My poor tomato plants......and photos of art show

We only have a small area for a veggie garden and this year fit 4 plants there.....2 cherry tomato plants and 2 regular plants. We have now lost our regular plants. There is a blight around in tomato plants on the east coast and ours got it. Now I hope we don't lose the 2 cherry tomato plants or I'll be really sad. *sigh* Click HERE for a link about this blight if you live in any state on the east coast and have tomato plants. Then you might be able to catch it early and salvage your plants if they get affected by it.

Okay...on a brighter note, (and with 2 fun links for you to click on and enjoy), yesterday was the 43rd annual art show sponsored by our church. It is held in downtown Lewes, DE, on the first Saturday of July. With it also being 4th of July, the whole town was in celebration gear.....the main street blocked off for old-fashioned games for the kids....a boat parade (didn't get to see that....some year I will)....all kinds of happy faces. And the weather was perfect....blue skies, sunshine AND a nice breeze. Hubby and I arrived at 5:30 so I could help register the 140 vendors who attended and he could help direct traffic. The items exhibited and sold by these 140 vendors were totally amazing and one could spend hours looking at the artwork. There is also a very nice turkey salad luncheon put on by the church women, a silent auction, etc. Below are a few photos....not many since I was quite busy.....but just to give you a flavor of the day. (Click on them to enlarge.)

Before the shuttle buses arrived and the show was opened to customers, I snapped a quick photo of one of the streets around the church with vendor booths. There were 4 streets filled with booths like this.
This is my friend, Linda (blogless), looking at the artwork done by a talented PA artist, Bruce Garrabrandt. He draws very good pictures of animals and has very whimsical titles. Click HERE to see some of his work. He and his wife have a very nice bed & breakfast in Terre Hill, PA...and the website will tell a bit about that, also...but it does show several of his whimsical animal drawings with their very clever titles. I'd love to visit this inn as it's in a really relaxing area of PA. Take a look at the inn while you are visiting the webpage.One of the old, historic homes surrounding the church and art show...decorated for the 4th of July. Linda wanted me to go and fix the blue flag that was caught on something, but I figured that would be a bit rude of me to march up there and do it....so you'll have to imagine what it looked like before the flag got stuck on the porch trim.This was my purchase......an 11 x 14 print of a mommy Candian goose and her babies taken by an up and coming young local photographer, Jay Fleming. His dad (Kevin) is an established and well-known photographer (having done a lot of special work for National Geographic over the years). If you want to have a very nice webpage saved on your computer to look at a couple of times each week, click HERE to see photos from a book that is now in the planning stages (and will be published in the fall of 2010). There are many photos by Jay and his dad that will take your breath away......wildlife and scenery shots that are superb! I know you will love their work....so go and have a look.And on a closing note.....my internet time has been limited the past few days and I didn't get to visit many blogs yesterday but things should be more "normal" tomorrow....at least for awhile!!!