Sue's purchases and travels

Labor Day Sunday was the 24th annual Scan Fest held in Budd Lake NJ at the Vasa Park. This is the 4th year Klaradal has participated and, as usual, it was a wonderful event and a chance to meet many of our web customers and patrons from previous years. The park setting with the continuous live music and the presence of so many people in national costume made all of us forget we were in New Jersey (A beautiful Garden state but...) and transported us to Scandinavia. I was busy selling but had a brief break to walk the grounds (to the ladies room!) and a chance to take it all in. It was, except for the lack of people dancing round a festooned pole, reminiscent of Midsummer in Dalarna. One of my more popular items was a Carl Larsson calendar. I think, if someone chose to do a realistic painting of this years Fest, it could be slipped into the 2010 calendar along with paintings from the 1800's! Mark this event on your calendars for next year. It's a rare chance to escape the harried 21st century life and enjoy a slice of Scandinavian life. Visit www.Scanfest.org for more information!