here is grandma Moffat and great grandma Moffat checking out her baby blanket she made and entered in the fair. Aunt Marilyn planned the big surprise and we think she did surprise her, in spite of me almost telling her!
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We even ran into family and ate dinner together.. and then it was off to show the young lady in the photo her winnings... she did not know... yet...
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lots of folks had the same idea... even saw a neighbor, in the red cap, who lives one house away from us for the first time in a year... haha...
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we decided to eat a bit.. and there was a long line, but lots of time to catch up with friends and neighbors...
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there were toy trains coming and going...
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and while there... we found this little blanket made by Elinore Moffat, age 87, of Perkins for another of her great grandchildren who is on the way... but not here yet... of course, another first place, congrats mom!!
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We ran out to see if any of my photos won a ribbon or not, and we did not.... sigh.... but, maybe next year...??? We did win what we went after, showing the most wins a Family Portrait.. so we did, and I have to get my pic in the paper for having the most photos entered... anyway... we will do this in the spring of 2007 so we can have our newest grandbaby in the photo too.... yeah haw...
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and more rides... just waiting for folks to jump on...
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the flags were blowing in the wind, and KGFY was getting ready to rock the area....
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And lots of things to eat...
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Lots of rides...
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It's fair time....
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for the history of it...

Just a quick note to the kiddos...

Gene Hauf, who is owner of Hauf Auto Supply/Salvage next door to the studio and with whom I have been friends with since we moved to Stillwater, recently told me about how he used to ride his bike as a kid out to the old airport hangers on our land and they would climb up in the rafters and catch the pigeons ... and he lived in Stillwater, I think he said on Ramsey Street! He also said another great source for photos of the old airport would be the old shoe cobbler... who's name escapes me now, but he has passed away and his daughter now lives in his home... they lived across the street from where orville boyer used to live.. Gene said if he remembers right, there are tons of photos of the way it was back then... all I know for now.. this is also to remind me to follow up on this too.. haha... later.. just some FYI stuff...

A single sunbeam ...

A single sunbeam is enough to drive away many shadows.

-St. Francis of Assisi

Ann is raising some pigeons that "roll" in the air when they fly...  

Austyn getting ready to let it rip... at the studio playing Randy Burch's drums. Randy is drummer for Nick Gibson Band out of Stillwater and thinks it's cool that Austyn wants to play "his" drums!!  

Wonder what great things lie behind those eyes? What will he discover? How will he effect the world? How many lives will he change??  

Austyn stopped in to spend some time with us while his mom and dad went out to eat... he always makes us smile!! 

check in time at the Payne County Fair. This is the Photography place, and I took some photos there to enter.  

Silence is not just not talking

Silence is not just not talking. It's a void. It's a place where all things come from. All voices, all creation comes out of this silence. So when you're standing on the edge of silence, you hear things you've never heard before, and you hear things in ways you've never heard them before. --John Francis