My Evening Visitor

This evening around 9pm, my newest "visitor" arrived in the front lawn. The first picture being greatly enhanced so you can actually see the deer.

Second shot is exactly how she looked, it was dark and I took the picture through the bedroom window. I believe she's nibbling bird seed under the birdfeeder to the left in the pic. This area I live in is quite filled with wildlife of all kinds and this wonderful visitor just brightened my evening tonight!

Happy Birthday Kaila

Happy Birthday
Kaila

Hope all your dreams come true!!

I love you,
Gramma June

My new ***STAR***

Meet "STAR". She has been a regular at my doorstep for a meal for about a month now. She arrives thin, but looks healthy.............and loves the attention, that she apparently isn't getting out in the "wild"

So, adoption was the best option. I think she's about a year old. Also notice her tummy....definately waiting for new kittens! In my experience, I figure she has approx 2-3 weeks until delivery time. I will take her to the vets to make sure she's healthy, get her shots when she is able....and...oh my...get ready for new kitties! I am quite excited to once again being a "grandmother" LOL. She's very loving, shorthaired, but a little skidish, but getting well used to the other cats (11 of them) and they are accepting her well.
oh no......here we go again......am I crazy???????????????????

Public Square - Davy Crockett and more

In the middle of the square is this open air building, used in the summertime mostly for singing contests, gospel singing fests, etc....they decorate it for Holidays, like Christmas, and Halloween. Nice place to sit and watch the sun go down on a warm Summer Eve.
One of Lawrenceburg's claims to fame, is that Davy Crockett traveled though this town, militarily I think. We have erected a statue in his honor, which sits on the South side of the square, which is actually a traffic CIRCLE, rather than a square, with 4 roads leading into it.
This is the inscription on the base of Davy Crockett's statue
On the North side of the square sits this monument to lives lost in war...we ARE in Redneck country but we do have monuments too, haha . This is really a hick town, but its HOME to me!

Public Square - Heritage Festival Day

Many children enjoyed the Pony Rides
Pretty good sized Petting Zoo area. If I'd had my wish and/or the nerve, I would have been in there with the kids!!
View of some of the other vendor booths

Another Petting Zoo Pic. I really think everyone had fun~

Heritage Festival, June 1-3, 2006

Lyte Creations.com table setup for the Heritage Festival. Most of our creations were still located inside the museum, but we moved a "table" full outside to attract attention and maybe sell a handmade crafts/botanical/catnip pound. Don't forget to check out Lyte Creationswebsite.
Another view of the table. We had a huge rain storm on Friday, which caused most people to call is a day, but Saturday's weather was gorgeous! About 80 degrees - breezy - very comfortable!
During the Festival, inside the museum, our Chief Joe Sitting Owl White painted the faces of the kids, all warriors of a sort, we suppose, LOL
We offered our numerous Handbeaded T-shirt, with Native American Heat Transfer images. They are bright colored, fancy beads and just fun to wear. We generally have about 20 different colors/sizes/transfer images available.

More Cherokee Musuem Pictures

We have many real animals skins and taxidermy exhibits in the museum. Here is a gray fox face and skin draped over a Black Bear carving done by one of our Tribal members.
We have a small Indian Village set up inside which is particularly enjoyed by the many school children who have visited the museum.
The doll collection here is on loan to the museum from Mary White Feather Tibbs. She has been a collector of Indian Dolls for many years and has several that are quite old.

Cherokee & Davy Crockett Museum & Cultural Center

Cherokee & David Crockett Museum and Cultural Center

Our Cherokee Musuem is located on the Public Square, in an old Bank Building. Picture taken from center of "square" looking towards Museum.

Chief Joe Sitting Owl White

Inside the museum looking across the Sacred Circle. The Chief performs Purifications ceremonies and weddings inside the circle.

Inside the circle is a Sacred Buffalo Skull