Another week has flown by in the blink of an eye! I apologize that I have not been able to come ’round and visit your awesome randomness for far too long, but I promise I will do my best to catch up to each and every one of you before next Tuesday. I will be making time to visit, come hell or high water!

Summer break has arrived! I’m in a mad scurry this week to finish the spring cleaning I started – ahem – a couple weeks ago, but never finished. That darn time flying by fast was another culprit in my best laid efforts! But there’s nothing that puts someone in overdrive like the anticipation of out-of-town guests, right? My sister and her hubby are coming for a visit from Kansas at the end of the week, so hyper-speed cleaning is in order!

They get to experience our tiny town’s big event – at least part of it, that is. They have seen our big deal – the ‘World’s Largest Egg’:

This weekend happens to be the annual event that celebrates our town being one of the top producers of eggs in the world in its earlier years. Since about 1931, there’s a yearly festival that pays homage to that heritage each June: Egg Days!

For two days, our tiny town comes alive in celebration. A parade functions as the centerpiece of the celebration that also includes tours of the Historical Museum, classic car and tuner shows, and the time-honored tradition of feeding attendees with egg salad sandwiches.

The Egg Day Queen coronation takes place on the first evening of the festival, with the Queen serving as the living logo of the celebration for the next calendar year. In the parade, the Egg Court rides around in an egg-shaped carriage:

We’re lucky in that we can see the whole parade from the comfort of our deck. We’re a little bummed that this year they won’t be doing their huge fireworks event at the end of the evening on Saturday – the permit process was changed, and the people that do that apparently submitted their permit 7 days late. Unfortunately the new Mayor didn’t waive the deadline, even though he had the power to. Needless to say, there are a lot of townspeople that are not very happy with that new mayor right now.

The other thing missing this year is an actual carnival – they didn’t have one last year (last year was our first experience of this annual celebration, being newly minted residents) because of a major bridge repair that has been going on for the last couple of years. The equipment is taking up the space normally used for the carnival. But there’s hope for next year’s celebration, because the bridge is slated to be finished by the fall.

It’s still going to be tons of fun, and we’re looking forward to having my sister, her husband, one of my nephews and my mom here to celebrate with us. We’re going to have some great fun!

Speaking of great fun…now it’s time for some funnies!

I thought this was a pretty cool idea:

And check this guy’s ride out:

He’s apparently from South Carolina, and travels all over the country. Very clever!

Something to ponder:

And this cracked me up:

This is so true:

This one’s funny, too:

Get it?!

And finally, I’m going to leave this right here for you:

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7 Comments

  1. Pi in the sky, that’s great! The funnies are all funyy, and i hope you have a great time with your Egg Days Celebration.

  2. Stacy,

    I remember those days of hyper cleaning for guest coming into town. I’m so glad we don’t have to worry about that anymore….at least for now. I’m sure when we move into a bigger place then everyone will crawl out of the woodworks ready to crash at our place. lol That last meme about the hitchhiker cracked me up. 😀

  3. Yes, out of town guests really do kick your butt into gear. My sister was supposed to come next week but since she isn’t, I pumped the brakes on my hardcore cleaning.

    We don’t have any super cool festivals here but I’d totally go to one about eggs!

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