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Our state fair is a great state fair, don’t miss it, don’t even be late. – Rodgers and Hammerstein
talya
Grace Grits and Gardening
Farm. Food, Garden. Life
Musical Pairing:
State Fair – 1962 – Dallas Skyline
State Fair of Texas!
Happy Birthday Anita!
Anita and I were best friends from birth.
One of our favorite weekend activities involved connecting the massive spread of mud puddles between her house and her Daddy’s shop. (She’s a farmer’s daughter too…) With sticks, we dug trenches between water holes, so a leaf would freely float from one end of her property to the other. This took careful planning and hours of dedication.
When we weren’t redirecting the water on her Daddy’s home place, we sat on the rickety bridge just down the gravel road leading to her house. With our legs dangling over muddy water, we planned Anita’s escape. We were certain she was secretly adopted, and if this was the case, running away seemed logical. The signs were obvious, and the basis for our theory was solid—compared to her older sister Sharon, there were fewer baby pictures of Anita…
We reviewed our carefully crafted plans over and over. She would sneak out during veil of darkness. But…should she wait until after Halloween? All that candy would come in handy. Maybe she should wait til next Summer?
The details were simple and fail proof. She would hide out and live on the banks of the river, avoiding the area with the scary quicksand. I would somehow sneak food to her. Until the time was right, we returned to our mud puddles.
Happy birthday Anita!
talya
Grace Grits and Gardening
Farm. Food. Garden. Life
Musical Pairing:
The Beatles Birthday Song
Home Tour Etiquette. Is there such a thing?
People are funny. Not ha-ha funny but interesting funny. Not interesting-cool but interesting-strange.
Okay, people are strange. Strange as in when you open your house to the general public for home tour, you can never predict what folks will do or say.
My husband and I enjoy participating in home tour. Living in a historic neighborhood, we feel a certain obligation to share the history with others. Plus being on home tour is a great incentive for deep cleaning and getting those ignored projects completed.
One of the best parts of the experience is visiting with the interesting-cool people who walk through with their own stories about growing up in Old East Dallas. Sometimes previous homeowners show up with old photos to share, “photos that really belong to the house,” they say. A few years ago, a prior owner attended and explained the history behind our stained glass window at the bottom of the stairs. These are exciting moments.
While the majority of people are respectful and courteous, a handful feel the price of admission gives them access into messy cabinets and behind closet doors as though our house is for sale. As though they can’t decide where to store their own Christmas decorations…
Doors marked ‘private please’ and/or roped off are the first to be opened.
(Note to guests….these doors are restricted for your safety. Why do you think the house looks so tidy? When you open such a door, a tower of crap stacked to the rafters will likely crash down.)
The oddest thing that happened yesterday—three different people opened the piano and began playing…banging really, while the house was filled with people. Who does this?
The strangest question I received yesterday…”This is the place we come to use the bathroom, right?” Huh?
Munger Place Days 2013 was a great success! Special thanks to all the sponsors and everyone who came out to spend a gorgeous fall weekend with us. And to the people who opened my messy utility room door—yes, I’m going to finish my laundry right now…
talya
Grace Grits and Gardening
Farm. Food. Garden. Life.
Musical Pairing:
People Are Strange, The Doors
