Gruene Texas

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Gruene Texas

Texas Clay Festival 2013 - Gruene, TX

Gruene Texas (pronounced Green) has it all.  I love this little town.  There is so much to do here that makes me happy, happy, happy.  This weekend we made our "I've-stopped-counting" trip to Gruene to attend the annual Texas Clay Festival.  I blogged earlier about this festival.  I always go with a of couple things I want to buy.  This year, I bought three pieces.  I bought a platter to place candles in that sits on my fireplace hearth, a beautiful green & blue bowl for K to display his garden harvest and another pumpkin for Halloween that will be A's when he moves out of the house someday. <sniff, sniff>  I had my eye on a half a dozen other items, but if I would have purchased them all there'd be no reason to go back again next year.  

The Gristmill

After we made the first pass through the festival, we made our way over to the Gristmill for lunch.  The weather was absolutely perfect.  I didn't mind the wait as I listened to the guitar singer belt out some country classics and we waiting under the shade trees for our name to be written on the big chalkboard.  Our Texas-sized lunch was just as yummy as every other time we've made a visit.  I'm so glad this place takes an hour+ to get to or I'd be visiting it every single weekend.  I love this place that much.  I think Gruene has got to be one of my all time favorite small Texas towns.

Waiting for our name to make the chalkboard

Open air seating at the Gristmill

Our day in Gruene ended with our usual family tradition....a stop at the Gruene Toy Store followed by a homemade smoothie from the shop next door.