Yes, once again its 'the bloom' hits Winchester, Virginia.
Its the 80th Shenandoah Apple Blossom festival; complete with Circus, two parades (fireman's tonight at 5pm, & Grand Feature Tomorrow at 1:30pm), Weekend in the park - arts, crafts, food vendors (ahhh funnel cake and cotton candy), and the carnival - just a 1/4 mile from my house... I can hear the screams of the kids and parents on the rides and smell the sweet funnel cake and food. Its quite a weekend. Police (Task Force, DEA, State & Local Police, Undercover cops)... this a hobbit is a staying in... once you've been arrested (me for a 2001 DUI on XTC), you fear for your life upon seeing them. I was actually astonished at the two Task Force police at the local Handy Mart by the doors looking for 'suspicious' people, drunks, druggies, anything out of the ordinary and I was just going in to buy some potato chips to eat. I felt very looked upon by the police with my shorts, tattoos, ear piercings and tye-dye shirt on. But they never stopped me or questioned me, just a "have a safe evening sir" was all I got on the way out.
I can't go to the carnival just for the crowd and people. Plus my doctor told me to avoid amusement rides as that may cause a seizure in me - even the safe looking 'scrambler' could throw me into convulsions he said to me last month. So this hobbit is a hobbiting in his safe hobbit hole with tigger the cat.
The parade and stuff is fun for kids and families, but once you've seen the festival many times over as a kid most of us 'locals' either stay in or go out of town... OR watch it on local tv.
I'm just blabbering on and listening to "Lateralus" by TOOL. Need some metal right now to stay awake as I slept last night for 10 hours... and still sick with the intestinal flu. Called up a herbalist friend in Phoenix and she said to drink chamomile tea and eat peanut butter. Stay away from coffee and heavy foods.
Bleh... I've felt better. My bike still in the bike shop - had to order a new crank arm I bent at the bmx track. They said use locktite, but that they would not put that on it. A fellow biker told me to use the medium strenght locktitie and just keep it tight. I'll probably avoid the track and take to the mtn bike trails when i get it back as i'm trying to sell it in the valley trader so I can buy a single-speed 24" bmx cruiser.
That's all for today folks.
Peace and blessings.
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