My mom suggested today that I blog about our town’s Sesquicentennial Celebration. That’s 150 years!
It’s also our church’s Sesquicentennial and the picture above is our pastor portraying an early Methodist circuit rider in yesterday’s parade. It was awfully brave of him – I don’t think he’d been on a horse before!
Edited to add:
See those 2 green circles in the street between the horse’s front feet? The local 4-H horse club sponsored a game called “Road Apple Bingo” this year. You purchased those circles for $1 each, wrote your name on yours, and placed them in the street anywhere on the parade route before the parade started. During the parade, if a horse left a “deposit” on your bingo card you won a prize! I thought that was pretty clever.
The celebration continues through this weekend with an all-school reunion and several other goings-on. Small town fun at its best!
How cool (especially if he’s never been on a horse…)! Sounds like a really fun celebration. I’ve been thrown from a horse, so I’m a big chicken, and horses know it the second I get on their back. Must…use…yoga…breathing…when…riding…:-) GenieThe Inadvertent Gardener
Lurking through blogs today and happened upon your blog. I was born in Riceville, so this brings me home.thanks for the memories
I love the bingo idea … that’s a riot! Sounds like it was a good time!
Greetings Miller Family from Texas!As a fellow farmer I do not have many chances to visit your blog but when I do it always gives me a grin. Thanks for sharing your world.Blessings,Angela St. Fairsted
Genie – We had a horse last year and it was ridiculous. We didn’t know what we were doing, and he knew it. He went to a nice young 4-H girl.edellen – glad you found us!Linda – I thought the bingo idea was brilliant!farminglassie – thanks for stopping by!