02/10: Cinderella Car Show
Category: General
Posted by: The Agnew Family
Our friends from Michigan, John and Carol arrived yesterday with Caity. Tomorrow John and Carol are driving to Toronto and on Tuesday morning fly to Hawaii --- Caity is staying with us for two week. Should be interesting having a dog again if only for two weeks.
This weekend is Pumpkinfest in Port Elgin. Unfortunately, the weatherman and mother nature didn't cooperate and rain was forecast for yesterday and today. It rained a bit yesterday but today it didn't look too bad so decided to veture out to the Cinderella Car Show (part of Pumpkinfest).
We talked to one of the local business men and he said this year had the fewest number of cars in a long time, certainly the few number of cars in the years we've been attending pumpkinfest. The main street is usually full of cars on both sides of the street and so are some of the side streets. Attendance was also down --- I guess the rain kept both cars and people away.
Though there weren't a lot of vehicles, there were some interesting ones.
When Ed and I were in New Brunswick we stopped at a pottery shop that used a local clay. The potter did a lot of hand building (not on a wheel) and imprinted the pieces with things from nature like leaves, flowers and sea shells. Ed and I like a dish that was shaped like a leaf and imprinted with the leaf. While we were in the store Ed and the potter both said it would be a great dish for serving sushi.
As John and Carol are our first guest after the New Brunswick trip they got to help christen the plate.
This weekend is Pumpkinfest in Port Elgin. Unfortunately, the weatherman and mother nature didn't cooperate and rain was forecast for yesterday and today. It rained a bit yesterday but today it didn't look too bad so decided to veture out to the Cinderella Car Show (part of Pumpkinfest).
We talked to one of the local business men and he said this year had the fewest number of cars in a long time, certainly the few number of cars in the years we've been attending pumpkinfest. The main street is usually full of cars on both sides of the street and so are some of the side streets. Attendance was also down --- I guess the rain kept both cars and people away.
Though there weren't a lot of vehicles, there were some interesting ones.
When Ed and I were in New Brunswick we stopped at a pottery shop that used a local clay. The potter did a lot of hand building (not on a wheel) and imprinted the pieces with things from nature like leaves, flowers and sea shells. Ed and I like a dish that was shaped like a leaf and imprinted with the leaf. While we were in the store Ed and the potter both said it would be a great dish for serving sushi.
As John and Carol are our first guest after the New Brunswick trip they got to help christen the plate.