A Small Town Girl's Guide » Moses Austin Festival

Serious Corn on the Cob

MilliGFunk — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 12:26:03 +0000

While attending the Moses Austin Festival in Potosi, Missouri, I ate a piece of mouth-watering corn on the cob. This particular piece of corn on the cob was serious in nature, and worth deep contemplation on my part. I was still surprised to find that my corn on the cob and I would make the local news.

MilliGFunkyCorn, photo by the Independent Journal

You’ll note that I’m in good company with my corn on the cob. (Willie Nelson Dude’s braids were fake, by the way. They were attached to the bandanna. I was disappointed.)

Photo scanned from the Independent Journal, Washington County Missouri’s local paper.

Cross Dressing Puppies: A Political Commentary

MilliGFunk — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 16:42:07 +0000

Last Saturday I was at the Moses Austin Festival in Potosi, Missouri, and yesterday I was at the Fall Festival in Farmington, Missouri. On both occasions, I witnessed dogs wearing skirts.

Why dress a dog in a skirt? Because it’s hiLARious.

Dogs in dresses, photo by smalltowngirl

The only thing funnier than a dog in a skirt is a male dog dressed in pink sparkles:

Cross-dressing puppy, photo by smalltowngirl

And the only thing funnier than a boy dog in pink sparkles is a boy dog in a pink skirt.

These first two pictures were from the Moses Austin Festival, but I also saw dressed up dogs yesterday at the Fall Festival in Farmington. One of those dogs was, in fact, a boy dog in a pink, sparkly dress.

Unfortunately, I missed that photo opportunity. To compensate, here’s a dog dressed as the Scarecrow from Wizard of Oz:

Scarecrow dog, photo by smalltowngirl

I used to think that New York City was more liberal than rural Missouri. Now I think Missourians are just taking their closet-liberal leanings out on their unsuspecting canine pals.

A Different Kind of Fire Engine

MilliGFunk — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 12:07:24 +0000

This weekend was the Moses Austin Festival in Potosi, Missouri. I spent part of my day on Saturday wandering the streets of downtown Potosi (Population 2,500 or so), trying to snag some good photos, and trying to learn more about the town.

Though I didn’t learn much about the town, I did score an awesome picture of a whole different kind of fire engine:

Fire Truck Slide, photo by smalltowngirl

A parking lot had been converted into a bouncy-tent mini-park, with five or six large inflatable bouncy tents and slides for kids. $10 bought an unlimited pass on all the bouncy and slidey inflatables. You know I was tempted.