Today was the big car show
out at the county fairgrounds, an event Dearest Son had been looking forward to
for the past month. I wasn’t much in a mood for it, but it was a cool, bright
morning, and I needed the exercise and sunshine, bad. So we were there as it
opened, and traffic was already starting to snarl. Several events were taking
place at the site, plus a hundreds-huge soccer tournament was already in
progress down the street. However, we lucked into a fantastic parking space and
were there over two hours, filling our eyes with at least 60 stunning autos of
all ages. Dearest impressed several much older car enthusiasts with his
encyclopedic knowledge of car engines and other minutia, and took his fill of
photos. Once home, he read me the total – 103 shots, not counting the dozen or
so I took. My favorite was a finned beauty that was white on top, yellow
beneath the fin, like a lemon meringue pie ! There were images of the owners’ families
with it, including an old wedding photo, in the windows.
We toured the show once,
then took a break at one of the concession stands, wandered around a goat and
rabbit exhibit, then meandered around the gorgeous cars once again. Portable
food’s kind of pricey, so we shared a shaved ice slushie – the ‘small’ was $3.,
the ‘medium’ was a dollar more, but came with a silk-flower lei. You can guess
what we ordered. I was given a lovely all-white-flower one, a perfect accessory
to my favorite emerald-green shirt. Since I got the lei, he got about 80% of
the slushie, which was delicious. I promised we’d get snacks on the way home. The
family at the table with us split a plate of nachos which, frankly, looked like
it’d already been eaten once and didn’t smell much better. I figured we’d hold
out for McD’s for lunch, a better and cheaper choice.
Gave our great parking space
to a nice lady who actually clapped when I gestured that we were leaving – it’s
always awesome when you get to think you helped make someone’s day. Getting
back on the main road was a colossal mess, but I only cursed two people and we
were home with snacks and sodas for everyone just as it got hot, and as Beloved
Hubby was returning from a short work-day. He promised me some ‘quiet’ (i.e.,
no guys) time tomorrow for doing this today, but I had a great time, so I doubt
I’ll take him up on it. Still, I’ve been sorta wanting to go to GoodWill . .
Darn near nodded off in my
chair after lunch, so I got to work on the last project of Organza Week – a small,
doll-sized drawstring bag. All of my drawstring bags are the ‘only one string
on the top, right at the hem’ kind, so I decided to try to make the ‘two strings
in a channel a bit further down’ kind. Came out OK, but I probably should have
looked for a tutorial, to make it easier. Plus, I didn’t think to hem the ends
of the channels. Still, it’s small enough to not easily show my many errors, and
I got the basics right, so it’s all good in my book ! Tomorrow, I can make something
else – if I can just make up my mind what !
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