Tick Tock and nothing to do...

Plenty of time to pack for the Ireland trip...flash forward to MFO and the Feeder stuffing some suitcase two hours before departure time..What about this? Did we remember that? Exhausting..

Anyway, just a couple of notes about nothing to do in southern Maryland.

Tomorrow and Sunday (10 - 5) - Annemarie Gardens, the annual "Artfest" which is sort of an outdoorsy craft show. MFO and I being craft collectors (just look at our walls) tend to gravitate toward American Craft Council events (Baltimore,Philly) or the iconic Smithsonian Craft Show, with national crafters on display such as Dale Chihuly. We've attended Artfest in the past and while the show does have some interesting things we have found it also has displays of dream catchers, black velvet paintings, and grapevine wreaths which we don't particularly care for. But, it's great to get outdoors, meet some people, have some food, hear some music, and look around. I think there's a six buck admission fee.

Sunday - Noon to 5, the square in Leonardtown, Taste of St. Mary's. Several local restaurants will have booths and make tastings available. It's a different lineup each year so you can show up and see who's there. As i recall it's sort of a complicated process to get the food with tickets or punch cards or something like that. Normally I would include a link, but (HINT HINT) they don't seem to have a dedicated site, you have to burrow down in the calendar for the Chamber of Commerce.

Saturday Night 7pm Great Mills High School: The Rotary club of Leonardtown kicks off their lecture series. Tomorrow night will feature "Mark Twain" interpreted by John Chappel. A respectable 25 bucks for each event or 75 bucks for them all. The money goes to good places however.

Saturday 10 - 5, Jefferson Patterson Park: War of 1812 Re-enactment and Tavern Night (6 - 10). Tours, workshops and re-enactment of the Battle of St. Leonard. 3 bucks/head or 10 for the carload. After that, slake your thirst with beer, wine, and food, listening to music by "the Hangman's Faire" (I just report 'em folks). 10 bucks for that unless you're in costume which drops it by two..

enough?

food quiz for today (too easy) - what is Chiffonade?

Picture of the day from our back (front) yard: