Mucho miscellaneous!

Okay, I'm playing catch up here, so this is a real hodge podge post ... my apologies. First of all, update on Kevin ... he has not used a cane in a month! He's doing very, very well! The last time he went in to the doctor's office sans cane, Dr. Blanchard was pretty much stunned, in the nothing-short-of-miraculous meaning of the word. (Sadly, Kev's cane, the cool one with the flames, was actually STOLEN while Kev was at the car wash in Picton. Can you imagine??? I guess it looked a little too much like Dr. House's cane!).

Secondly, two Picton Fair submissions:



Here is the felted purse that Claire made for the Fair this year. It won first place! It was a lot of work for her, and took her most of the year -- she's not as much in to fibre-y stuff as other pursuits. However, she did do everything but attach the handles (and I helped her by designing the loop closure as well). So fun!

And below is Iain's entry; "A Selection of Heritage Tomatoes". There wasn't really a category for his entry, but it was so fun he put it on display anyway :-). The tomato plants were given to 4H members by Vickie's Veggies in the County. We have had a glorious August eating tomatoes with names such as Trent, Quinte (canning varieties from this area), German Striped, Sungold (the BEST and FIRST tomato I can pop in my mouth like candy!!!), Yellow Pear Tomato, and others whose names escape me at the moment. We will definitely do this again next year.



Now some shots from last weekend's Milford fair. Milford is a village in the south County, and they put on an adorable one day fair. We don't make it every year, but this year since Claire is playing "Annie" she (and Kev) had to be on the Marysburgh Mummers Float.

This is Mount Tabor Theatre, in Milford. This is the old church, build by Dr. Bredin, that has become the home of the Marysburgh Mummers:


Just down from the theatre, across the road, is the mill pond that Milford is known for:


Here is the Mummers' float, with Claire in front. She was pretty nervous but managed to do the smiling and waving thing for most of the route. Daddy Warbucks is played by the son of Claire's voice teacher! For the production, we'll put a rinse in her hair and do ringlets; she had a wig provided by the theatre company but vetoed it instantly :-).




Side view of the Mummer's float ... Kev is wearing the cool hat, and our good friend Ann-Marie is up their as well! They both have 3 plus parts each. Kev was initially asked to consider being Daddy Warbucks, however it's a bad time of year for him to be that invested in a performance so he's pleased to be playing several minor roles, including the policeman.



Here is my friend Michelle. Her family (the Frasers) are a big county family. One of her sons is in the front seat ...


... and here is her oldest son, Blake, playing as part of Grandpa's Goodtime Gang. Blake was Alison's fiddle teacher.


I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE a good rural Fair!!!