waterless fountain

 i was double-booked on events today. the second was the meetup event, mini-golf in edina. we met near a waterless fountain, near a pavilion. inside the pavilion was a graduation party, some balloons were placed outside. the mini-golf was a no-go, technology problems with their cashbox. i had exact change but apparently not everybody in our group did. so we decided to go to the nearby place called pinstripes. bowling was booked up for a private party, so the eight of us got a table. i ordered a beer, coors light. there was some fries for our table as well, and i had plenty of them. it was nice to have all of the conversation, even if most of it was how our lives have been affected by covid. hard to ignore that subject. then in the early evening one of us said she needed to get back home to wisconsin, a university instructor, and when we noticed the time we all left. i made it home and started watching the baseball game on fox, reds-brewers. reds had just went ahead in the 9th with a solo home run, 4-3, i fell asleep and missed the ending. but it appears the score held up. 

the first event of the day? a 'continuation' of the festival near my workplace. i went to the art gallery first, parking in a different place as i knew the car show would be at the bank. i liked two pieces of art there, one was of a lunch counter or diner. the other was of pigs, and the latter had a ribbon next to it so it was an award winner. the historical museum was in a room in the same building. i bought 4 postcards and a button, all a dollar each. i looked at all that was in the display cases, plenty of buttons from the previous years of the festival or of football homecoming games. it was notable to me to see a glass ashtray from montgomery ward, a place i once worked for. then it was on to the car show. i wasn't there for all that long but got a good look at the cars in display. i got pictures of the ones from the 1930s. the one in the spot i normally park in was a chevy malibu from the 1960s. then it was on to the meetup event. at the end of the meetup event there was mention of another event in two weeks. i don't have anything booked yet that weekend so i am considering it. 

during my walks for the day i found 74 cents. i know, i normally watch a redbox movie on saturday morning. i figured i would be too busy, so i am fine with moving it back a day. i still went to the post office to pick up an amazon order, then to drop off recycle near the capitol. and to get lunch at the holiday gas station. i moved up going to aldi so i wouldn't need to go after the second event.