August Festival 2012

You are Invited to Our

August Festival & Farm Party

Saturday, August 4^th, 2012 2:00-5:00 p.m.

Michael, Sally, Evelyn, Gigi, Monica & Rosamund Gillie

13510 Old Snohomish-Monroe Rd.

Snohomish, WA 98290

(360) 568-1140

MichaelGillie@Live.com

Directions: https://www.nurserytrees.com/directions.htm

Text Box: Haystack Treasure Hunt Games & Prizes

Basketball Shoot-Out Music

Reasonably Friendly Swimming in Our
Farm Animals “Cement Pond”
(now surrounded by Gary Payton's Palms)

Special Event: Take a Hot Air Balloon Ride!
(details below)

Everyone Welcome--if you know of someone who'd like to attend, bring them

There is no need to RSVP or to bring anything—food & drink is provided. If you wish to bring something, please bring an hors d’oeuvre, a dessert, wine/beer, a guessing game, etc. (plates, glasses, & napkins will be provided). Musicians & Jugglers are also invited to perform. You can also volunteer to help once you get here. Please bring your own towels for swimming (we will have a lifeguard present).

Schedule of Events

Hot Air Balloon rides Upper Field 2:30 p.m. (more information below)

Swimming Pond All day

Lifeguard ‘til 4:00 p.m.

Haystack Treasure Hunt Front Yard 2:30 p.m.

Basketball Shoot Out Barn 3:30 p.m.

"Gator Rides" Front Yard All day

(Electric Golf Cart)

Starting the 1939 John Front Yard To be Announced

Deere "Model D" Tractor

Water Balloon Toss Front Yard To be Announced

Pinball Championship Kitchen All Day 'til 5:00 p.m.

Guessing Games Livingroom All day 'til 5:00 p.m.

Music Mel/Munro House To be Announced

(others?)

Food House All day

Trampoline Back Yard All day

"In addition to allowing your guests to see a balloon up close, tethered hot air balloons can provide them the opportunity to experience a balloon ascension of about 30 to 50 feet above the ground. (The balloon is harnessed with lines that secure it to the ground so your guests won't float away on "free flight.") The balloon we use to tether accommodates four passengers at a time. Each ascension lasts approximately five minutes.

Airial Balloon Company has been flying the Snohomish area since 1981. We were voted the Best Hot Air Balloon Ride in the Romantic Excursion category of the 2003 "Northwest Backroads Great Escapes" poll. Our FAA-certified pilots have logged thousands of commercial flight hours and we have a perfect safety record."

OK, that all sounds great: a pleasant ride, slight summer breezes and a lovely view EXCEPT we have had this arranged for the last two August Festivals and the weather hasn’t cooperated--it has been rainy and windy both days. Are we “jinxing” this year’s party by doing this? Possibly, but we’re a tenacious group. That said, if the weather is poor this year look for a different Special Event in 2014 . .

Note: Balloon set-up starts at 1:30 p.m., with “flying” starting at 2:30 p.m. Balloon flights are always "weather permitting", as we know.

The "Model D" was the first tractor model to bear the John Deere name, and also the longest-running John Deere tractor model ever made (1923-1953). The 1939 Model D was the first of the "styled" John Deere tractors--designed for John Deere by "celebrity designer' Henry Dreyfuss. Ours is one of the first "styled" Model Ds. We'll be starting it during the party. Come see a piece of history.

Saturday, August 4th, 2012 2:00-5:00 p.m.

Schedule of Events

Hot Air Balloon rides Upper Field 2:30 p.m. (more information below)

Swimming Pond All day

Haystack Treasure Hunt Front Yard 2:30 p.m.

Saturday, August 4^th, 2012 2:00-5:00 p.m.