9/23/2005 - Mums the Word
Well, tomorrow is the famed and fabled Frontier Days Celebration in the big city of Eva, Alabama! What? You've never heard of it?!?! I can't believe it! Have you been living under a rock someplace? LOL Actually, the art guild of the tiny community surrounding a 4-way stop has hosted the event for over 10 years. Events include a Hog Calling Contest, Greased Pig Chase and a Frog Jumping Contest! There are hundreds of vendors showing their wares and the most important thing of all - the Mum Lady. She has been there every year for the event. She brings the most amazing potted mums I have ever seen in my life! They are like blooming shrubs!!! She babies and feeds these plants herself every year! They're HUGE!!! I can only fit 4 or 5 of them into my GMC Jimmy! They come in a wide variety of colors to suit your fancy or your color scheme. Bronze, lavender, white, yellow, burgundy, rust, gold, orange - both the daisy and pompom varieties! Needless to say - my pathetic tired summer color pots received a farewell salute this morning and joined the compost pile! I've gotten mums from this lady as long as there has been a festival. You have to get there early and get your name scribbled onto a ripped piece of paper and placed into the foliage of your treasured choices so they won't be purchased while you're off going through the many booths the festival has to offer. There's an art and competition to it - you're looking through all the pots to find the right ones in the right colors - and your eyes meet some other huntress for a moment before one of you moves in quickly to claim her prize. LOL
So, now you know where I will be tomorrow - hurrying to capture my favorites and retreat prior to the parade that includes more antique and vintage tractors than you can shake a stick at! LOL I hope you have as much fun and that you won't do what I inevitably will - forget the sunscreen! Have a great weekend and enjoy the fall events that seem to be in full swing this time of year.
Unpleasant dreams...
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