God Surely Blessed Our Day !!

My friend BJ's photo of the Fireworks

WOW!!  What a fantastic day we had as we celebrated Weathersfield's 250th Anniversary of the signing of our charter in 1761 !

Sandwiched between two days which produced rain and thunderstorms and some muggy weather, was a picture perfect, temperature ideal, blue-sky day....surely a gift from on high!  We all showed our appreciation of this wonderful day with a lively parade, lots of activities for all ages and fantastic food!
The chicken barb a q was delicious with roasted fresh local corn on the cob and salads. All thanks to our fire department guys.

I did find time Sat. morning early to make a pie for the pie baking contest and I am really glad I did 'cause I won First Place in the contest for one crust pies.  My prize was a lovely 10" pie plate with engraving on the bottom " First Place 250th".  Very exciting !

Another highlight of our day was eating the cake quilt and lots of ice cream, after the judging of the cakes which had all been placed tightly side by side to form what resembled a lovely sampler quilt. Free  to all who like cake and ice cream.  Like who doesn't !

The Quilt Show was a huge success as many folks climbed the stairs to the sanctuary of the old church to view the breathtakingly beautiful lovelies, all 30 of them, all made by folks in our town.  A few really old ones were also displayed, one from the 1870's in excellent condition was the oldest and several other oldies so painstakingly made by hand. The oldest lady to display was 86 and she made her last quilt just a few years ago.

At night, soon as it was dark, we were treated to the most wonderful display of fireworks sent up from an open field on one of the highest hills in town.  They tell me the show was set to music, just like they do in Boston !!   I wore out before dark and we came home, down in the valley, where we got all cozy, as I wrapped in a quilt, of course and Den slipped into his warm shirt and we sat on our back patio and just looked east toward the Center (where we can see the spire on the Center Church when leaves are off) and sure enough!!  There we could see all but the very lowest ones!  These went on and on for about a half hour.  So bright and pretty against the night sky and through a few leaves on our trees above the river.  Perfect end to a glorious summer day of celebration by so many.

Raspberry Cream Pie