Tales from Bloggeritaville: Boom Day's in Fort Payne: Outdoor Wednesday

It's officially Autumn/Fall on Thursday Sept 23, 2010! To me it means colorful leaves crunching underfoot while other still cling to trees for a colorfest show, bonfires and smores, pumpkins and hot tea, baskets of fresh pick apples, enjoying the outdoors....and festivals! What a perfect way to enjoy the outdoors! And it couldn't all come at a more fitting time, for Susan's Outdoor Wednesday.

The weather was perfect, so I invited my mother and my cousin Marc to take in Fort Payne's Boom Day Festival. We actually went for the bands (I have friends in a band that played so I went to support them) but I was happy to take in the other fun sites: a corvette car show, the food-including a BBQ cook off, and arts and crafts. And festivals are a perfect place to people watch....so if you are like me, you will enjoy looking, and documenting. I met such interesting characters and I always feel enlightened and blessed by getting to know new people. I always end up learning a lot...and not just about someone else, but myself too. The pictures below are from the festival, I hope you enjoy! I will share more about my friends from the band on Monday's post.

I invite you to link up *here* for Thrifty Thursday. Mr. McLinky will be up Wednesday evening. I am always happy to have you join in and cannot thank you enough for joining....and visiting the participants.

Happy Wednesday!

Tags: Outdoor Wednesday with Susan: A Southern Daydreamer

Words of Wisdom

"Older and wiser voices can always help you find the right path, if you are only willing to listen."-Jimmy Buffett

Sea Joy
When I go down by the sandy shore,I can think of nothing I want moreThan to live by the booming blue seaAs the seagulls flutter round about me.
I can run around when the tide is outWith the wind and the sand and the sea all about,And the seagulls are swirling and diving for fish.Oh, to live by the sea is my only wish.
- Jacqueline Bouvier

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines, Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream." --- Mark Twain

The cure for anything is salt water---sweat, tears, or the sea. ~Isak Dinesen

I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. I can do everything through him who gives me strength.Philippians 4:12,13 NIV

Live a good life and in the end it's not the years in the life, it's the life in the years.~ Abe Lincoln

Let your boat of life be light Packed with only what you need --A homely home and simple pleasures,One or two friends, worth the name,Someone to love and someone to love you,A cat, a dog, and a pipe or two,Enough to eat and enough to wear,And a little more than enough to drink...For thirst is a dangerous thing.
-- Jerome K Jeromefrom "Three Men in a Boat"

The love of God is like the ocean, you can see its beginnings but not its end.

"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent."
~Eleanor Roosevelt

"We can make our plans,But the LORD determinesour steps" Proverbs 16:9

"Let us not forget what is best remembered or may we not remember what is best forgotten."

"Fish and overnight guest stink after three days."
~plaque at Fish Camp Restaurant, Orange Beach, Alabama

"We are not human beings having a spiritual experience, we are spiritual beings having a human being experience."

"A friend is someone who understands your past, believes in your future and accepts you today just the way you are."
Proverbs 27:17

The happiest people don't have the best of everything, they just make the best of everything they have. The richest person is not the one who has the most, but the one who needs the least.

Live simply. Love generously. Care Deeply. Speak Kindly. Leave the Rest to God.

Worry is a robber of time and energy. Take comfort within that God's power is what we truly need. He knows our needs before we can even ask for them.

If you worry, you didn't pray. If you prayed, don't worry. Faith is the ability to not panic.

Don't "find" a religion. "Find" your relationship with God.
~Bill Burgess

"Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great ones make you feel that you, too, can become great."-Mark Twain

9 comments:

Mari said...: Everything is bright and colorful! Looks like fun!; September 21, 2010 at 6:20 PM
Cindy said...: Amazing photographs!!; September 21, 2010 at 7:16 PM
Sarah said...: Leigh, this looks like a great festival. Thanks for sharing.; September 21, 2010 at 10:20 PM
STILLMAGNOLIA said...: Waht a wonderful festival! I will have to put it on my calendar. I was at Rock Mills Heritage Day last weekend...it was fun too.; September 22, 2010 at 8:11 AM
Nanette said...: Hi Leigh,
Beautiful pictures! Looks like you had a nice time.
Valerie; September 22, 2010 at 9:48 AM
Jane said...: That just looks like such a FUN DAY!!!! I just love watching people, and this looks like the perfect place for doing it. Thanks for sharing the adventure and photos!; September 22, 2010 at 12:37 PM
Ms. Bake-it said...: Looks like a fabulous festival! So colorful! Looks like you had a great time.

Thanks for sharing your day with us!

~ Tracy; September 22, 2010 at 5:45 PM
Donnie said...: Cool pics.. Love the name of your blog.; September 22, 2010 at 6:38 PM
Sherry @ No Minimalist Here said...: I love festivals, especially this time of year. I hope you had a wonderful time.
Hugs, Sherry; September 27, 2010 at 11:01 AM

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Boom Day's in Fort Payne: Outdoor Wednesday

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