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I arrived back into town about dinner time this evening.  The weekend was an absolute blast!!  I pulled into my friends driveway about 7 on Friday night.  We went out to eat and then went back to the house for a few drinks and some great conversation.  We sat up well into the night talking and laughing.  The plan was to get up early and go out to the craft festival, but when we got up it was a steady rain outside.  We had a big breakfast and took our time.  They had said the rain would stop by noontime, and it did. We jumped in the car and headed to the festival.  The sun was hot but there was a nice breeze coming in off the lake so it made it tolerable.  Without that breeze we would have melted.  We spent the majority of the day walking from display to display.  We found so many neat little trinkets.  I even met a painter who's work I've played with.  It was awesome! 

 

The heat finally kicked in and we headed back to the house for dinner.  We had a light dinner and cleaned up.  It was off to the casino.  I'm not a gambler, and really could care less but Gary was so looking forward to going.  We took a drive to the lake first.  I had hoped I could get sunset pictures but it wasn't to be.  As we sat and enjoyed the calmness and the cool breeze a lighted fountain appeared.  I was able to grab a picture and was pretty pleased with the way it came out.  It was to dark to get any great shots of the water, but it was fun playing around with the camera.   We took off for the casino and spent a few hours playing the slots.  It was noisy and crowded.  The bells and whistles I could have done without but we did come winning some of the money that we spent back.  It was about 1:30 when we got back to the house and we had a few drinks before going bed.  I was exhausted and surely fell asleep the minute my head hit the pillow. 

 

We got up early today and lounged around talking and drinking coffee.  As I sat at the kitchen table I realized the little rose bud in Nancy's vase had bloomed.  It was perfect.  A gorgeousred and perfect shape.  I grabbed my camera and took a few shots.  I cleaned out all the background from the table and laid the full front view on black and it just popped.  I did the same with the side view and added it to the picture.

I just love the way it looks.  Barely looks real, but I swear it is. 

 

This entry is much longer then I thought I'd do.  I am literally running on empty right now and need to get some sleep, just wanted to let you all know I was back and had a great time.

 

Thanks Nancy & Gary for a wonderful weekend away!!!