Weekend wonderland

Happy (almost) Valentine’s Day!

Russian Folk Band

Saturday day was very relaxed with sleeping in and cinnamon rolls with coffee in bed. We stayed cuddled up with good books and let the rain keep soaking the town. Saturday night on the other hand was The Fiddle Grind. Tickets were only five bucks and if you brought a homemade dessert they gave you your money back. There was a contest for best dessert but I most certainly did not enter. So, you show up with your dessert then go in and watch a couple of hours of really awesome music. There were over thirty local musicians who preformed and totally rocked our socks off.

One of the groups that performed was playing a series of waltzes and asked for anyone who wished to come up to the stage and waltz. There were probably a dozen couple heading up there and so I turned to Scott with the biggest eyes and sweetest smile and begged mercilessly. I won. It was SO fun! I had a smile stretched from ear to ear the whole time. I even told him it could count as part of his Valentine’s Day present to me. 

Our friend Nick (right)



The talent ranged from 11 years old up to someone in their 70’s. People played banjos, cellos, accordions, violins, fiddles, piano… and I’m 96.4% sure I saw a recorder in there somewhere (you know, like what we played in 5^th grade music class). There was a group that played traditional Russian instruments that I don’t remember the names of but the songs had a lot of HEY!s. One of our good friends here did beautiful shape note singing with a trio accompanied by a cello. A couple of brothers did a mandolin and fiddle version of The Blues Brothers (hats and sunglasses included). Also, this amazing cellist did a rendition of a Grateful Dead song that blew us out of the water. It was an amazing concert followed by fantastic homemade desserts. I would have paid way more than $5—Wonderful!

Today the snow has really been coming down so it killed our hiking trip we had planned. Tomorrow through Wednesday are supposed to be really nice out though… too bad I start work tomorrow. But because of that we went to the store to stock up on food so I could make some casseroles a head of time. We will be eating a LOT of chicken spaghetti… but I got Scott’s mom’s recipe so I don’t think either of us will mind. (How could anything be bad with a pound of Velveeta in it?)

I hope everyone has a great week full of love whether from your kids, or cat, or significant other.

XxOXooXOoXxx

S/A