Steve is on the Board of the Valley Ford Volunteer Fire Department and is training to become a volunteer firefighter. He helped organize the first pancake breakfast for the department. It was a huge success with the loveliest pancake breakfast, as well as bloody mary's and gin fizzes served by community members. We needed to load up with a good breakfast, as we were in for a fun-filled Saturday.
The next stop was the Bloomfield Plant Sale & Flea Market. Last year the husband and G went to this sale and purchased a small ice cream maker for our household. My mom picked me up some vintage pyrex bowls in my favorite pattern. I had to check it out for myself this year and thought it was a sweet event. Homemade jams and marmalades, plants starts in gallon containers, toys, clothing and the like. We walked away with a jar of homemade raspberry jam and a vintage farm structure with silo and farm animals to add to the ever growing collection of farm paraphernalia.
Next stop, the Russian River Rodeo in Duncan's Mills. Apparently, I was bound and determined to drive all over West County today and hit every event in my sight. We met friends and enjoyed G's first ever rodeo. The kids were entranced by the bucking broncos, barrel racers and calf roping events. When we got home, G penned a song about the rodeo and displayed his autographed copy of the reigning Miss CCPRA Rodeo Queen prominently in our front entry.
What a whirlwind of a day. It ended back at home, where our one acre parcel had just been freshly cut, removing the towering thistles and weeds that had been growing over the last year. We opened a bottle of wine, sat on our deck and caught up on all of the small town shenanigans that happened throughout the day.
Cheers to where we live!
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