Of Lefse, Rosemaling + Celtic Harps: Pt II

 With my mind on the wonder and goodness of vaflers this morn,

I thought another post on our trip to the Junction City Scandinavian Festival would be a good thing.

You can find part one here 

and, of course, I have quite a few posts about

Scandinavian festivals, food and celebrations here.

I also follow several Scandinavian blogs as you can see

 if you check out my blog favorites to the right...

 

 

My current favorite troll--

this time a front view.

He had me laughing with all his naughtiness--

reminded me of a 2 year old!

Have I ever told you just how much I LOVE the so called 'terrible 2's'?

I always thought of them as more terrific then terrible

:)

 

 

Speaking of Scandinavian food,

one of my favorite subjects,

I always get one of these from the Frikadeller booth...

in fact it isn't a festival till I have eaten some kind of Scandinavian food! 

I LOVE Scandinavian food and my goal is to one day try at least one bite of lutefisk.

Have you ever had some lutefisk?

How about poi?

Not Scandinavian AT ALL,

but I like to include it in my list of foods I have tried:)

 

The top section of the information windmill--

it is here that you will find AWESOME people to help answer all the questions you might have--

questions like "Where do I find my favorite rosemaler?"

and 

"Am I going the right way to find Noah (Celtic Harpist extraordinaire)?"

and

"Is anyone selling the dried flower headbands I bought years ago here?"

(sadly the answer was 'no' to the last question...)

 

We always enjoy the town's Scandinavian dancers...

all the way from the wee ones

(now that sounds rather Irish)

to young adults.

LOVE their floral crowns,

the music that gets your foot tapping,

their colorful traditional folk costumes

and of course the dancing!!

 

Of course, you will find rosemaling there...

on buildings,

some vendor booths

and on craft items too

(more about that in part III).

I have lots and lots of useable and decorative items with rosemaling (rose painting) on them--

shelves, a wood bucket, a fjord horse and more.

I LOVE rosemaling and we are lucky in the PNW

to have several women who continue this beautiful folk art! 

 

And last but not least,

another of my favorite things to find at Scandinavian festivals

are these....

 

 

flowers,

lots and lots of flowers...

one can never have another flowers in their life

and one can never have enough flowers at a folk festival:)

 

Have a great day!

Our weather has changed and they are having thunderstorms in the southern portion of our state.

So much of the western states are now having wildfires...

and sadly, as you may know, we have had loss of life and property.

Would appreciate prayers for rain--

lots of drenching, healing rain.

Thanks!

 

Blessings,

Aimee

 

Photos:

2013 Junction City Scandinavian Festival