Photo-a-Day Week 19

Welcome back, and Happy Mother's Day! In week 19, we were busy with the Albino Skunk Festival, attending on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. We love hearing live music. Skunk Fest is a family-friendly music festival that we have enjoyed going to since we first moved to South Carolina. Glad the event didn't last through Sunday, as we are in the midst of an atmospheric river of rain. After being short on our rainfall for the calendar year, I think Mother Nature is trying to make up for it this weekend! On to the photos of the day.

Day 125-

When we lived in Germany in the early 1980s, we bought a hutch or "shrunk" in German at a bazaar one Christmas. We had it crated for each move. From Germany to Texas, to Florida, to Germany, to Virginia, and finally to South Carolina. The carvings on this lovely piece of furniture are really amazing. It was made in the late 1880s possibly from the Alsace-Lorraine region. It is a treasure. You can see a the entire piece of furniture at the bottom of this post. 

Carving

Day 126-

Some days it seems like the skies are especially blue. There wasn't a cloud in the sky, and the waxing moon was visible during the day. 

Blue Skies

Day 127-

The moonlight was pretty bright on this night. The roses seemed to glow in the moonlight. These are Drift roses - Rosa 'Popcorn'. 

Roses in Moonlight

Day 128-

The clear skies changed and we had a hailstorm that tattered many of my large leafed plants. This is Weeping Redbud, Cercis canadensis 'Ruby Falls'. New leaves are emerging, and these tattered leaves will fall off in the autumn. The tree is fine. 

Broken Hearts

Day 129-

As I mentioned above, we were at Albino Skunk Festival this weekend. I have a photo a day for the rest of this week's photos from Skunk. These metal chairs are so fun to photograph. My friend Vicki told me that the pattern on the middle chair is called 'Pie Crust' and the other two are either 'Cane' or 'Pinhole'. I would love to find some of these and clean them up and paint them a fun color. 

Have a Seat

Day 130-

Another favorite spot at Skunk fest is the place I call 'the brick and mortar'. It is a stand-alone plumbed bathroom. I much prefer this to the port-a-potty line-up they provide in various places around the festival. On the door is a brass plaque that says "Le Pissior". There is a sense of humor at Skunk. To further that sense of humor, the planter outside the door is from an old toilet. Great use of an old tank.

Le Pissior with appropriate planter

Day 131-

Finally, one of the vendors had an ice cream churn powered by a John Deere engine. Here it is cranked up and spinning while he adds ice to the churn! 

John Deere Ice Cream Churn

As promised above, here is our shrunk, lovely old oak carvings. Loved by us for over 40 years. 

Enjoy your Mother's Day.  I am watching the rain come down while relaxing after three days of the music festival. 

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