 Well, let the ramble begin greetings from the full barrel kickoff beer garden. I had some Miss Wieners Donuts and biallies and other scrumptious things some good beer kind of pouring and good company and this is the The wrap up we just had last call and hope everyone has fun tomorrow. Cheers Welcome to Barrio Come on in and get a rambleberry latte for the ramble today Well, this is the start of the ramble and this is the fifth or sixth maybe seventh annual garden tour of the old north and this is Elliott Who loves to say that in every microphone and this is Ruby? Oh, wow And we love to start off and kick off the ramble tour in our garden on front street as you can see I have done a lot of gardening over the last 10 plus years since I've lived on this street To bring all sorts of perennials and good cheer to our neighborhood. I find it to be such a great community builder Lots of people stop and talk and take in the flowers and it's just my way of giving back to my street Hey, good morning. My name is Adam. I'm here at the onions in the old north end of Burlington And I am psyched because I just had the ramble scramble their specialty plate for today Yeah, scramble eggs on a bunch of greens with black beans and red peppers and corn delicious coffee Started off the day right so we're getting ready to go out and roam the neighborhoods on the ramble and We've lived in the old north end for over 25 years and we've been ramble regulars and love the celebration of this awesome neighborhood Looking forward to the good yard sale finds today and the world market is the old north end community center I'm visiting from a little bit out of town. It's my first ramble. I'm really excited Hey everybody, my name is Dan Siegel I've been living in the old north end for About 18 years and I've done the ramble on and off over those years this year. I have a ton of pottery for sale This is my studio right behind me I've got a lot of stuff for every single price range You can imagine a huge selection of five dollar pots ten dollar pots and then stuff for you know stuff for everybody And this is my partner's work over here. She does mixed media collage and Some printmaking some alternative printmaking techniques and yeah, we love the ramble every year. It's so much fun We never know who's going to show up We always are surprised by who we see and it's it's always a great time. There's so many different activities going on and It's just a great community event. All right. Hi. I'm Karen Norwood. I'm part of preservation Burlington Every year we do tours of the old north end as part of the ramble I'm about to start a neighborhood walking tour where we're going to learn all about the history of the old north end and Yeah, it's a great time. So excited to be a part of the ramble All right, welcome to the ramble 2023 field day. My name is Tim. I'm John. We are your field day referees It's a great day out here. We've got all of these games got a great crowd Come on out ramble with us ramble with your neighbors got hula hoops Balling ball shop put sack races everything you want. Come on down So this is a little bit of a change But I kind of like the rain because it's making everyone huddle together under the tents, which is really cute But it's fun. I'm excited to see my friends play some music and Gonna go over to the big parking lot over there a little bit later today, but it's a big party Yeah What do you think of Decatur Fest this year? Oh, it's great We're at Decatur Fest and apparently this is the 19th year. I just found out And it's a really great community celebration part of the old north end ramble And there was lots of kids earlier and the theme this year is decomposition So folks are doing all sorts of stuff around mushrooms and nutrient cycles and just giving back to the earth It's awesome people are doing the weather that we're having just provide such a like lovely That's really awesome to be a part of We're at Decatur Fest and we're grilling we want to ask tell them how we were thinking about it. Oh Man, we're having so much fun Thanks to Wildeek River for grilling so many burgers and dogs What else is our favorite part the burgers the dogs and the people that make up this wonderful community We're here grilling hot dogs and burgers, but we want to ask our friend Ben here put the this this on what was our favorite part? Oh, the Rockin Worms We love the Rockin Worms. Thank you so much I take it that's a musical group the Rockin Worms playing right over here right now. Don't miss them check them out Son are really really going for a so-so So-so And do you think the hot dogs are good or bad? Yeah, good. Dad's burger is gonna be good. Well, she said no. I don't think the mic picked that up But Thank you Street, there's no cars in the street children running wild Marafoot It's amazing. I love it. Look at my porch covered with people It's the best Hi, my name is Constance Craig and we hosted an art event in my backyard for the ramble Rain or shine we had to come up with some creative solutions, but everyone's still rambling So have you done this before? Yes, I did this two years ago in our yard the weather had held a little better than but we're all much more prepared now I'm selling watercolors Which I sell on Instagram and on my online shop Hello, I'm Joanna of Pizarre. I am the founder of Vermont skate society I'm here with my sister organization joy riders. It's a BIPOC skate club We are just a local group and we like to meet and throw Pop-up roller discos and do weekly skate sessions We offer loner skates for people that want to learn and yes I will hold your hands and teach you how to do everything So we decided to collaborate and throw a pop-up today and let me just tell you The people of the Old North End are so resilient. They are out here roller skating today in the rain So I hope you'll come and join us either today or any other time you can follow us on Instagram and Catch up on some of the events that we're throwing