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Pecan Fest in Seguin Texas

Well, it was a nice day on Saturday, the 28th of October, so we decided to go to Seguin to see what the craftspeople had to show us on the square. But, as usual, first we had to have lunch at Kirby's Korner.  Not much, but okay.  Then, on into the center of Seguin via US 90 business route.  We found a good parking place and then, us usual, we had to have our after lunch coffee at Court Street Café.  They have pretty good coffee and it is a pleasant old time café---even though it is not old. Oh, yes, we also had a cinnamon nut muffin, which was shared. Off to the square with two interests, one was to find Jordan, the jewelry maker and the other was to see if there was anything of interest in all the other booths. Things change.  This two part festival has a second contingent at the heritage park north of the Interstate.  We used to make that out must first stop as they offered a turkey dinner lunch for 8 $ which was really great.  Then, we could walk the grounds and look at the

Serbin Picnic, 2016

Just found the photos from the Serbin Picnic of 2016, so had to create the post---the one I apparently forgot to do.  So, recognize that this post is a year late. The Serbin picnic was the same as the one we attended a year or so ago, but this one was really minus a lot of key players----- the people who demonstrated their crafts.  We believe this Picnic was lacking these craftspeople because the weather this weekend was really threatening with forecasts of flooding. The band is always a centerpiece of the eating hall, and they are always dressed in their old time outfits. This is the first time that we walked the distance to the back of the property  and visited the inside of the church.  A brightly painted church, but not quite like the Czech churches known as the "painted churches". The society operates a museum of period house hold items.  The music area of the museum is especially interesting.  It was in this museum a year or so ago that a lady was demonstrat