Powers Crossroads Country Art Festival

As I watch the weather channel on this early Sunday morning, I realize my concerns are minuscule compared to those in the path of hurricane Gustov. Hurricane Hannah is right on the heels of Gustov and her eventual path is yet undetermined. Highways are jammed as residents of New Orleans flee the city to safer regions. Our weather here in Fayetteville Georgia is overcast with scattered T-storms today, tomorrow and Tuesday. Our best weather day was yesterday with a mostly sunny sky and temps in the high 80s. It was a picture perfect day for a drive to the Powers Crossroads Country Fair and Art Festival, 12 miles west of Newnan. Doughboy and I scooped up Jamie and the boys (Daddy Jason was working) for a day strolling around Georgia's rural backdrop. Going to the art festival has been a Labor Day family tradition of ours for many years.

I don't know if it has something to do with her pregnant condition, but Jamie insisted on having fried Oreo cookies. It must be a southern thang, 'cause I've never heard of this treat anywhere else but here. After a nibble, I can safely say fried Oreo cookies are not for me. Yuck!

Jameson enjoyed an old-fashioned tire swing. It's amazing what talented folks do with old unused items like tires. It beats cluttering our landfills.

My sweet baby is always willing to pose for his Mimi. He's such a ham!

Jameson, however, had a total meltdown and tested all our patience.

It's lucky for him that he's cute.

Ummmm...I have no words for this. Please understand this was done in the privacy of a woodsy area and not in view of any passers by. When you gotta go, well...you go!

Doughboy was pleased to have located a sculptor that was present at the festival last year. This particular sculptor, Jim Lewk, specializes in sculptures fabricated from metal. To showcase our love of sailing, Doughboy commissioned a ghost ship that will have a place on our living room coffee table. The artist lives in Miami FL and spends several weeks each year snorkeling the Florida Keys sifting through sand in search of pieces of dead coral. He soaks the coral pieces in muriatic acid, then dries them to use as bases for his sculptures. Each piece of coral can be upwards to 150,000 years old or more. Our piece of art should be completed sometime in October. I'll be sure to post a photo of it when it arrives. Click here to see an example of what our ship wreck will look like.

My purchase was significantly less in cost than Doughboy's. But my prize of dichroic glass bead pendants will become lovely works of art that I will eventually create myself.

However you spend you Labor Day holiday weekend, I hope it is safe and enjoyable.