Autumn Harvest Winery had a bash for its clientele on Saturday featuring music, food and, yes, wine.

Monday, July 27-Sunday, August 9 M O N 27 🌓 Farm & Fleet | 9-10:30 | Peach, Pecan & Blueberry Sale 3 🌕 Loopy’s Grill & Saloon | 6-10P | Full Moon Floating Event T U E 28 CVCA Heyde Center | 5-8PM | Parker Reed & Live Great Food Leinie’s Lodge | 5-7:30PM | Bike with Leinie’s Lilydale Dance Hall | 6:30-9PM | Country Line Dancing 4 Leinie’s Lodge | 5-7:30PM | Bike with Leinie’s W E D 29  5 T H U 30 Allen Park | 12-6PM | Chippewa Falls Farmers Market 6 Allen Park | 12-6PM | Chippewa Falls Farmers Market Joel’s 4Corners | 6PM | Live Music by Flaw CVCA Heyde Center | 7:30-9:30P | Live Music by The Swampers F R I 31 🌔 7 🌖 Every Buddy’s Bar | 8PM $10 | Jake LaCoste Album Release CVCA Heyde Center | 7:30-9:30P | Live Music by The Swampers Leinie Lodge | 5-8P | Live Music by Justin Jay Arnold S A T 1 Joel’s 4Corners | 6PM | Live Music by Tantric Sheeley House | 3-6PM | Live Music by Sean Jordan Autumn Harvest Winery | 2-5 | Nick Foytik Every Buddy’s Bar | 8PM $10 | Jake LaCoste Album Release 8 Sheeley House | 3-6PM | Live Music by Jeff White Chippewa Fairgrounds | 9P $10 | Drive-In Movie – Jurassic Park S U N 2 Riverfront Park | 4:30-6PM | Family Dance Party 9 Irvine Park | 7-5P | Century Bike Ride English Lutheran Church | 12-2P $11 | Charcoal Chicken Dinner Riverfront Park | 4:30-6PM | Family Dance Party

It would have been smarter if I had spent this sticky day inside, but taking pictures of roadside weeds and decaying buildings appeals too much to me for some reason.

A cloudburst helped release the humidity around 7PM with some brief lightning, only adding 1/10″ of rain to my gauge. I took a short hop to the Fairgrounds at 10PM to see if the virtual concert scheduled for 9 was still going, but found an empty Fairgrounds with all the lights on. Do virtual people attend virtual concerts? Not sure, but dark, lonely places are another favorite subject of mine anyway.

Update: I was told on Facebook by an attendee that the crowd got rained on but not enough to leave the event.

At around 3PM a throng of bikers headed South on Bridge Street, surprising motorists stopped at the red light on Columbia. It was like a peaceful version of Hollister, California in 1947. These bikers were in town not to trash the place, but to commemorate their fallen comrades.

The New Hampshire Jarheads Motorcycle Club lost 7 members in a crash in 2019 and the New Hampshire chapter displayed a photo memorial to them at the end of their procession. The club is open to Marines who were honorably discharged.

After watching this waxing crescent moon disappear behind some trees, I thought back to the events of the day.

A utility truck was working nearby and day 2 of my neighbor’s busy sportsman’s garage sale was going on. It was advertised as a “man sale” to bring in that demographic, but there was plenty for everyone. The sale got rained on around 10AM, but the cloudburst was so short that I didn’t notice anything on the rain gauge. After that let up, picked raspberries next door while our toddler ran around.

I also photographed these Marvel socks to put on Ebay later, worked on a freelance job and cleaned the freezer. Despite the bug bites incurred while photographing the moon, the day ended peacefully.

A thrift sale with outdoor gear and miscellany is drawing lots of customers to Chippewa’s North side.

Thursday means the Farmers Market in Allen Park. Hours are listed as 12-6 PM.

Eau Claire Children’s Theatre moved their production to the Grandstand on the Chippewa Fairgrounds and moved the dates up to July 22-24.

Fri, July 17 – Sun, August 2 M O N 20 🌑 27 🌓 Farm & Fleet | 9-10:30 | Peach, Pecan & Blueberry Sale T U E 21 CVCA Heyde Center | 5-8PM | Jonah Lesky & Live Great Food Leinie’s Lodge | 5-7:30PM | Bike with Leinie’s 28 CVCA Heyde Center | 5-8PM | Parker Reed & Live Great Food Leinie’s Lodge | 5-7:30PM | Bike with Leinie’s Lilydale Dance Hall | 6:30-9PM | Country Line Dancing W E D 22 29  T H U 23 Allen Park | 12-6PM | Chippewa Falls Farmers Market Bye The Willow | 3-6PM | Charcoal Chicken Dinner 30 Allen Park | 12-6PM | Chippewa Falls Farmers Market F R I 24 🌒 CCEDC | 9-11AM $10 | Coffee Talk with ReforMedicine 31🌔 S A T 25 O’Neil Creek Campground | 7PM | Live Music by Last Open Road Autumn Harvest | 11-6PM | Customer Appreciation Day- Music by Irie Sol | Food by Consuming Fire & SmokeStream Chippewa Fairgrounds | 9PM | Encore Drive-In Night River Bend Winery | 11-4:30 Black Diamond Wine Release Niblett’s Apple Shed | 8-5 | Flea Market The Snout | Amvet Riders Fundraiser 1 Joel’s 4Corners | 6PM | Live Music by Tantric Sheeley House | 3-6PM | Live Music by Sean Jordan S U N 26 Riverfront Park | 4:30-6PM | Family Dance Party Bye The Willow | 1-3PM | Meet Local Artist Jenn Lightell River Bend Winery | 11-4:30 | Live Great Food Niblett’s Apple Shed | 8-5 | Flea Market 2 Riverfront Park | 4:30-6PM | Family Dance Party

NOAA weather radio in Chanhassen issued an alert for severe weather in Dunn County with a tornado warning for Chippewa County until 7:45PM. Northern Chippewa Falls was under partial clouds until near 8 when threatening clouds brought more precipitation to add to the 1/2″ from earlier. At 8:20 the warning was extended until 9.

Update: at 8:54PM WEAU reported a second touchdown near Lafayette moving east. Tornado warning extended until 9:45.