And summer officially starts with SummerFest, one of the largest music festivals in the world. Since I live across from the Summerfest grounds, during those 10 days, I can hear a lot of the concerts through my open windows (Mat Kearney and Kenny Chesney: awesome. Kid Rock: not so much). I was lucky enough to attend this one, though!
Summer is also the time when people come to visit. Mom and Dad came over Labor Day weekend and we went to Madison to the Farmers Market at the Capitol and then to Taliesin, Frank Lloyd Wright's Wisconsin home. Mom really, really liked the Kettle Corn from the Farmer's market.
Look at the size of the kohlrabi!
Here we are at Taliesin. Frank Lloyd Wright built it as a summer home for his second wife in 1911; it burned down in 1914 and again in 1925. The Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture students live in the house during the summer months, even though it is under repair and parts are falling apart. We did get to see the shell that inspired the design of the Guggenheim Museum.
