Intro
This is the 69th story in the Smallville Series and tells the tale of 8 families of Hobbits who developed a small family settlement into one of the major Festival Grounds in the Shire after the deadly tornado cut through the area destroying many settlements and old festival sites. Their settlement and festival grounds is southwest of Mayville story 68 and Springfield story 23. The story begins after the tornado in year 52 SVT.
The map seed # 220451503 Valley, Small, Fair, Disasters Off, Easy Seeds 8 Families
Mods activated for this map and load order are:
Map Changing and Starting Mods: Banished UI Maps, Labor Window, RK Minimized Status, CC Light Rain, Lush & Green, DS Roads, Settlers Deco, Jinxie Natural Decorations, Kid Tree Replacer XLight, New Flora Edit, override Fewer Trees, Family Starts
Tweak Mods: Better Fields, Fishing Dock +25%, Increased CC, 1:1 Alternative (Voeille), override Rural Citizens, Rocks Respawn, Tiny Smoke
Major or Must Have Mods: An Empty Square, Nomads (Kid), Override Uneducated, Storage Crates, Jinxie Bitty Chicken Coop, Jinxie Bitty Village Set, Jinxie Festival Park, Kid Abandoned Places SE, Kid Hobbits, Kid Mexican Fantasy, Kid Old Town, Kid Tiny, Kid Tiny Downtown, Kid Workplace
Supporting Mods: DS Bridge Crossings, DS Wagon Vendors, EB Ice Cream, EB Village Resort Deco, Fly Fishing (TS), Garden Shed, Kid Animal Pen, Kid Bicycle, Kid Deco Farm Animals, Kid Deco People, Kid Farmyard, Kid Festival Ground (New Deco, testing), Kid GrowHuntFish, Kid Home Grown (sneak peak), Kid Houseboat, Kid Market Carts, Kid Market Food, Kid Market Puzzle, Kid Pizza Hat, Kid Some Boats, Kid Work Shop, Maypole, Strawberries
Mod Note: Kid Festival Grounds mod is strictly decorative and can be found under Kid Deco in the toolbar menu. There is no production and no workers required. Some pieces give happiness and the type of happiness is stated in the menu description.
Welcome to our Festival Grounds, weary traveler. You will find plenty to see and do and, of course, to eat:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6Anmu2Jrys
but first let me tell you how this all began here in The Shire. Visitors always want to know.
Chapter 1
Our festival ground was not really planned, it just sort of happened. This valley was the home of my husband Garvine's family for many years. We met and were married at a May Day Hobbit festival and I returned here with him. I was a Gamgee before marriage, my name is Genia. The old folks had past- on but Garvine's older brother Garvis and their sister Noelian, and their families lived here. Our house was the newest. I had chickens to tend and then a newborn. The farmyard had an apple tree and produced eggs, beans, and a little wheat. Garvine cut firewood. His brother Garvis lived next door with his family. He raised some goats for milk and made tools. He had a pear tree and grew some oats. Their sister was the eldest and lived in the old family home after taking care of their aging parents. They lay to rest in the family cemetery next to the house. Noelian raised sheep and made wool clothes. She grew oats, potatoes, and carrots.
So, it was much like any other Hobbit settlement with Hobbit holes houses, farmyards and farm fields, a large barn, a school, a trading post. The difference was this settlement had a mill and, in fall, folks from neighboring settlements would bring their grain to the mill. It was usually young people like us who made the yearly trip to the mill and spent a couple of days sleeping in the barn until their flour was milled. We all knew each other since we were children, having met at various Hobbit festivals over the years.
We considered the year of the tornado to be the start of the festival grounds here. In early autumn of year 52 three of the young couples came with what was left of their grain crops, we convinced them to say with us. Two families with young children came to us for help and they stayed too. They brought with them whatever they managed to salvage from their destroyed settlements. We were just outside the direct path of the storm so we suffered little damage, only the mill needed repair. Our settlement grew from 3 families to 8 that year.
Chapter 2
It took the rest of that first year and most of the 2nd year before we had Hobbit holes built for the new families. There were 3 babies born before the houses were finished. The families pitched right in with whatever work needed to be done. One of the families brought their rabbits, their children did not want them left behind. They built a rabbit garden just like the ones we all played in as children at various Hobbit festival. We all missed having a harvest festival to go to last autumn and a spring festival this year.
One of the new families needed 2 hobbit holes, their daughter became an adult. She missed school because we had no teacher, none of our children had reached school age yet. The 2 Hobbit holes were built by the river. Vernon, the daughter, said she would rather work at our small trading post further down the river than fish like her father.
The Hobbit festivals were never far from our minds. There was always talk and good natured teasing about who could do a task better, many prizes had been won in the festival competitions. Remiah won wood cutting contests several times and Agustof won not only the contest for catching the most fish but also for catching the largest. Someone soon took them up on any challenge they issued, it was all in good fun just like at the festivals. Hobbit men are a bit competitive, but the woman never hesitate to join in.
Love the decorations of your house and that Rabbit Garden is fantastic.
Great work.
Thank you :) Hobbits mod is one of my favorites and so easy to combine with other deco. It is so homey and scenic. :) Kid gets full credit for that rabbit garden, it is adorable. :)
Chapter 3
In fact it was a woman who was responsible, unknowingly, for the first contests of our festival grounds. Garvine's sister, Noelian, had some leftover strips of fabric that she made contest banners from, just for fun. With the help of husband, Lenn, at the beginning of year 3, there was a contest banner by the river and 2 small colored flags by the 2 fishing spots. Two benches were made and placed nearby for anyone who wanted to watch. Husband and wife, Agustaf and Nathari, accepted the challenge. Contest banners were also placed by both wood chopping blocks, one in front of Lenn's house and one by Remiah's. Both men sharpened their axes.
In spring, Noelian also planted some of her carrots seeds in a small patch in the clearing half way between the fishing and wood cutting contests. The carrot patch crossing contest was a standard event at Hobbit festivals. Everyone in The Shire knows that Patty Proudfoot could cross a carrot patch without stepping on a single carrot; like all Hobbits, Patty had pretty big feet. The contest was well suited for the children with little feet and assured that every child would win at least one prize at the festival. We all enjoyed the competition as children and won many pieces of fruit, cookies, or other sweet treats. We were then off to the rabbit garden to play with the rabbits. Our children would have a bit more fun that summer.
It was summer of that year when Mychalmers, the seed merchant, came to our trading post for the first time. He had sad news from all around the Shire resulting from that devastating storm, many survivors were still struggling. There were shortages of just about everything especially tools and clothes. We thought we could surely help provide some of those things.
Chapter 4
At the beginning of the new year contest results were in. The clear winner of the wood cutting contests was Remiah. Neither men was happy with the amount of firewood they cut, work stopped a few times during the year when the stockpiles were full and firewood storage space was limited. After the contest, Lenn set up a workplace next to the house to help his wife make coats. There was a large surplus of wool. Some coats could go to the trading post to help others who were in need.
The fishing contest was also won by a landslide but it was to be expected. The fishing tree had a larger radius and overlapped that of the shore fishing spot. Well, it was all in good fun and we needed the fish. As a result we had our first Judging. One of the men suggested we built a barbeque to make fish and chips. A spot was chosen not far from the river next to the carrot patch where folks gathered with their children. The question was who's recipe should be used? Who said women were not competitive? They were soon making fish and chips to be judged which was the best, Noelian made another banner. A notice was posted on the new notice board by the large barn for folks to stop by the barbeque to taste and cast their vote. The herb combination Nathari, wife of a fisherman, used to season the fish won without a doubt.
While the judging was going on, 2 families arrived. There were 6 adults with 1 child and 2 more on the way. One family built a bait shop house near the barbeque. Another fishing spot was marked with a flag, the fishing tree would not be used in any future contests. The second family built a boat rental house down past the trading post. They built a few fishing boats for anyone who might want to do some fishing on the lake rather than from the riverbank.
The two new families saw what we ourselves didn't. They were thrilled that we were developing a new festival grounds. Many settlements like theirs and most festival grounds had been destroyed. The people of The Shire needed something to look forward to each year. So it seemed, we were building a new Festival Grounds. We needed a place to discuss this. We built a Green Dragon tavern.
Chapter 5
There was much to discuss that winter if indeed we were to undertake the building of a new Festival Grounds. Word would spread and we would have a lot of visitors. Some would come for the May Day festival after their crops were planted, some would come for the Midsummer festival like you, weary traveler, and some would come for the Harvest festival after their crops were in. Others would come and go to enter contests or judgings or just for fun. Some vendors would travel from one festival to another and some would remain from spring until fall. Migrators and those looking for work will remain year round. We will need both temporary and permanent housing.
We began building boarding houses, one by the trading post where most vendors would arrive and one half way between the carrot patch and tavern. Neither was complete when more families arrived. They had tried to make a go of it after their town was destroyed but it was just too much for them. They would gladly stay with us and help develop a new festival grounds. The 2 families, consisting of 4 adults, 3 adult children, and 2 young ones, moved into one of the boarding houses as soon as it was finished.
The two newly arrived mothers had 2 good suggestions for our festival grounds. One suggested a gift shop next to the boarding house. She could make and sell small items to remind folks of their time at the festival. The other mother had a good recipe for candy and suggested we build a candy store. The candy could also be used as prizes for children crossing the carrot patch. We liked both suggestions and built a gift shop and candy shop next to the boarding house. The 2 families moved into their shops as soon as they were built. The adult son moved into a small cabin by the barbeque and carrot patch where our first prize tent was built. The children were happy and they were still crossing the carrot patch when the snow began to fall. The family in the gift shop began making some small toys as prizes so the children would not be eating too much candy. The adult daughter moved into a small hobbit hole built next to the tavern, she would operated the stew pot when the time came. What would a Hobbit festival grounds be without Sam's stew pot.
Chapter 6
Tables and benches were built for the area across from the tavern where the stew pot was. The area was fenced and tall flags were erected so the area could be located from a distance. A banner designated it as a rest area. Folks could enjoy a mug of ale, a bowl of stew, or just sit and rest awhile. Another road now lead from the tavern to the road in front of the 2 shops and the boarding house that was widen anticipating it would be one of the main roads of the festival grounds. The road by the other boarding house and boat rental was also widened.
Next to that boarding house is where one of the families that arrived that year chose to build a coffee shop and bakery. Those staying at the boarding house or going out early to fish could enjoy a hot cup of coffee and a donut. Some umbrella tables were set up and tall blue flags and a banner marked it as another rest area. Another new arrival set up a market place next to it. He arrived with a horse and cart and built a house with a stable attached. There were 22 new arrivals in year 6 which included several vendors and several families who had been taking livestock to be judged at other festival grounds that no longer existed. Our 2 boarding houses were full. We were concerned with so many new workers that the tools Gavine's brother made would not be enough. A tool smith was built not far from the main stockpile.
The animals the newcomers brought with them was the next priority. We began working on our livestock judging area. We chose the area across the stream from the tavern, it was out-of-the-way yet easy to get to. The families brought cows, sheep, and chickens to be judged.
Chapter 7
Two tall flags and a banner marked the bridge that crossed the stream to the Livestock Judging area. There was a barn and two houses for farm families by the entrance to the area with old town workers' housing farther back where the cows were pastured, feed corn and oats were grown for them. There were 2 sheep sheds there also. The chickens were in a special area of their own where they would be housed and judged. The larger animals would be brought to the 2 animal pens to be judged. There were benches for spectators and of course there was a prize tent conveniently placed. The prizes would include baby chicks, sacks of special feed mixes, bales of wool, wedges of cheese, or small tubs of butter. It was standard festival practice for anyone entering a judging or competition to donate items to the prize tents. Winners could choose their prize from any of the tents scattered around the festival grounds. Some of the farm products would also be judged, some would be bought and sold by vendors, and some would be donated to feed visitors and workers. You don't want to miss sampling some of the products.
Chapter 8
Three things happened at the same time at the beginning of year 8. We had just finished building a food tent when we realized how short of food we were. Before we could do anything about the situation, 16 newcomers arrived, 13 adults with 3 young children. They'd heard about the new festival grounds from river boatmen. Some were vendors, some came to help, and some just came to see for themselves what was being done. They all willingly pitched in to gather wild foods while we built a food store and more rooms to rent. Back by the tavern another field was being cleared, we needed more wheat for ale and bread making.
Two families arrived by houseboat and suggested we build a lighthouse by the river. There were now a few sailboats on the lake as well, they might need help to see their way back to shore if they stayed out too late.
Meanwhile back in the livestock judging area a workplace dairy was making cheese and by the new food tent beef sausages were being made. Some of the cheese would be used by the vendor who built a Pizza Hat and was raising tomatoes next to it. Some small worker houses were built nearby. There was still so much yet to do.
Only the pizza hut is a bit too much. It just doesnt fit into the game and the environment it provides i think. Everything else looks rly cute
yes, I think it is maybe a bit too big but it is cute. I think it would only fit in a festival or beach setting but it is a bit too modern for Banished. It fit well with EB's Beach Resort when I used them both in Summer Haven Hideaway. Thanks for comment :)
Chapter 9
More vendors arrived early in year 9. A wagon vendor set up his wagon to display his wares in the clearing across from the boarding house on main street. Others soon joined him. We fenced off the area and posted banners designating the area for vendors. There were soon several wagons and vendor stands selling general goods as well as the usual cure-all elixirs and candy stands. The wagon vendor had stabled his horse with the market vendor's horse down by the coffee shop. His brother opened a wagon parts workshop there and would make and sell wagons for those who made purchases at the festival and needed a way to get those things home. Few visitors left the festival grounds empty-handed.
The vendor's area soon had the standard feed store, seed and seedlings shops, and garden supply store with tools and carts and irrigation systems like the one used in the tomato patch in the food area next to the vendors area. In spring there would be baby chicks and rabbits and at the end of the festival there would be some livestock for sale as well. We expected more vendors to arrive as word of our festival grounds spread. We only hoped we designated enough room for them all.
@Abandoned I really like the little vendors you created with the small umbrellas. Really nice touch.
@Kristahfer Those umbrella vendor stands and carts with the green covers are part of EB Village Resort Deco mod. The bigger wagon is DS Wagon Vendor. I was happy with how many mods fit well with Festival Grounds. :)
Chapter 10
Just to the south of the vendor's area we set up an area for exhibits. There were always new items at the festivals that needed to be demonstrated to generate interest in the product. Small items were exhibited inside the tent and larger ones outside. Our first exhibit was on growing cotton and making linen fabric and clothes. The exhibitor was from the southwest where the climate was warmer and drier than it was here, the irrigation system like the one used on the tomato patch was being demonstrated here too.
Also being demonstrated in the exhibit area was a new invention called a bicycle. One of these bicycles had 3 wheels for better balance and the one with 2 wheels had a basket. Imagine, weary traveler, being able to ride down the road to the store instead of walking. A stone road was used to demonstrate how to ride a bicycle but there were soon several bicycles being ridden around our festival ground's dirt roads.
Next to the exhibit area was another demonstration of the irrigation system, this time growing a patch of corn. A market fall food stand was built and our festival grounds had a corn roast area with umbrella tables. The workplace dairy switched from making cheese to making butter to dip the roasted corn into. We had a feeling that the corn roast would become a standard for festival grounds everywhere.
Chapter 11
Another market fall food stand was built over by the carrot patch contest. This one was baking potatoes. What would a Hobbit festival be without a hot potato race to compete in? All you had to do was be the first one to the finish line without dropping the hot potato. We Hobbits really like potatoes. Land was being cleared by the school for another field of potatoes. Next to the potato race we set up the standard wheelbarrow race.
Both the Fish & Chips and Fall Food stand need firewood so we setup a firewood cutting contest nearby. We built a bridge across the river to a wooded area where we could build a forester stand. We erected a large Festival Grounds banner on the bridge for anyone traveling the river to see. We had just setup the Wheel of Fortune contest where contestants predict a color and win a prize if the wheel stops spinning on that color when another houseboat came down the river. Two small boats came down the stream and several families came overland. Altogether 20 visitors, vendors, and workers with 3 young children arrived at the festival grounds that year. We posted festival signs on the south border and on the stream. Our rooming houses were filled to capacity. We needed housing and we needed food.
Chapter 12
The forester station was completed across the river and a house was built for one of the families who would do some hunting. Some worker housing was built for the foresters.
Across the stream in the livestock area 2 families set up exhibits of farm animals that were not widely raised in the Shire. One was a large meaty bird called a turkey and the other was similar to a wild boar. It was called a pig and the lean meat was called pork. A pig would be roasted on a spit by the food tent for visitors to sample. It was becoming very popular down around Riverboat Junction. Both exhibits were very popular here and drew a small crowd. Turkey chicks and little piglets were for sale inside the exhibit tent.
On main street, not far from the food tent, we build 3 buildings, a town hall, a post office, and a bookstore. We needed a place to keep town records, inventories, and production information, a town hall was what we needed. We also needed a place for residents and visitors to leave and pick up letters from friends and family. We were always asked if so-and-so was here or had been here. We had several notice boards around the festival grounds but notes left on them were temporary because of the weather. We were also asked for information about items seen at the festival or where things were here and around the Shire. One of the riverboat men was getting us some world maps that were now being circulated and we hoped to soon have a map of the festival grounds itself. We would be able to direct those type of inquires to the new book store.
We were also being asked where the judging tables were.
@Abandoned would you please post directions? A weekend at the Festival would grand trip.
;D ;D ;D You may change your mind when you see all the accommodations. ;D Oh, I am so looking forward to our County Fair this summer now. There was none last year because of the pandemic.
Chapter 13
We chose the area by the Exhibit Tent that was demonstrating cotton growing and linen making. We set up several tables with coverings in case of rain and we soon had an assortment of jams and jellies and fresh produce to be judged. Quilts and linens were latter added. Another prize tent was set up and now all the prize tents had jars of jams to choose from. The area next to the judging area was fenced off and designated for use by anyone who wanted a place to grow their prize winning vegetables.
A special area was set up on Main Street for pie judging. There were fruit pies and meat pies to be judged. Contestants were allowed to make and bake their pies at the pie oven built there.
Milk production had increased and 2 workplace dairies were added to the food tent area, one dairy would make cheese for the pizza hat and one would make butter for the corn roast. The dairy workplace in the livestock judging area was now making cream.
Wild foods were again gathered and our food surplus increased sufficiently. We could now turn our attention elsewhere.
Chapter 14
We decided to develop the area across the stream from the food tent. We marked the bridge with tall flags and banners that read Rest Area and Lodging. We had a need for both permanent and temporary housing, and working mothers wanted a place for the children to play and be supervised while they worked. The festival grounds was a safe place for the children, everyone knew each other and kept an eye on the children, but other than the potato race, carrot patch, and rabbit garden there was not much geared for them. On the other side of the stream we built a large playground with a slide, sandbox, teeter totter, spinning wheel, and swings. We built a school house for some indoor time and lessons. There were rooms to rent and a couple of houses but best of all was the ice cream wagon. The milk cows were just up the road where more worker housing was built.
Next we turned to a little more fun and entertainment for the adult residents and visitors. Over by the boat moorings we built a music tent and workplace brewer. There was always someone on stage entertaining during the day but it was nice to sit out in the evening with the summer breeze coming in off the lake and enjoy live music and a mug of cold ale. Life was good.
@Abandoned ;D ;D ;D I and my wife, thank you for a wonderful new story, everyone will need a little bit of expression and optimism, a wonderful Festival, but we can only dream that we are also there. I miss the sea, water, waterfall, forest and nature. :( Greetings
:) greetings,
@taniu and wife. I am glad to hear you are enjoying the Festival. We will be returning to the waters and the forests soon. :)
Chapter 15
Life was not so good elsewhere. We heard about a giant frog attack down south in Summerset Swamp a few years ago and there's been sickness and disease and hardship in the swamp ever since, not to mention trouble with pirates. We were not surprised when 37 swamp dweller arrived asking to take up residence with us, they claimed to have a lot to offer our festival grounds. They arrived in 3 sailboats with small potted trees, crates, and sacks of seeds. We could not turn them away. We would need housing, there was not quite enough room in the boarding houses.
They asked if they could build a small race track. We agreed. There was room by the wheelbarrow race. They also asked for space in the vendors area. We were curious what they had in the 4 crates. They immediately set to work building the race track. There were 4 tracks marked with colored flags and start and finish signs. The 4 crates sat alongside.
Meanwhile in the vendors area they set out the pots of trees. The trees had yellow fruits that we were told prevented sailors from getting scurvy on long voyages. Mychalmers, the seed merchant, also told us the yellow fruit was called lemons and was popular with pirates down south. We traded for strawberry seeds that year.
The new arrivals saw that we had fertilizer in the garden supply shed and said they could compost it to feed the vegetables they wanted to grow. We gave the okay for the compost bin to be built. When that was done they built a small colorful stand and picked some of the yellow fruit from their potted trees to make a drink they called lemonade. It was rather tart and we were surprised how much the children liked it, they can't get enough candy and sweet treats. The lemonade stand became quite popular.
Also popular was the race track the swamp dwellers built. In summer spectators were already lined up to watch. After hearing tales of giant killer frogs you can imagine our shock and trepidation when they unpacked 4 giant snails from the crates and placed them at the starting lines. Safety fences were built between the spectators and the tracks and the snails were set to go. The blue snail racing under the blue flag on track 2 was the first one to approach the starting line in autumn. And they were off. It promised to be an exciting race.
"The blue snail racing under the blue flag on track 2 was the first one to approach the starting line in autumn."
;D That was funny! Race expected to end next spring! ;D
;D ;D ;D
This is the coolest thing I have read in ages! I am so happy I found this forum! :D
Welcome to the forum
@MiriamWTH (with the hat) :) Glad you like the story. :)
Chapter 16
Well, 3 of the 4 snails were off, the blue snail racing under the blue flag sat a long time at the starting line before following the others. The snails racing under the green and red flags soon took the lead. Well, not really soon, the autumn leaves were already beginning to fall. Suddenly green flag snail turned and veered off the track headed for the small herb that sprouted along the fence. Spectators took a step back. The white flag snail caught up to the red, blue still lagged behind traveling at a snails pace. The green flag snail was eliminated from the race for leaving the track and was returned to his storage crate. The white flag snail took the lead just as the first frost of the season hit, oh this was so exciting. White snail maintained his lead as the first snow flakes began to fall. The die-hard fans were not dissuaded, they stayed at the fences cheering their favorites on, but they appreciated the coverings that were built for them to stand under. There was cheering when blue snail caught up to the other 2 and then the race was neck and neck. Blue was slightly ahead but when the three approached the finish line it was anybody's race. Which snail would win? red, white, or blue. It was a real nail-biter.
:) :) :) Great!
Which one won! I can't stand the excitement! :P
This forum is now my go to every evening, for amusement and just reading up on Banished generally. :-*
??? oh, another of my cliff-hanger ;D The winner is - Breaking news, tomorrow ;D
I'm sitting on pins and needles.
I love it !
:)
Chapter 17
There was much cheering when the snail racing under the white flag was declared the official winner of the First Annual Hobbit Festival Snail Race. The crowds dispersed after the race and the four tired snails were taken to an exhibit tent built for them nearby where they would rest until next year's race. The talk at the Green Dragon that winter was all about that race.
About the only thing that could compete for attention was the puppet show that was built in the children's rest area across the stream from the food tent. The mothers liked having something that kept the children sitting still and in one place for more than a few minutes.
The field we cleared next to the Green Dragon was planted with strawberries in preparation for the midsummer day celebration but the strawberries seemed to be off to a slow start. Maybe because we were comparing the strawberry field to the 3 vegetable patches the swamp dwellers planted by the corn roast. The compost they were making in the vendors area must be really good, the home grown onions, tomatoes, and bell peppers were off to a good start.
I see onion, pepper and tomato patches - are they new or hidden in a mod I haven't been using?
@Glenn The clue is in the chapter "the home grown onions, tomatoes, and bell peppers were off to a good start". The patches are part of the sneak peak at the new Kid Home Grown mod. The patches use compost from the compost bin included in the mod along with the cleaning shed and more. The mod will be further tested in the next story before it is released.
Thank you for that, - Kid's patches and gardens are some of my favourites
Ooo I'm so addicted to Kid's garden stuff too. Can't wait! This is so beautiful.
:)
Chapter 18
A cart was now selling home grown vegetable in the vendors area but a crowd was gathering over by the garden patch area to see what the swamp dwellers were doing with the peppers. They placed one large red and one large yellow pepper near the onion patch and began feeding them compost. The peppers grew, and grew, and when full grown, to the amazement of the onlookers, they brought wood to add doors and windows. They were making themselves Home Grown pepper houses and moving out of the boarding houses and into them. This was good news for us, we were wondering how we would build enough houses when we had constant log shortages due to the need for firewood for housing and food venues. This type of housing was revolutionary.
They built a few more Home Grown houses before stating on another project next to the pepper patch. This pepper grew even bigger than the others. They added more windows and stairs leading up to the door. When they began taking in tomatoes, onions, and peppers, we realized they were making homemade salsa, a wonderful mixture to add to meat and fish dishes here at the festival. And those pepper houses were so decorative even in winter, they became part of the exhibit area next door. Everyone had to come and take a look at them.
Pepper houses, oh my goodness! ;D :o ;D
:) Mod note: The Garden Supply shed shown in the Vendors Area is from the Kid GrowHuntFish mod, one has now been added to Kid Home Grown. Also added, for those who may want salsa but not a giant red pepper, is a Salsa Store in vanilla texture to match the Garden Supply and Cleaning Shed. The Garden Supply Shed and Salsa Store will be tested in next story. Here is picture of Salsa Store.
Chapter 19 Part 1
Oh sorry, weary traveler, I've kept you long enough with my chatter. First thing you will want to do is find lodging. You might want to stay at the swamp dweller's new Home Grown Hostel. They grew it from one of the turkey farmyard's pumpkins. You'll find it down past the waterfront area. Of course there are other lodgings to choose from; there are 2 boarding houses and 2 rooming houses. And don't forget to check at the Post Office in case someone's left a message for you. As I said before, you'll find plenty to see and do and, of course, to eat. Here take this brochure, it gives an overview of the Festival Grounds and tells about the different areas and attractions. There's a map with Lodging and Rest Areas marked. There's also information about Old Town and the latest town statistics.
Chapter 19 Part 2 -The Brochure
Page 1 - Waterfront Rest Area - features the Festival Grounds Music Tent, banners & flags.
Page 2 - Contest Area - features the Wheel of Fortune, the Giant Snail Race, and the 1st Prize tent.
Page 3 - Vendors Area - features Candy, Elixirs, and Lemonade Stands
Page 4 - Exhibit & Judging Areas - feature exhibit tent, judging tables, small signs & coverings
Page 5 - Food Tent Area - features a large food tent
Page 6 - Livestock Judging Area - features flag fences around judging areas, exhibit & prize tents
Page 7 - Children's Area - features a Puppet Show
Page 8 - Old Town - home of founding families, the Green Dragon Tavern is open to the public
Page 9 - Downtown Main Street - Town Hall Statistics - Year 20 Population 250 citizens
Oh, and one more thing, weary traveler ...
You certainly seemed to have fun with this story
:) oh yes, I did. :) Festival Grounds turned out as we hoped it would, Kid's decision to make it all deco was a good one. I hope others will enjoy using it as much as I did.
Chapter 20
Today, weary traveler, is the summer solstice which is the first day of summer. We call it Midsummer Day and there are special traditional festivities brought by settlers from the Old Country to celebrate the day.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SC8ccxX-44
We've placed several May poles around the grounds and you'll find the traditional new potatoes and strawberries & cream served at both the Green Dragon Tavern and the food tent. There's a new flower shop on Main Street for anyone wanting to make a hair garland or to have a midsummer night's dream of their true love by placing 7 flowers under their pillow before falling asleep tonight. There's sure to be a June wedding at the small festival park across from the town hall, all are welcome to attend, and there'll be a special Puppet on a String show in the Children's area as well.
We hope you will enjoy our festival grounds, weary traveler, and Have a Happy Midsummer Day
The End
:) :) :) Fantastic. It is sad to leave it...
Really cute! I guess its time now to take the horse back to bree or michelbinge.
Another absolutely fantastic work of art !
:) Thanks all,
@banishedsanni Take one of those cool bicycles back :) Thanks for suggesting them.
Find picture and link to download of Kid Festival Ground here:
http://worldofbanished.com/index.php?topic=3982.0