Wednesday, October 04, 2006

Ahoy-Hoy

We're back from our galloping tour of the mid-Atlantic region. Here are a few of the things we saw:
  • A big family reunion celebrating the 150th "birthday" of our farm.
  • Lots of relatives, some of whom I knew, many of whom I didn't know but kind of pretended to know because I wasn't sure which ones I'd met twenty years ago but forgotten and which ones I really didn't know.
  • Lots of sheep.
  • Lots of old friends.
  • Some very adorable wee ones.
  • Lots of Johnnies (and I'm happy to report that they dress as awfully as always).
  • A lady crabbing, pulling huge, iridescent, green and blue monsters out of the water as they clung greedily to raw chicken necks, then tossing them into a bucket from which they stared furiously up at us, claws at the ready, looking for a fight.
  • Lots of boats.
  • Some of our flood-funked antiques, partially restored to their former glory.
  • Lots of schematics for Civil War-era cannons (don't ask).
  • Three deer.

10 comments:

  1. Anonymous3:45 PM

    I'm overwhelmed! Were you?

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  2. Slimbolala8:50 AM

    Oh, and I forgot to mention lots of jello salad.

    And yes, a wee bit, at points.

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  3. Anonymous11:45 AM

    Good to hear that some of your antiques were salvaged.

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  4. Anonymous9:52 PM

    Oh pretty please, tell me about schematics for civil war canons!!

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  5. Anonymous10:01 PM

    schematics for Civil War-era cannons
    schematics for Civil War-era cannons
    schematics for Civil War-era cannons

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  6. Anonymous8:06 AM

    I assume the johnnie fashion comment refers to current students, and not esteemed alumni.

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  7. Slimbolala9:50 AM

    Certainly not the esteemed alumni whose company we enjoyed. But among the larger alumni population, there are, undeniably, some fashion-catastrophe hold-outs.

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  8. Anonymous12:37 PM

    Picky, picky, picky, Will!!!

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  9. Slimbolala1:26 PM

    Oh, my interpretation of Will's comment was merely that he was delirious with excitement over the possiblity of learning more about the schematics, not that he was correcting anyone's phrase-ology. On the other hand, fights are fun, and who cares if they have sound justification or are merely based on some wacky misunderstanding. Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight!

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  10. Anonymous9:45 AM

    What he said. The delerious thing. Thanks for drifting my way!

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