Fillmore: Old State Capital Days

I have lived in Utah for nearly 58 years and never attended the Old 

State Capital Days in Fillmore.  I intend to take Dad next year! 

 It is a two day celebration and it has been some time since

 I enjoyed a field trip more.  9/5/14

I should have known it would be a lovely day when I went out to drive the bus.

There was a rainbow in the west before the sun came up.

Best of all it was a full rainbow and the end seemed to be my new bus!

This is what the old state capitol in Fillmore looks like today.

This is a blueprint of what it would have been like had the location
not been moved to SLC. before the building was complete.

A few relics from the Old State Capitol Era.

A shadow box with dried plants that were used for dying yarn and fabric.

Within minutes of arriving in Fillmore with the RCE 4th grade, 

this cannon went off.  It belongs to one of Aunt Kim's relatives.

The displays mainly featured skills from the pioneer era.

The metal worker makes some very delicate and beautiful things.

This lady makes brooms from weeds!

These are flutes hand carved from wood.

These are huge Lincoln Logs that the kids could build things out of.

This old cow just stood around and let the kids try to milk her.

Samples were available of homemade butter.

This is an old cream separator used in pioneer days.

The gun show was a highlight of the displays for many.

Old Guns!

Guns for sale.

Modern guns!

One of the treats of the trip is I ran into a cousin at the Blacksmith's shop.

W. Bird Allan is our common ancestor.  This is Robert Allan and his wife.  He is 

Grandma Marvin's first cousin.  His father is Uncle Blaine, Grandma Davis' younger brother.

The tie down in the center was made by Grandpa Allan, who worked as a blacksmith 

and wheelwright until the day he died.  In truth his forge was still hot!

This horse show game was made by Grandpa Allan. 
He made the horse shoes as well.

Robert demonstrated the art of a wheelwright.  He is making a 

round table with a lazy Susan like Uncle Blaine made for my brother Mark.

This gentleman carved all these plagues.  I think Bethany could totally do this! 

 He said it takes about 4 hours average to complete a project.  I bought a plague from him.

These were two of my favorites, but they cost $40-$45):  

I captured a picture of  my new shoes as well.

 This fellow was making a wooden plate. There was some serious sawdust!

There were some more modern crafts and artists as well.

This artist was selling ink sketches.  He was good!

 I discovered he was also a cousin through the Jolley line.

I guess this is diaper art!

This was a display I will never forget.  This lady sculpts these individually from clay. They 

were about thumb sized and completely precious. I don't know how she could sell them.

This is a scale sized model steam engine that works!
Dad would have loved talking to them about their projects.

This sweet "pioneer" mom was just milling about with her baby.

This older gentleman could make lots of things from balloons.

It doesn't get much better than the Bar-D Wranglers

 This is the Nephi kids enjoying lunch before we headed back.

 If you are here in September, plan to go with us next year!

Ogden Temple Openhouse

Dad and I took Richard and Joyce Johnson and Grandma Anna to the Ogden 

Temple Open house on Sept. 4th, 2014.  It was a perfect Spring Day.

This is the first picture I took with my new camera!  Nice!  It is inside the 

tabernacle next to the temple where we awaited our turn to go inside the temple.

Have you ever seen a pipe organ with horizontal pipes?

This is a wonderful detail on the side of the tabernacle. 

Here is the new Ogden Temple in all it's splendor.

Here's our group! It felt good to have Grandma Marvin's wheelchair with us. :)

Dad wanted to try out the new camera, so I let him.

The stained glass windows are magnificent.

The original dedication date was preserved.

This display shows actual pictures from inside the temple.  The repeating theme

 in the temple is rose buds, tiny squares and a cascading lines motive.

The reflecting pool on the west side is part of the restoration project.

More  flower beds, trees and shrubs.

Ogden now features dozens of horses throughout the city.  This is the marble horse.

This was undoubtedly the "sweetest" horse we came across.

This horse features some of the areas history and contributions.

We stopped in South Odgen for a little picnic. It was a lovely day for us all.

Onion Days

Dad and I made it to the Payson, Onion Days Parade on Labor Day this year. ((9/1/14) 

It was Uncle Mark's 59th birthday! Sadly I didn't get to see him that day.

We met with cousins on Grandma Davis' front lawn as usual.  

That is my favorite part of the parade.

Can you find Jed, Kristen, Matt, Sharon, Angie, Missy and Brad?

Luke discovered that some of the entries throw candy!

Luke was delighted by everything he saw. 

 I think I will always attend parades with a two year old!

I loved this Lion's football helmet on wheels.  Super clever!

The horses are for Aunt Bethany. The wagon is a glimpse of the past.

This float was Dad's favorite.  Can you guess why?

Following the parade, we had a picnic up Payson Canyon with the Wilkins 

before taking Grandma Anna to the PCT production of Les Miserables.  It 

was as amazing as the one at the Hale Theater in SL county. The music is contagious!