Today was Mazie’s birthday and one of the things she decided we should do is the Stone Arch Bridge Festival. It had been a very long time since we had been to this and I was really impressed by the size of it. There were so many artists and vendors. It felt to me like it had a particular Minnesota flare to it, with a lot of art that was locally inspired. We spent about four hours but could have spent the entire day there.

Crowds of festival visitors browse rows of white vendor tents along a tree-lined path with a stone bridge tower visible in the background.

Some artists that caught our eye:

Mazie bought a piece of art with her own money — her very first art purchase from H. Ward Mileswww.hwardmiles.com.

Young woman in a colorful striped sweater holding a small abstract painting at an outdoor art festival

I also really liked these very local artist creating location pieces. Maybe I could get one of them to participate in a future year of the 612 POAP Challenge. 😊

We grabbed some switchel from Hobby Farmer on our way heading back home!