Fevvers Friday

 We are so excited to see the Eastern Bluebirds at the bird feeders again.  They have returned in full force, and we hope that Auntie will buy some mealworms for them because that is their favorite food!

 Flat boys with an owl at the NC State Fair...

A pelican on a channel marker down in Galveston Texas...mom spent the other weekend down there visiting a friend.  (You may need to biggify to see him better.)

Well, there you have it folks...Fevvers on Friday!

Terror on Tuesday

Mom and Auntie and their dad visited Salem, Massachusetts while on vacation.  The flats were excited and made an appearance...

This village is very popular during Halloween time and it was crazy busy.  Mom loved all the decorations and came away with a few new black cat displays for her collection.

 The flats thought they were dress as witches to see what would happen...luckily no one was burned at the stake this day!  (Historical note: no one was burned in Salem, they were all hanged or pressed to death.  The burnings took place in Europe)

 Auntie, Flat Cousin Pirate, Aunties Dad and a real Pirate pose for pictures...Cousin Pirate loved that this Pirate had a peg leg too!

 This house was all decked out for the holiday...biggify to see better details.

Are your homes and towns getting ready for Halloween?

Tuesday Tales - Berkeley Plantation

While in the Williamsburg area, we visited the Berkeley Plantation. This was important because it is the Official site of the First Thanksgiving in America. Most people think of the pilgrams when they think of Thanksgiving, but the pilgrams didn't arrive in America for a few more years.
This is the James River...as seen from the front lawn of the plantation.

This is the Kitchen and servant quarters. There is a tunnel that runs between this building and the main building. They separated the kitchen from the main living quarters to keep the heat away.

A side view of the main house. William Henry Harrison, one of our President's was born here.

This is the guest house...I love the color of the plaster on the walls.

Another view of the kitchen building...you can see the cannon ball still in the wall.

Here is the shrine to the first Thanksgiving in America...1619.

Walking along the trails on the plantation we saw many butterflies....this one finally rested long enough for me to snap its picture.

The Flats enjoyed sunning on this rock to the Unknown Indian.

This was Rob, our tour guide. He did a great job of explaining some of the history of the plantation, and showing us around the house. We were unable to take pictures inside the house though.

Another plaque recognizing the First Thanksgiving...

We hope you have enjoyed this tour today...

Colonial Garden

Today we continue our colonial trip and combine it with our Garden post...Enjoy!
The trees were simply breathtaking in Williamsburg...I love the Fall!

This orange color tree is my favorite!

This is at the Garden and Nursery along Duke of Gloucester Street...Love the idea of the raised garden...they still have many wonderful things growing.

I love the way they have supported their tomato vines...

This is Katie...she was running the Garden supply shop and was excited to hold the Flats, especially when she learned about their garden back home and this post :)

For more wonderful garden posts, check out the Society of Feline Gardeners.

Tales on Tuesday

Our mom and Auntie and a couple of their friends went away for the weekend...they took our Flat selves with them. Can you tell where they were?
This is Stanley...he had heard of Flat Stanley, and was very excited to stand with us...
This is an ox...he was making his way very, very slowly down this main street. He drew a lot of attention...we were thankful mom did try to get him to pose with our flats.
This was Anita...she was blocking off the main street because of a re-enactment that was about to take place...

Any thoughts about where we could be?

Handmade Parade

The other week a neighboring town had a unique parade. The flats thought it would be fun to see what it was about. They had never been to a handmade parade before!
Here they are hanging out with the first creature to go through the parade...

This blue bird family were sweet enough to pose with the Flats! They were lucky the flats didn't eat them for dinner!

Various puppets in the parade...a huge butterfly!
A spooky looking creature...
A great white owl!
A bat for Devon!
There were even some musicians in the parade. The requirements for entering were that you wore a costume that you had made. We believe there were over 500 participants! It was fun, and we will try to go again next year.

Mancats love the Fair

The North Carolina State Fair is taking place right now in Raleigh...and the flats and I visited on Friday. We had a great time...I love looking at the animals, seeing the exhibits and of course eating!
Here are the Flats with a skeleton of a cat, and a real cat brain!

The flats loved all the fevvers and we even got to hold a few of the baby chicks...they are so soft and fast!

This Big Fevver is made out of recycled materials...The State Fair tries to promote going 'green', and yes, that's our mom holding us all :)

Friends on Friday

The Flats met this lady at the Apple Festival last weekend...she made their family Christmas ornament for 2010.
Here she is writing their names on the ornament...

She loved meeting the flats...we can't wait to hang our new ornament on the tree this year!

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