Last day of Ingram's Pioneer Log Cabin VIllage.

We just got home from spending the entire day at Ingram's Log Cabin Village.. As most local people know, it was questionable as to whether or not it would even happen after the unexpected death of Bob Ingram. It was by far the best fair in recent memory, There were lots more craft vendors, it was arranged differntly, and all was mowed and well taken care of. Thank you Kinmundy Historical society for all you have done in a very short time to make this a success.. Tomorrow is the last day for this year, and may be the last day ever...we listened to old time music, saw demonstrations, ate food that was bad for us, enjoyed the authentic log cabins and the history that goes with them. We saw many old friends along the way, what a great day,  Let's hope things get worked out so it can continue in the future.

Mom's quilt

When I was cleaning mom's apartment out, I found this quilt top that she had worked on, lots of time on her part, it was just the top and had not been finished into a quilt. So I had it finished at Barb's Fabrics in Salem. I just picked it up today and think it turned out beautiful, the pattern she used for the quilting was also roses.It's so nice to have a keepsake that mom made with her own hands...I sure do miss her

Lunch with my girls...and another butterfly

Had lunch with my best buds,  Carol, Linda and Sandie at Applebee's today, always have such a good time with these ladies.  Also, the Tiger swallowtails are hatching now.....

Gnomes

Our cousins were having a garage sale last Saturday, but invited the family over Friday night, in case we wanted anything. My mother-in-law spied these gnomes, but they were in pretty bad shape. So I repainted them for her today...the guy gnome had no right eye, and was kind of creepy looking, the girl gnome was very pale, and much more faded than the other one, also her face was chipping off..had to give her a good sanding....now, I wish I had spied them for myself..lol...but I know she loves her yard ornaments, so I'm sure she will enjoy these too...

Swallowtails and painted lady

So as not to leave my other butterfly friends out, here is my fennel covered with black/or yellow swallowtail caterpillars, and a visitor to my flowers this afternoon...the painted lady.

Don't blink, you might miss it~

I kept watching this monarch all day, waiting for him to emerge. I got tired and went in the house, and then I went out about 10 minutes later and there he was....this was about an hour after that, when his wings were dry..just

have to keep you all updated on my butterflies. This picture is really small because my camera was on video and I had to extract it, but you get the idea.

Broom corn festival

The Broom corn festival is about what you would expect, lots of craft vendors, flea market vendors and, of course, food vendors. It was quite large, blocks and blocks..the most interesting thing was the Broom making demonstration, using the broom corn and some old time machines. They even had a craft broom competition and I was surprised at all of the different ways the brooms were made, a picture is below. The parade featured all of the beautify pageant winners from miles around including Miss Bagel, and Miss Broom corn. As she waved to the crowd from her convertible, her "court" follwed her, made up of young ladies carrying brooms...what a hoot! My favorite parade entry were the Lawn Rangers, who were just men pushing lawnmowers, and wearing silly hats, most of them decorated their lawn mowers, and they all had brooms. They "drove" the lawn mowers around in circles and threw their brooms up in the air and caught them....hilarious and how fun..So that's it, beside eating all kinds of things that were bad for us...and I had to buy a broom, ya know!

Broom corn competition

Broom making demonstration.

My favorite broom in the competition, but it came in second.

Broom corn

My broom I purchased there.

The best fruit smoothies in town.

Beautiful storm clouds and rainbow tonight after the storm