Peach Festival, Autumn Tea & Back to School

Did you have a relaxing Labor Day?  My hubby and I went to the Romeo Peach Festival along with what seemed like most of Macomb County.  It was very crowded. There were a lot more vendor tents at Frontier Town this year than last year.  It was a picture perfect day with temps in the 70's - the kind of weather when you shut off the A/C and open all the windows. 

Romeo is a small, quaint village about 21 miles north of where I live.  We didn't go to the parade that started at 1:30 p.m. but our son did and took a picture of the Peach Festival Queen, Joanna, who attends our church.

The first three pictures below were at Frontier Town and the last one was at Westview Orchards.  The only thing we bought at Frontier Town was a bag of cinnamon almonds [yum] but it was fun looking at all the vendor tents.  

Background music for shopping!

Westview Orchards is where we bought our fresh peaches and handpies [peach and cherry].

When we returned home, I began working on favors/gifts to be given to guests at the Whitney's Autumn and Apples Tea this Saturday.  Please don't pay attention to the ceramic tea houses on the top of my bookcases that are still up from last Christmas.  Hubby says we might as well leave them up there since this Christmas is only four months away!  ;-)

Inside the red plastic apples are packets of Apple/Cinnamon black loose-leaf tea that we will be serving the guests this Saturday and featuring throughout fall.  Below is a close-up front view of the baskets.  I found the fall colored burlap leaves at Dollar Tree and thought they were cute.

Some schools resumed before Labor Day and others started back today.  My two great-granddaughters in California went back last week.

Evie [Evelyn] is in the second grade this year.

 Jules [Juliette] started Kindergarten.  Her mom said she was so excited to start school like her big sister.

Later that same day was one tired little girl... the first day of Kindergarten is exhausting!