Wednesday, January 3rd, Claude went to City Hall to do some work as Mayor. Go figure. When he walked up to the front door, he found this on the railing. A beautiful painted rock.
Then he went to the caboose to take the Christmas lights down and found another beautifully painted rock.
He came home with the rocks and the pictures. I posted the pictures on the Sadieville Happenings and the Friends of Sadieville Facebook pages thanking whoever painted them so beautifully and placed them to add a bit of fun to our community. Someone responded that an admin for Rockin' SC painted them. Hopefully we'll have lots of fun with them in Sadieville. Who knows where they will be found next?
Thursday, January 4th, we were asked to attend the Kentucky Chamber Day dinner. Kentucky League of Cities purchased a table and we would occupy two seats at that table. The dinner was excellent. Then on to the speakers. They have several speakers. Two are leaders of the Chamber of Commerce for the Commonwealth of Kentucky and five are leaders in the Kentucky government including the Governor. It is an election year so.... As each speaker got up I timed them and read their bio in the program. The committees they were on or chaired were listed in the bios of those who work with the government. Two of them were on the Committee on Committees. This I found very amusing and showed it to Claude. He quietly chuckled. You see, he was interested in what they were saying. I was only mildly interested and trying to find acceptable ways to entertain my 'can't-sit-still' self. I Googled the phrase Committee on Committees and learned that it is a real thing and not only in government. These are the people to nominate those who will Chair Committees and serve on Committees. So it is a real thing and does serve a real purpose. I learned something new in trying to keep myself quiet. But I still think it sounds like a Committee on Redundancy.
Saturday while visiting with Papa, we sat on the side of his bed to visit. We got talking about his life and the conversation went back to his family trying to get out west, his being born and halting that travel, his father falling in a vat and breaking his head open and nearly dying, then their return trip. All this we done in a 1920 something Dodge Graham Truck. I Googled that and found this picture. Papa was only about 4 or 5 years old when they made the return trip, trying to get back to Alabama but ending up in Louisiana instead and remaining there. Papa is pretty sure this is what the truck would have looked like. Grampa Duck made some sides for the bed of the truck and they put all their belongings in the bed of that truck to travel. Papa and his brothers would ride on top of the belongings. Grampa Duck also made staffs coming up the side to which he could attach a canvas to protect them from the sun. Now if that isn't Beverly Hillbillies style, I don't know what is. It was nice to get a picture of the truck in my head though. And Papa marveled at the things inside that phone of mine.
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