Winnipeg, Folk, Festival !

We had the luck and sheer joy (most of the time) to attend the Winnipeg Folk Festival this year. Grandma, Raia, Jeff, Veronica, Ben, Hee-Jung, Brian, Betty & Jayme were also in attendance. We had a fantastic time and as usual were just getting in the swing of things when it was time to return to Minnesota. Camping was great, the weather cooperative, and the music exceptional. Can't wait for next year!


Everybody wanted to love up this little cutie. She liked to face out so that she could watch all the people and when the music started she would flex her legs and move her arms about, baby dancer! She's a festival lovin' kindred spirit for sure.


Ezra had met the lovely and tough as nails Kita previously and the two really hit it off at the festival. She allowed him to chase her and then clobber her repeatedly, thus claiming his heart. They had lots else in common: hammocks, drawing in the sand, arranging rocks and french fries. Side note: Kita's grandma was present at Ezra's birth as my doula. Small world!


One of my favorite performances of the weekend was this show by M. Ward. I had seen him play a decade ago in Portland and have always been stirred some magic way by his music. He delighted all this night. I liked that he and his guitar player re-tuned their own guitars between each song, whereas most other performers have some swanky cowboy exchanging multiple pre-tuned guitars seamlessly. M. steals your heart all on his own.


Veronica & I got some good quality time together, staring into one another's dreamy baby blues.


Grandma's chair worked much better as a turtle shell, clearly.


I don't know why he's not happy with his scrumptious camp breakfast.


Givin' Kita a nice squeeze. Whatta hunk and whatta dollface.


Picking cookie out of his belly button in the door of our tent. Precious moments.


Veronica the dolphin tamer!


This show I was super stoked to see but it turned out to be slightly disappointing. Toots and the Maytals are classic Jamaica reggae, so classic that the set was cut short and Toots seemed a little low on energy. Good to see him none the less, and it was probably fine to hit the hay a little early since them some looong days up there in Canada.