Smorgasbord

I read in the paper today that the family of Charles Schultz is regaining some of the rights to the comic strip characters created by Sparky. This is a good thing I suppose, although a 20 percent interest is something less than controlling. That suggests to me that the family won't have any retroactive claim to these things and they are going to stay here.Speaking of the Fairgrounds, it is a big, big weekend over there. The message boards are working overtime. Let's see:

Sahara Sands Arabian Horse Show at the Coliseum.

Something called the Living Green Expo at the Grandstand.

A Spring Extravaganza Car Show and Swap Meet on Machinery Hill.

The Saint Paul Craftstravanza at the Fine Arts Building.

And the Northland Toy, Doll and Advertising Show at the Progress Center.

I hope they all just get along. And all of that doesn't even consider what might be happening in this big tent.I first thought that maybe the circus was coming to town but then I realized that the circus just LEFT town. This thing is closest to the Grandstand of the above listed locations, it may well be part of the Living Green Expo.

Here's the stone church of the day, the Mount Olive Evangelical Lutheran Church, just off Como between Snelling and Hamline.Once again I don't have any information about how old it is but I bet it isn't as old as this one:That's the Cathedral at Olonne sur Mer (Wireless and TOPWLH for scale).I don't know positively how old that church is but I do know it is OLD. It might not be the first church on that site but as of 1042 l'église Saint Marie d'Olonne is mentioned in the records of the Benedictine Abbey of Saint Croix Talmond. The parish is ancient enough that Rabelais stayed in the convent for a long enough time that his works contain praise for the area's wine, hemp and land.

Isn't this fun?