Make plans now to attend the Shawnee Hills Wine Trail Fall Festival, Sept. 4 and 5 in Cobden, Illinois. This annual event runs from noon to six in the Downtown Park. We will have some new things for you to look at and try. Ruth has been busy making soaps and lotions, and as always is playing with some new scents. John has been raising a cloud of sawdust in the woodshop, and has a number of new wine racks for yourself or your favorite wine lover. We look forward to seeing you there.

Bluegrass Festival at Vance Vineyards in Fredericktown, MO

We're off to Missouri this weekend for an event which is new to us. The Vance Vineyards Bluegrass Festival promises to be a good time, and weather will even be cooperative, dropping out of the 90's just for us.

http://www.vancevineyards.com/Bluegrass.html

Saturday, Aug. 7, 11:00 am - 10:00 pm