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We decided to put the tent up before the rain forecast for tomorrow and Friday gets here. Hopefully, it will survive the wind.

We’ll setup the tables and gourds on Friday morning in time for the visiting elementary school kids.

So many gourds are in progress! The new prototype bird feeder comes in a 2-door or 4-door option. Most of them are drilled, cut and decorated; they still need to be cleaned on the inside, stained and varnished. I’m searching for the right type of wire to use for hanging.

There are 2 long-handled dipper gourds marked and ready to cut into ladles. These beauties are about 2-3 feet long.

Still in the works are a few large apple gourds that I plain to dye red and add a “leaf” cut out from another gourd. If there is time, I want to work on some mini-egg gourds and a few mini gourds shaped like cute little pumpkins.

I’ve made some gorgeous necklaces from glass trade beads, chevrons and old silver. There is one, a green watermelon bead strand mixed with pink and pewter, that is too pretty to give up. I may have to keep that one for myself.

That’s all for now! Keep those fingers and toes crossed for dry Feast weather.

I’ve been thinking about what historically appropriate liquor I should carry in my flask this year. I was thinking that a rye or corn whiskey would be what an English merchant in this time frame and place would favor, but a conversation at lunch today brought forth the idea of a New England dark rum. Brandy or sherry are also possibilities.

What do you think I should sip this year?