Friday, July 13, 2012

Let the Celebration Begin!

Camper-trailers and fifth wheels have been pulling in through town since early this morning.  There are more vehicles parked along Main Street than I've ever seen in the almost-four-years since I moved here.  People are meeting and greeting and clustering in little clumps on the street corners, catching up -- be it weeks, months, years or decades since they've seen each other.  Some are strolling along the street, reading the captions and histories posted in the storefronts, telling what used to be there and when.

The sun is shining, a breeze is keeping us from frying during the current heat wave (usually it rains through mid-July and doesn't get hot till later).  The registration/check-in table in the Community Hall is humming as people pick up their name tags, dinner tickets, and packets with leaflets and commemorative pins.  A skeleton crew is trying to help the big rigs park in the camping areas; will there be enough power outlets to go around?  My friend, C, the current Chair of the Centennial Committee (fourth in line over the past 3 years) is everywhere at once.  I was blessed to be able to help her with some of the set-up...including posing for photos....

This was taken with my camera by Kathy, wife of the Chair of the Museum Board, after she took another couple with her own (more sophisticated) camera for the Museum's records.

Memories of Mirror - Centennial Commemorative
July 13, 2012

Memories of Mirror will be on display behind the Registration/Check-in table today through 9 p.m. and again tomorrow 10 a.m.- 5 p.m., after which it will go into the Museum's permanent collection.  I gotta admit, I'm one proud mama!  It's lovely to stand by quietly and hear what people have to say about it -- the women in particular are drawn to it, and cell phones are being taken out to photograph it.  I say nothing, just drink it all in.  The encouragement will keep me creative for a good long time, fending off The Voices that haunt me (as all artists) at any time, day or night.

So for the next while, when I'm too hot and/or too busy to post, feast your eyes on garden photos...and stay tuned...


We're All in Our Places...

With Sun-shiny Faces...

And then there are poppies...

Could be a rose, eh?

3 comments:

Judy Warner said...

Enjoy, Margaret! The quilt looks wonderful!
Judy

Jennifer said...

You deserve to be proud ... very nice, Margaret. Enjoy the festivities ...
Chimo,
Jennifer

Jenny K. Lyon said...

Enjoy the celebration-your quilt looks wonderful!