Hi, Everyone...
I'm going to try and catch up on my blogging!
(Before I set off on another adventure...daughter Katie left for Atlanta
today, and her kitties and I will follow in a few days,
as soon as her apartment is ready...)
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Two weeks ago we went to Winterset, Iowa,
to the annual John Wayne Birthday Celebration...
Katie, Mr. B, and me.
We had such a good time!
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All the photos (with a couple of exceptions) are Katie's.
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This beautiful bronze statue was in the middle of the city park...
The pink petunias are pretty, but I think some sagebrush would have been more fitting!
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The vintage Iowa Theatre...
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Katie, looking very pleased to be there!
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Winterset has a very pretty downtown area...the buildings haven't been covered
with that awful metal-façade stuff that so many towns used in the 60s to "update" the brick
buildings...(like Sikeston) ~ Look at the gorgeous ornate arches over the windows here!
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They showed all five of the movies John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara
made together...we saw McLintock, Rio Grande, and The Quiet Man...
There just wasn't enough time to see all five and do the
other things we wanted to do...
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Inside the Iowa Theatre...
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The Quiet Man
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The Morrison's cute little bungalow home...
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Outside the John Wayne Birthplace Museum...
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This fellow was no "Duke", but he was having a good time
and folks were having a good time taking his photo!
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We got to the "Evening With Maureen O'Hara" dinner early...
E-a-r-l-y...
A rarity in my world!
But it paid off, as we got excellent seating...(thank you again, Katie!) ~
Out table was right next to the roped-off ones for Miss O'Hara and her family...
(She had LOTS of grandchildren and great-grandchildren with her!)
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Irish music was all around us...
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Maureen O'Hara and her family finally arrived!
She is still a beautiful lady.
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John Wayne's daughter, Aissa, was also in attendance; she hosted the
auction to raise money for a new museum.
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The auction was really fun to watch...
(And to listen to...auctioneers fascinate me, and these fellows were good!)
They stopped and asked people a couple of times if they were bidding or just scratching
their noses, so it wasn't stressful!
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This went for a lot!
Katie wants me to get into oil painting...
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They showed an interview with Miss O'Hara from a few years ago,
but she spoke a little about John Wayne from her seat, as well
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what it had been like working with him and such.
Then she wished him a Happy Birthday...it was really sweet.
She is 92!
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Maureen O'Hara having her makeup touched up on the set of The Quiet Man ~
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For the finale, we were entertained by the
Shannon Rovers Bagpipes and the McKay Sisters Irish Dancers...
It was a delightful evening, as you can imagine!
You can read more about it here...
JohnWayneBirthplace.org
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Before we left the area, Katie drove us around to see all of the remaining covered
bridges in Madison County...
I'll post about those tomorrow, hopefully!
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I hate to end on a sad note, but I have to tell you about the baby robins...
When we got home, two of them had blown out of the nest...
(or fallen out, I don't want to think pushed out...but there was just one baby remaining,
and he was big...he took up almost all the room in the nest
by himself!)
The next night after we got home, we had a storm, and the final baby
bird was blown out... most of the nest had blown out of the tree, as well...
I was trying to keep an eye out for such a thing happening,
but by the time I found him, it was too late.
Poor little things, all of them.
I guess that's why a robin couple can have several clutches each spring...
I don't need to get attached to any more baby birds, though ~ so disappointing!
Have a great week, everyone...
I'll do some more catching up tomorrow!
Love,
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