You want to go to the festival ?

For the last twelve years our little hamlet here and the folks that maintain the trail that you see us walking on every day have held a little end of summer gathering. Some of the local high school clubs, robotics, frisbee, etc. the local brewery, pony rides and draft horse cart pulls. The Revolutionary war people and their Koda hated cannon. There for a while we had Jack Russell races - all very homespun with the usual fair/festival vendors showing up with their soaps and hats etc. All very Mayberry and happy -

But for some reason the actual homespuness of it was a problem to the Mendon Foundation people who wanted the focus to be on the trail, or on the train that once ran on the tracks that are now the trail or something, no one could really figure it out. But out with THE MENDON STATION FESTIVAL and in with LEHIGH VALLEY TRAIL FEST. Organic produce in, bouncy houses out.

 The Ye Old Rochester/Finger Lakes Iris Society piggy backed all over this festival and low and behold there was a big ass tend and a whole bunch of flowers all over my driveway across the street from the party. Well, party is a stretch...

 They changed the weekend so the war folk were off scaring other dogs somewhere - and only maybe a third of the usual vendors

 For some reason they incorporated the usual Tuesday afternoon farmers market as a part of todays plans... odd

 This guy was all the cute

 In the past there have been lots of small local band - the high school and middle school - this time it was the all but professional Pittsford Firemans band and then this afternoon a real sort of rock and roll- band, which sadly outnumberd the people watching them sing.

 This place was great, a fresh pasta store out of Henrietta that served a great bowl of pasta. Neil and I both had the Gnocchi that was just super - and a deal at 4$.

Not including the school kiddies was just a death knell for today - each of those kids brings in two or more parents with siblings and gran-folk in tow. There just were not crowds today like there have been in the past. There was nothing at all for children to do - which just seems very strange for a summer festival. Also they only sold the Primate Beer from the Honeoye Falls Brewery, which I dont care for.

Hopefully for them a better tern out tomorrow

The view from the Iris sale ....