Sunday in Tempe

Playing tourist today. Saw an ad for Tempe's Festival of the Arts. Located on Mill Rd near the Arizona State University. We were in this area when "the girls" came to Phoenix about 5-6 years ago in June-115 degrees that summer. It was fine. It's a dry heat! And, everything's air conditioned! Was a nice fair. The first aisle I went down was full of dip mixes, candles, sauces, spices. They must just put all those vendors together. Some very nice jewelery-none came home with me. Some yard-art places. Lots of pottery. The new item is a sponge holder for near your kitchen sink. It's like a cup with 1" cutouts on each side. Saw LOTS of those. Paintings, photography, clothing. Blown glass -kind of flat-that fit in a metal holder. You can put water and fresh flowers in them. A little pricey. Did see some nice little bowls that would work fine for kitty food-but didn't remember when I saw them. Stores along Mill were open for business and a shoe store caught my eye. Bought some new sandals and some flip flops that have arch support in them. Very comfy. She said someone bought some 3 years ago and still wearing them. Found a nice brewery/restaurant for lunch. Went with the grilled salmon. Wonderful! Pecans and dill sauce. Grilled green beans. Garlic rice. that took some getting used to on the first bite. Strolled back to pick up the shoe purchases. Headed out toward Superior/Globe looking for wild flowers. There's a Renissaince fair out that way. I'm only familiar with them in a wooded area-not in the middle of the dessert! Only saw a few flowers. Nothing like last year. Took some different roads home. Didn't do much else today. Some evening tv-that's bout all.