My partner Karen was shopping in Durham earlier this week when she happened on a new-to-us giant chicken. It’s in the backyard of Grandma’s Panties, a vintage shop just north of I-85 on Geer Street.
Giant Chicken on Geer Street, Durham, NC
Sunday in the Park, Goldsboro NC
Karen and I work at the Sunday in the Park event on First Sundays in Goldsboro, sponsored by Wayne County Parks and Recreation and the Wayne County Arts Council. June was a particularly fun day, with big crowds and perfect weather.
Balloon line and hooping, looking toward the fountain and the vendor tents.
The balloon line at Art in the Park, Goldsboro, NC.
Have water, will splash.
More fun with filters.
Making a dragonfly balloon.
The hooping area at Art in the Park.
The Goldsboro fire department opened a hydrant and set up a power sprinkler so children could play in the water.
Putting compound eyes on the dragonfly balloon.
Karen with Calliope, an African Gray parrot who spent the day at the park.
New camera Playing with the filters. But the overalls really look like that…
Vendor tents at Herman Park “Art in the Park” event (June), Goldsboro, NC.
We’ll take a break from the stinking heat of July and August and be back on the first Sunday in September, from 2-5 pm. Hope you can come!
Chickens Soon to be Giant
My catfood kept disappearing.
My cats weren’t getting as fat as the disappearance of the catfood suggested they should.
I suspected a stray cat.
I was partly right.
Farmers’ Market!
It’s not all latex and polypropylene when we go out to twist balloons and spin hula hoops at these events. Sometimes, there’s a farmers’ market, too, as there is at Art in the Park in Herman Park, Goldsboro, NC. First Sundays, April-May-June, then again in Sept and Oct.
Come on out and get some healthy going on! (Farm eggs most days, too, but we didn’t think to get a picture of those.)
First Sunday and the Three Musketeers
John the balloon man worked with Goldsboro Parks and Rec and Wayne County Arts Council to entertain and amuse during the September ‘Art in the Park’ event at Herman Park.
We noticed a number of people in costume; they staged a sword fight.
John quickly twisted himself a sword, belt, and Magic Helmet and challenged the winner to a duel.
His first challenger, having remarked that John was a better swordsman than he would have imagined, was undone after the discovery that John is NOT right handed. The unorthodox style of sword work employed by those of the “sinister hand” soon undid the plucky young man, and he was bested by the balloon swordsman. Immediately following the first vanquished foe, another musketeer leaped into the fray.
His sword was longer and sharper, his footwork was dazzling and his blade fairly sang as it cut through the humid, warm air of that sultry day. Alas, though, he too was quickly dispatched by the brilliant work of our Brillat-Savarin of Balloon Sword fighting.
Thirdly, and clearly, the musketeers had saved their best for last, yet another sword master lifted steel against balloon. After a brief flurry of dizzying flashing blades, the musketeer’s blade popped the balloon sword, rendering it into the shape of, what’s this?!?!, a balloon gun! John the Balloon man exclaimed “Isn’t that just like a silly Musketeer to bring a sword to a gun fight”! He then dispatched the hapless man with a single shot.
Hilarity ensued, the three Musketeers and the balloon wielding entertainer all shook hands and congratulated each other on their respective brilliance.
Center Stage Theater was advertising their production of Ken Ludwig’s The Three Musketeers, to be presented at the Paramount Theater September 28-30, at 139 S. Center Street, Goldsboro. For more information about that show, see www.goldsboroparmount.com.
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