Sunday, September 12, 2010

Festivals!






Monarch Festival, September 12 click for Home 
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Lachen, Aksel, and I went to this festival on the shores of Lake Nokomis
yesterday. We biked over, joined in some dancing lessons taught by two
Native American dancers. The boys planted milkweed seeds, and we
learned about the monarch's migration from Minnesota to Mexico through
a game sort of like musical chairs. It was a short bike ride from our house,
and a beautiful way to start a busy day of soccer, hockey, and a perfect
late summer meal near Cedar Lake at one of Shawn's coach's house. It
was a picture perfect fall day.

Lest you think that's the only festival we attended this weekend, we also
went to the inaugural Kramczuk's Kielbasa Festival in Northeast
Minneapolis. The sheer quantity of festivals in this city is downright
dizzying. Of course, I loved that festival because the entrance fee
brought with it a commemorative stein. Lithuanian culture abounded
including a organ grinder and some women dressed up as enormous felt
Baltic Easter eggs.
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1 comment:

Katy said...

Fun times! I can't believe that festival was already this weekend! Where does the time go?!?! For some reason I was thinking it was in October. OH well, there's always another festival around the corner in your neck of the woods.