of the city’s main streets, making it almost impossible getting to
the art sale coming from the westL! After finally getting there, we discovered
the event is fifty percent bigger.
Before we left the event we stopped at the Grand Avenue Marketplace
which we visited 31JUL2018, for lunch.
Turns out they closed their doors after 4 months in operation. Then we checked out a supposedly major
subdivision garage sale – definitely a waste of time; even the home owners were
upset at the poor organization & no central location.
The next day Dan’s cousin Steve Ruttner stopped by on his way
back from his annual golf outing with the guys in Leavenworth. We got him to stop briefly way back in
05JUN2014. This time was much longer
& a great visit, but still too short!
Sunday, 23JUN, daughter Rebecca shows up w/the kids (aka
grandkids). Both kids (Jaxson &
Mason) are now out of school for summer; & due to Rebecca & husband
Raymond’s work schedule, they will be staying w/us for a week. Rebecca will also stay for the first three
days. First thing for the grandkids is picking
salmon berries & huckleberries from the property, then picking raspberries
& blueberries from the garden. Later
that day was painting w/oma on the deck, followed by a movie & popcorn.
Monday, 24JUN, Dan, Rebecca & kids head to Iron Goat Trail
last visited JUL2017. Not sure why,
probably budget cuts; but trail is very overgrown making for treacherous
footing. Back home it was time to play
Lawn Darts & Bocce Ball; followed by spaghetti dinner al fresco.
Tuesday Rebecca headed back to their house & we took turns
keeping the grandkids entertained (aka busy) with evening fires in the fire
pit, helping with yard chores, movies & popcorn at night, etc. But it wasn’t that difficult because they
were very happy to run around the property, climb trees, & come up with
their own “adventures”.
Thursday rain & lightning & our new above ground pool
arrived. The one Rebecca purchased last
year is now at the boy’s house. So even
though it was raining, Jaxson & Mason wanted it assembled immediately &
filled.
Friday we finish filling pool;
water is cold but grandkids were in & out throughout the day. But it appears the boys enjoyed the shipping boxes more?
Saturday, 29JUN, we returned the grandkids to Rebecca &
Raymond. Other than the grandkids, our
two main activities were Dan volunteering with Habitat for Humanity on building
a house in Gold Bar (the site is only 10 minutes away, compared to driving 45
minutes to an hour one way); & Corrie constantly working on garden beds
& vegetable garden.
