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This is the July 4th weekend, and traffic to the island is already booming. I tried to shop yesterday and almost couldn't park in town! Ony kidding, but it was pretty nuts.

In an attempt to re-establish something like the old Heritage Festival in Redmond at Marymoor Park, the City of Redmond and the Northwest Crafts Aliance have teamed up to produce a one day event on sunday the 4th. 10ish to 6 or later, depending on if you are staying for the fireworks, we will be there near the Clise Mansion to help support this budding event.

Heritage Festival lost its funding a few years ago after floundering for a bit, and tho it was the most fun and wonderful event on the east side, it ended. Now with new plans hatching, and this years one day show, we all hope to see it grow again into a longer bigger event. Next year will be 2 days, and then we can watch it grow once again. I don't know if it can ever reach the quality of the heritage theme with the mountain man encampment, Civil War demonstrations, Oregon Trail encampment, oxen, horses, swimming hole, multiple stages and amazing ethnic displays, but one never knows.

Jesse Miller, the project co-ordinator at the NWCA has it well in hand and knows his stuff...so if it can take an exciting forward movement, it certainly will under his guidance. He has recruited a number of Best of the Northwest vendors to come exhibit at this beautiful venue, and there is a vintage car show, the VietNam War Memorial's traveling wall, music, as well as the off leash area, the pea patch, the fireworks display at 10pm, and all the space to picnic in the luxury that is Marymoor. Bring the whole family to this great city park and enjoy your 4th of July!

On the island, last week we went on the Whidbey Island Garden Tour, and walked miles in our viewing of 6 different gardens. From Organic vegetable and landscape tree producers to bonsai, a homestead garden to private retreat gardes laden with art or roses, it was so much fun! So inspiring! And me still trying to find time to clip back the blackberries that ate my marjoram bed, and the grass that invaded the yarrow! Sigh.

I gotta get to work, got a nervous bride and several others waiting for their pieces, and the show this weekend, and Choochokam in Langley next weekend, so this is it for today!
B

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