Dean was up before me this morning and I got up soon after him in time to have a cup of coffee. He asked me if I was going to set outside to enjoy the sunrise while having my coffee. I told him I would be there soon. Here's the first picture I took.
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| 6:08 a.m. |
I took several more as the sun continued to rise. It was a gorgeous morning. Nice and cool outside, very quiet and serene. Yes, I could do this every morning. Wow, it changed quite a bit in 2 minutes!
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| 6:10 a.m. |
I told Dean I'd like to go eat breakfast this morning. Renae told me about a restaurant in Liberal called Mary's Flower Cart Cafe, so I wanted to try it out since it's nearby. We asked Brett if he wanted to go with us. He will drive and we'll follow him since he will be going to to Baxter Springs for Dacy & Tucker's 4-H Style Show this morning.
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| It started raining on the way to Mary's Flower Cart Cafe. It had pretty much let up by the time we arrived. |
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| Flower Cart Cafe |
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| Across the room from our table inside Flower Cart Cafe - Liberal, MO |
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| My mom used to have dishes like this when we were kids. |
We would love to go with Brett for the entire style show, but it can be quite a long event. Dean needs to get up and move around every so often and it isn't always easy to maneuver through a crowd of people and chairs, then find a place you can walk around at one of these events. So, we are going to go to the Style Revue after the Style Show, which does not last near as long. Last year the Style Show lasted at least an hour beyond the planned time and we were there for several hours. Dacy and Tucker have done well in these in the past and we have enjoyed watching them model the clothes they have picked out. They have clothing for various events such as formal, school, sports, etc. They have to explain about the clothing, what type of material it is made of, when they would wear it, etc. It's really a great 4H project for them.
We left at 1:15 in order to be in Baxter Springs at the Baptist Church a little before 2:30. We found Brett and got seated with several minutes to spare, and had a chance to visit with Renae for a little bit once she was done helping Dacy & Tucker, before the revue started. Tucker and Dacy both won grand champion and reserve grand champion in their age group. The judge picked out the outfit they were to wear during this afternoon's revue. Dacy wore this dress for prom earlier this year. Tucker's outfit is his western wear for the fair.
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| The back drop for the style show and revue. |
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| Tucker and his ribbons |
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| Dacy and her ribbons |
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| All of the 4Her's who were in the Revue. |
They also gave a couple of special awards. One of the awards went to Dacy because she helped some of the smaller girls with their outfits, hair, or whatever was needed before they went out to model. We were proud of her for being recognized in that manner.
Dean and I left to head back to Brett's before him and the kids left. We were going to get fuel at the gas station in Baxter Springs, but someone else pulled in before us, so we decided we would just drive to Riverton to get it instead. By the time we made it back to Brett's they were already there. We saw some really neat cloud formations this evening - several resembled faces and one even looked a bit like Abe Lincoln. By the time I got my phone out, and to the place I could take the picture other clouds had moved in with lines across them.
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| The horizontal thin clouds were not there when I started to get my phone out. By the time I got it out, put in my pass code and got to the camera, all of the faces had changed. We had also moved ahead enough I could only get a portion of the clouds I was looking at. |
Last night we decided we would have dinner at Cooky's Cafe in Golden City tonight. It has been in business since 1942.
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| Just outside the entrance to Cooky's |
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| Article about Cooky's Cafe hanging on the wall inside near where we sat. |
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| Cooky's Cafe, Golden City, MO |
The food was really good. Dean had fried chicken, I had a brisket sandwich, Tucker a BLT, Dacy a Cheeseburger and Brett had Fried Shrimp. Everyone enjoyed their meal. I was a little leery about getting the brisket but it was one of their "specialties". Since Brett told me he had it before and it was pretty good, I went for it. It was very good. The bun was toasted on the grill, just the way I like them. Love that crunch! Everyone said their meal was great. Part of the reason we came here was for the pie! I can't remember how many flavors they have but it was a lot - 20 or more. Brett had blueberry crunch; Tucker had blackberry crunch; and I had the sugar free blackberry pie. Everyone was happy with their choice.
Once back at the "ranch" (haha), we visited until about 9 or so, when Dean and I returned to Bentley. It was a busy, but very fun day.
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| Dacy loving on Winston. |
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| Winston resting his paw on Nana's lap. |
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| Beautiful sunset tonight |
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| ....and a little to the right of the above picture. |
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