2/23/20

We had a lovely morning exploring the very large, spread-out arts and crafts festival booths.  One thing we have noticed is that a lot of the young girls (not the senior citizens, thank god) wear thong bikini bottoms even while walking downtown on the sidewalks (at least they throw a tee shirt on top when off the beach).  We wandered around for a few hours enjoying the art and the homemade products.  We stopped at Meanies - a mini donut place that a friend of Cathie's had said was very good.  I am not a donut person generally, but these little bite sized ones were very good.  We bought some strawberries and grapes at the Farmer's Market and then came home for lunch.  After lunch Russ, Cathie and I went to the pool to read and swim while Dave took a nap.  We will have our leftover dinners tonight and then play a game of cards.  I think we will go to the beach tomorrow as it looks like the nicest day for a bit.  It is lovely to be so warm!

The top pic shows the thong bikinis - doesn't look comfortable to me, but is it because my rear never looked that good?  The next pic is of two dogs we ran into downtown - a Bernese mountain dog and a Leominster dog (I had never seen one before).  The Leo was only a year old and already weighed 130 pounds!  The next pic is of a painting - the scene is of famous people at the beach.  You can pay to have your picture taken and put into the painting - quite clever and would certainly make a conversation piece.  The next two are of signs seen while walking along downtown.  The last pic is of the pool here.  The funny thing is that there is a group of seniors standing on the other side in the water reading with their books on the concrete edge.  I hope they know that they are getting a lot of sun on their backs!