hello - Happy Father's Day!

We went to Discovery Green last night to their "swap meet". It was mostly craft shops, actually just a few. About 10. I thought the airplanes made from Coke cans were very cool. The propellers spun in the wind. And there was another guy who also was making stuff from trash. He had several birdhouses. One was pretty amazing. It was made with a metal butter churn. They all had holes and perches. Both of those things were tempting. But not enough.

A couple of people were explaining and trying to be entertaining to influence sales. But I saw no sales I don't think. I think the participants were a bit frustrated.

There were a couple of clothes shops. One seems to have created clothes. Another had what seemed to be if not used, then stuff from overstocks.

We saw a couple of people with ice cream cones but we could never see where they got them. There were three companies selling from vans next to the site. One sold cupcakes, one sold New Orleans style ices (?) and one sold wraps. We decided we could make food at home.

There was a young band doing live music. There were quite a few people sitting on blankets to enjoy the music. It was OK, good background.

Rain

We did not get rain. Did you? I heard today that Garden Oaks got rain. I was in Baytown yesterday afternoon. As I drove in I could see a heavy cell of rain to the left. Well the road turned left and I entered a heavy rain just as I got to my destination, Goose Creek High School. I waited in the car for a while and the rain finally lessened. But I thought it was funny that everything around this was bone dry. I had to go to the one place in the area with a heavy rain cell. Meanwhile I am sprinkling my yard and fruit trees.

Today I got a carabiner in my morning service for Father's Day. Perhaps funny: The pastor took Ruth to speak about men and fathers. This was because a lady used Ruth when she spoke on Mother's Day last month. Sort of a joke. Of course he took Boaz as his example. It actually worked pretty well.

This morning I got an hour walk. I always try to find new roads around here. Surprisingly I found one and a fairly big "midden" - a place where people were dumping. I came back along the railroad tracks. You get to the back sides of buildings when you go on the tracks. I got to see the business end of some businesses. Sometimes that is interesting. I found a few interesting things.

Happy Father's Day to you fathers. Do you think people have made a bigger deal of Father's Day this year? I think so. I guess that is good. Fatherhood is a great institution. But I get embarrassed by all the cheerfulness.