{"id":40710,"date":"2022-09-29T06:01:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-29T10:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelandmark.com\/?p=40710"},"modified":"2022-09-29T06:01:00","modified_gmt":"2022-09-29T10:01:00","slug":"hey-day-returns-to-wachusett-meadow-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/news2\/2022\/09\/29\/hey-day-returns-to-wachusett-meadow-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Hey Day returns to Wachusett Meadow"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"byline\"><b>By Kristen B. Payson <\/b><br \/>\n<i>Editor<\/i><\/div>\n<p>PRINCETON \u2014 It was a bright sunny day, with a strong breeze at times, on Saturday, Sept. 24, when Hey Day returned to Wachusett Meadow. As the parking field slowly filled up with visitors, the sound of live music filled the air. The children\u2019s area filled up first, with youngsters working on their nail pounding skills, painting pumpkins, exploring the mini maze, having their faces painted, and creating huge bubbles with hula hoops.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_40713\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40713\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-40713\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thelandmark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/09-29-03-Ar00203006.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"594\" height=\"753\" srcset=\"https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2022\/09\/09-29-03-Ar00203006.jpg 594w, https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2022\/09\/09-29-03-Ar00203006-237x300.jpg 237w, https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2022\/09\/09-29-03-Ar00203006-9x12.jpg 9w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-40713\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">LEFT: Mary of Bee Nice shows off her honey and bee products at Hey Day. At le_, Chad Steiner of Elzire\u2019s Acre displays goat milk soaps.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_40716\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40716\" style=\"width: 839px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-40716\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thelandmark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/09-29-03-Ar00203005.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"839\" height=\"494\" srcset=\"https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2022\/09\/09-29-03-Ar00203005.jpg 839w, https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2022\/09\/09-29-03-Ar00203005-300x177.jpg 300w, https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2022\/09\/09-29-03-Ar00203005-768x452.jpg 768w, https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2022\/09\/09-29-03-Ar00203005-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 839px) 100vw, 839px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-40716\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ABOVE: A visit to the grandparents\u2019 brought the opportunity to check out the antique cider press for these two youngsters.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Some visitors headed out on the trails, passing the sheep grazing in the field as they worked their way toward canoes on the lake. Others browsed local vendors offering goat milk soap, vegetable- dyed bags and soaps, bee products, apple cider, cheese, and more. Others grabbed a sandwich or snack and sat at a picnic table enjoying the view. Many waited patiently for their turn to climb aboard for a hayride around the sanctuary.<\/p>\n<p>All in all, it was a beautiful day to be out in nature, and the happy return of a tradition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PRINCETON \u2014 It was a bright sunny day, with a strong breeze at times, on Saturday, Sept. 24, when Hey Day returned to Wachusett Meadow. As the parking field slowly filled up with visitors, the sound of live music filled the air. The children\u2019s area filled up first, with youngsters working on their nail pounding skills, painting pumpkins, exploring the mini maze, having their faces painted, and creating huge bubbles with hula hoops.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40719,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40710","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40710"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40710\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}