Summerfolk 2009

Summerfolk Music and Craft Festival has come and gone for another year.

It was VERY HOT this year. And even though my spot backed onto the bay, there was precious little breeze and no relief.

Better than rain, I suppose, which threatened or delivered on just about every other day in the entire summer!

This steam engine is actually a corn and potato cooker. Cool! They fired up the burner with wood and when steam starts to roll they divert it to a cooking container where they do up corn in the husk and new potatoes. And every once in a while the engineer chef would give a toot on the whistle.

Given the VERY HOT weather, working that contraption for three days must have been a real b*gger!

This group was set up on the hill across from me. (My spot is barely visible on the bottom right corner - I'm taking the shot from behind). They do story telling in the wigwam (that was VERY HOT) and drum making/chanting out front.

A few other shots from the Artisan Village:

And here is my humble spot:

The part I hate about all shows is the tear down at the end. Summerfolk goes to 9 p.m. on Sunday night, so tear down is in the dark. And dust. And did I mention it was VERY HOT!

It was well past the witching hour when I finally dragged my sorry butt outta there and I have absolutely no recollection of driving home to the farm.

But I'm here, so I must have done ok....