Sunday, June 18, 2006
Allllmost caught up--Saturday
It made a nice change to not HAVE to drive today. Mike and I just went out "exploring like cats", taking our actual proto-cat with us. It seems the hotel does not allow cats in the rooms. I mean, wouldn't want whatever smell came out of a teensy kitten and his very clean new litter box to disrupt the smell of the SMOKING room we are in, which was the only one my mom could get for us, as there were several events converging in town for the weekend....
Anyway. We took Souvenir with us to go looking at the train track section of town, and the lot where my grandparents' house used to be, and finally the blocked off square downtown which was full of booths and loud announcers and people. People who stopped me about every ten steps to pet the kitty and more or less politely ask why we were such amazin' fools as to bring a kitty to a loud and hot event. Since we had a good reason, this wasn't TOO much of a hardship. But still.
Eventually we met up with family again at the Bushwhacker Museum, which is not only excellent for such a small town, but nicely air conditioned, AND they let us bring in the cat. (I'm sure having an uncle on the Board helped with that.)
We stayed to hear one of the guest presenters, Kelly Schott, who is an expert on funeral customs and clothing of the Civil War era (and a little time on each end). She brought a wonderful display of clothing and period accessories and ephemera from her personal collection. I talked to her for a while before the show about cats, for the usual reason. (Souvenir is very handy as a conversation starter!)
I had promised Mike we would go to the carnival after the talk (which both he and Souvenir sat through without a peep), but about then the forecast thunderstorm was trying to roll in. I didn't feel comfortable letting him ride rides under those conditions, but we found one of those game booths where you buy tokens and slide them down a little chute to where a pushbar is moving back and forth. With a little patience and planning, you can get it to push tokens and prizes over the edge to you.
Mike enjoyed this just as much as he would have the rides. I got a little neon kaleidoscope, and he got a small stuffed giraffe, a compass and a bottle opener shaped like a dolphin, with a shell and some plastic flowers floating inside. AND we did not get rained on OR struck by lightning!
Anyway. We took Souvenir with us to go looking at the train track section of town, and the lot where my grandparents' house used to be, and finally the blocked off square downtown which was full of booths and loud announcers and people. People who stopped me about every ten steps to pet the kitty and more or less politely ask why we were such amazin' fools as to bring a kitty to a loud and hot event. Since we had a good reason, this wasn't TOO much of a hardship. But still.
Eventually we met up with family again at the Bushwhacker Museum, which is not only excellent for such a small town, but nicely air conditioned, AND they let us bring in the cat. (I'm sure having an uncle on the Board helped with that.)
We stayed to hear one of the guest presenters, Kelly Schott, who is an expert on funeral customs and clothing of the Civil War era (and a little time on each end). She brought a wonderful display of clothing and period accessories and ephemera from her personal collection. I talked to her for a while before the show about cats, for the usual reason. (Souvenir is very handy as a conversation starter!)
I had promised Mike we would go to the carnival after the talk (which both he and Souvenir sat through without a peep), but about then the forecast thunderstorm was trying to roll in. I didn't feel comfortable letting him ride rides under those conditions, but we found one of those game booths where you buy tokens and slide them down a little chute to where a pushbar is moving back and forth. With a little patience and planning, you can get it to push tokens and prizes over the edge to you.
Mike enjoyed this just as much as he would have the rides. I got a little neon kaleidoscope, and he got a small stuffed giraffe, a compass and a bottle opener shaped like a dolphin, with a shell and some plastic flowers floating inside. AND we did not get rained on OR struck by lightning!
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