Happy Labor Day!

It's become a tradition the last few years to go to the Peach Festival on Labor Day, so we left home around noon today headed for Romeo, MI.  A perfect day, weatherwise. 

The festival is always well attended but this year it was unusually crowded.

I passed on ice cream, roasted almonds, and peach handpies this year, but did get a bag of peaches.  I ate one as soon as we got home.  At only 58 calories what's not to love about them!

I don't remember vendors selling sunflowers in previous years, but more than one booth had them this year.  I couldn't resist stopping for a picture by them.  There were several jewelry vendors and I would have bought a sunflower necklace but nobody had one.

There was live country music as attendees shouted out their request songs.  Some even sang along.

I always enjoy looking around in the country store, even though I didn't purchase anything.

One last picture of the barn before leaving.

It was a fun way to spend a couple of hours, and get a little sunshine and exercise.  I hope you had a nice Labor Day.  September 1st... a new month and the ushering in of a new season even though autumn doesn't officially begin until September 22nd.

Labor Day 2022

Did you enjoy a nice Labor Day?  I'm a day behind posting, but my hubby and I enjoyed a nice leisure holiday.  We left home thinking we'd have a late breakfast at our favorite breakfast spot, only to discover they were closed for Labor Day.  Not to worry, there were other options - or so we thought.  After stopping by four other restaurants and finding them all closed too [it was, afterall, a holiday commemorating Labor Day] we decided to go to Arby's fast food restaurant where just the drive-thru was open.

From there we made our drive to Romeo, MI for the 91st Peach Festival.  The five-day festival dates back to 1931 and is the second-oldest festival in Michigan.  Our first time visiting the festival was in 1983 when our son, Steve, marched in the parade with his high school band [Warren Woods Tower].  We have since participated in the parade twice with a float from our church.   

The skies were overcast with temperatures in the low 70's, but it never rained.  I think everyone else in Macomb County decided to go to the Peach Festival too, because it was very crowded and available parking spaces were sparse.  We found a spot in a banquet facility parking lot and walked to where all the vendor tents were located.  

You could smell the roasted almonds and pecans throughout the area, so we purchased some almonds to munch on as we walked among the vendor's tents.  The shop that had peach hand pies last year sold out on Sunday so we couldn't indulge in them this year.

We bought some peaches to bring home and I will bake something with them if they last that long. They are so juicy and sweet to eat all by themselves.  I think I see another trip to one of the orchards this season to buy more peaches!

Then we made our way back home to enjoy a quiet evening at home.

How did you spend the holiday?