We had an exciting celebration in the Village in February. There was a Taiwanese Lantern Festival for 10 days, kicked off by a foot parade down the main street to the park where 4000 people gathered to hear a Taiko drumming group (all teenagers) from Taiwan, a Buddhist blessing and watch as lanterns were lit and offered up to the skies. The cold clear night was lit up with thousands of brilliant stars. The Lantern display is held indoors with about 40-lighted handmade lanterns. Some lanterns have as many as 250 bulbs and take about two plus years to make. I wish I had taken a photo to show you. It was magnificent. Cumberland is the only place outside of Taiwan where this festival takes place. Pretty cool for a Village of 2000 people wouldn’t you say? Needless to say, the Village was hopping for those 10 days.

On the home front there is still more stuff to get done although progress is being made. We have a new person who is going to do our built-ins around the fireplace. I expect he’ll be back to us with a design and pricing this week. I would sure love to get the living room finished and have that space fully organized. We met with our landscaper this morning to talk about both the front and back yards. The back will be simple; lawn, two small garden beds, an 8X4 raised garden bed for my mom to grow veggies or plants and a clothesline. Wish I had the clothesline today. It’s a beautiful sunny day with a light breeze and ideal for hanging out clothes. I love clotheslines! In the front yard will be where the time, energy and design take place. Our landscaper is going to email us some drawings of what it could look like. The possibilities are almost endless although the budget is not. We’ll see. I’m looking forward to how it will finish off the house. Speaking of finishing off the house the exterior doors still need to be finished painting. I must get in touch with the painter now that the weather is better. Hope he is still around and available. I made the mistake of paying him before the job was fully completed. A lesson well learned. I expect I’ll have some pictures for next months newsletter with something at least started. Maybe that will be David’s workshop that he is putting together bit by bit.

Well, it is far too sunny to be sitting inside so we are off with the dog to the Cumberland Forest for a hike through the hills. Care to join us?

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