I had the pleasure this weekend of attending Wye Mills
Parish’s May Fair festival.
I was with three of my kids (Molly, 10, Faith, 5,
Bobby, 2)… and the girlfriend of my little brother John. John is 27 and as a
Captain in the Army served our country in Iraq for two years. He was born when
I was 12 (I’m the oldest of six; he’s #5) and he’s been the baby brother apple
of my eye ever since. So I was wary of ‘the girlfriend’ I was meeting for the first time but I couldn’t find a
single thing wrong with Stacy
(and in fact ended up thinking she was so cool I
hope my brother doesn’t do something to screw it up!). The Wye Mills festival
was a great place to meet/hang out with someone (even a gorgeous potential
sister-in-law).
The food was of course summer church festival AMAZING- the
chicken salad has some magical ingredient that NO ONE would disclose…though the
ladies mentioned they may be coming out with a cookbook! My church, Mother of
Sorrows in Centreville,
(and I use the term 'my church' loosely as I am a total "Holly/Lily Catholic"... Christmas and Easter, baby) just came out with a cookbook (I co- chaired the committee, those poor
things) and it rocks. Over 600 recipes- 3 are even from me! But one involves Campbell's Tomato Soup and another Champagne, so...
So, I guess I will have to wait for the Wye
cookbook to find out what’s in the chicken salad.
There was a great plant sale. The ladies there apologized
for the prices being high from the nurseries charging more due to gas. I made
out better with their home-grown, dug up and put-in-a-plastic-bag
plants—especially because I got there late when they were ‘giving it away.’
Can’t wait to see those Irises bloom- and don’t mind waiting til next year for
the Easter lilies!
One sad note- this was the first time I had been in Wye
Mills since the Wye Oak fell. It was so sad to see its gaping hole on the
landscape… I went on a field trip to it when my oldest was in 2
nd
grade. It fell the same year, and her teacher gave them each a small branch to
keep.
At May Fair, the Kent Island Band (and their fantastic jazz
singer) played while we ate lunch (Stacy was partial to the devilled eggs- we
got the last few!), and afterward we checked out the ‘estate sale’ where we
found some fantastic bargains on antiques. My kids liked the fire truck and the
moonbounce best, and all three of them got to paint terra cotta pots for
Mother’s Day, complete with pretty plants in them. Needless to say, these are
my favorite Mother’s Day gifts already!