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We’re open for the week! And what a busy week it is with the Strawberry Festival happening this weekend in Troy. It is very refreshing to be able to have the full festival again this year.

I’ve lived in Troy all my life, and I grew up right where the parade route ended, so I have many memories of Strawberry parades and the drama that sometimes ensued at the end. The famous strawberry donuts became a part of the scene when I was in high school, headed up by the Troy Music Boosters (I think…the details get fuzzier the older I get.) Since I was in the band, we were expected to help at the donut booth.

But my favorite memory is of when my Dad helped make a float for the Southwest Historic District. The float was of Puff the Magic Dragon. My Dad was an engineer, and projects like this were always very elaborate and time-consuming, but also a lot of fun. Puff was a huge paper mache dragon whose mouth opened and shut and had other fantastical elements that I can’t remember.

When the parade was over that year, somehow my Dad got to keep Puff. From then on, he was rolled out to the front of our house for every Halloween, often with dolls hanging out of his mouth for effect. Such fun memories of being a life-long Trojan!

Erin