Shooting Stars & Rocketships

DIYpsi was a blast this past weekend! As far as I know, it was one of the best turn outs for the event! With over 60 vendors, live local music-including a Mysty Lynn tribute Saturday night and pop up ice cream with flavors like banana creme brûlée!

I didn’t get to leave my table much(sorry for lack of photos and had to borrow one of my friends for the sign), but I didn’t manage to score new Tower art, restock my lotion, a custom painting of our pup and coffee my new favorite roaster!

Summer Beer Fest at Frog Island 2015

First let me say, I am never early for anything. Something in my genetic make up prevents me from showing up for anything before I am expected to be there! However, if there is limited beer selections, it turns out I can make I can do it!

We made our pretzel necklaces and walked to the park about an hour and a half early. We ate a pizza from Aubrees and read over the beer list while we waited for the line to form. By 4:45, hundreds of people filled the park and spilled over the bridge! At 5 o'clock we made the mad dash inside!

Honestly, I don’t remember the first beer we tried! After the first hour the whole evening blurs together. Compared to last year, we had a plan. We were prepared. We wasted no time getting food and skipped breweries that had long lines. (I was lucky and made it to Wurst bar the night before for some pregame of CBS and KBS). I stuck to trying bourbon barrel aged and sours.

Naoto Matsumura is the only human brave enough to live in Fukushima’s 12.5-mile exclusion zone

He fled at first but returned to take care of the animals that were left behind

He returned for his own animals at first, but realized that so many more needed his help, too

Matsumura, who is 55 years old, knows that the radiation is harmful, but he “refuses to worry about it”

“They also told me that I wouldn’t get sick for 30 or 40 years. I’ll most likely be dead by then anyway, so I couldn’t care less”

Matsumura discovered that thousands of cows had died locked in barns

He also freed many animals that had been left chained up by their owners

Many of them now rely on him for food

The government has forbidden him from staying, but that doesn’t stop him either

He started in 2011 and is still going strong 4 years later

He relies solely on donations from supporters to work with and feed the animals

His supporters are calling him the ‘guardian of Fukushima’s animals’

The man clearly has a sense of humor as well