Horsing Around

Miss Molly, the horse nut, is becoming quite a little horsewoman. She takes lessons from our new good friend Sally Weiner (who is also a quilter, so she and Susie have fun with that too!) The horse - Jet. He is just as handsome as can be and very good with Molly. Give him a carrot and he will be eating out of your hands...literally.

After riding, Molly loves to help brushing the big beast. If only she would brush her own hair as often. hahaha.

It's Only Fair - The State Fair!

It's that time of year...time to go and see horses, pigs, sheep and odd looking carnival workers at the state fair.

We joined our friends the Powells (pronounced "Powwwls" - if you are using your North Carolina accent, y'all) and went to the state fair in Raleigh. They have two adorable girls - Gwendie and Carrie - who were in summer camp with Molly. We walked for miles, saw pigs and sheep and horses and chicks and very large pumpkins and so on and so on.
The girls went on fast, rides that went round and round. We parents were too clever for that vomet-inducing madness and just stood back and watched our kids while they rode and laughed. It was worth it just for that!

We ate BBQ and funnel cake (a first for Molly and me) and I personally marveled at all the foods you can buy that are fried - fried pickles, fried peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, fried bologna, fried twinkies, fried onions and I'm sure they had other delicacies that I just didn't see and that's probably a good thing.

After parting with mega-bucks for the rides and the tasty treats, we left feeling like we were successful in an annual sojourn to this fall fling. Though my friend Jane Powell said that many folks in these parts are often heard saying that they would "rather eat their right leg than go to the state fair", we had a good time!

End of an Era - We'll miss you CocoHoney!

With great sadness, we have to report the passing on to the great Guinea Pig heaven of our beloved CocoHoney. Hard to believe CocoHoney was with us for nearly 5 years! She was a good guinea pig (aside from the occasional episodes of trying to bite off the ends of our fingers) and will be very missed. OK, the picture is not actually CocoHoney, but an amazing simulation. (Truth be known, I can't find a picture of the little critter.) Molly and I both shed quite a few tears over this little girl and we do miss her insistent squealing for food, even after she had just eaten. A true pig, but fuzzy and cute to the end. Bye-bye little piggy!