Mary and I thought we had a grip on the lessons and the class for Sunday School this morning. We were wrong… The boys (Ben and Max) were not on the same page as we were – meaning they were interested in everything BUT the lesson! But it all went well and Church was good as Todd spoke about God providing for us.
After lunch (which was crackers and cheese) I emptied the car out – I still had all the stuff in that I took to Kelly’s and brought back from Kelly’s. I put her items for storage in the dresser drawers of her chest in the shed, and put all my stuff away. I downloaded all the photos from yesterday, talked to Claudia about the Fall Tea (Hanna’s Town), and gathered up things to take to Mary’s picnic. I will share that tomorrow, as I have YESTERDAY to catch up with today!
So yesterday Kelly and I went to Oglebay for the Fort Henry Days celebration. It’s an 18th Century Encampment and battle re-enactment. There were demonstrations of 18th century life, Punch and Judy puppet shows for the kids, Talks on Midwifery and Myths of White Captives by Native Americans, Dancing, Blacksmithing, Surgeon tent, Bookbinding, fabric demonstrations. It was very informative.
Kelly saw a few people she knew, and she had insights about some of the displays. I saw my friend Louise (and husband Scott) and we chatted for a while. Some of the interesting displays were the Ale sellers, the fabric dyeing, the surgeon’s tent, the Bookbindery (one of the pamphlets was the Art of Farting!), and forge.
We walked down to Camp Russel, where the 4-H troops have their camp weeks and where Kelly usually helps with cooking all week. It’s a very nice place and the buildings are well kept.
From the encampment we drove over to the Oglebay mansion museum. That was one thing I really wanted to see. There is a lot of local history at Oglebay, in the park and the museums and the family. We parked at the gift shop and looked around, then walked up to the mansion. It is beautifully kept, clean and well displayed and very interesting. MORE than worth the price to tour! It’s self guided, with a map and little recordings in most of the rooms. I could live there! Here are just a FEW pictures of a FEW rooms!
We passed several office buildings and the greenhouse and the amphitheater. The gardens are amazing and immaculate. The views were spectacular. All in all it was a wonderful day.
We left there, had lunch, and went home to tackle a few projects for the West Alexandria fair. Kelly is a 4-H leader and has her hands in a dozen things! She was working on a display for their chapter, and had some help from her little friend Jo. She just sent me pictures of the finished display! Fair starts tomorrow.
When I left, Kelly and Matt were walking down the driveway holding hands! It was a sweet way to end the visit!
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TOMORROW September 4th is:
Labor Day; National Wildlife Day; National Newspaper Carrier Day; National Macadamia Nut Day.
I’ll take a laborless labor day! Time for a break – after a morning with Kath at the craft festival! God bless…
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