We had a great weekend. Yesterday we took off for an antique mall we heard about 2 hours south of us. We love to drive through Ohio. Once you are outside the bigger cities, it is like driving through history.
We love the miles and miles of century old houses, working farms that are nothing short of picturesque and then the old towns with their ornate 1800s buildings and town squares. We also love the bonus of the Amish buggies that come along. This trip, a major road was closed and so our two hour drive turned into an adventurous 3+ hour drive, but that enabled us to see a few other small towns that we would have missed.
My 13 year old granddaughter, Ginny, is a gladiator in training for her local Renaissance Faire. She takes sword choreography and she is very good at it. This is her second year and this year she also gets to be a Barbarian. Funny, but when I was 13 It never occurred to me to want to be adept at sword play or to be a barbarian.
A girl after my own heart! As a teen I LOVED going to Rennaisance faires especially if it meant dressing up. And then in college I was a fencer :). Great fun!
Posted by: Kristin | Sunday, 10 April 2011 at 08:02 PM
sounds like you had fun and congrats to your granddaughter!! that is awesome! I love the Renaissance Faires! sadly haven't been to any here in OH but went yearly when I lived in CO! guess I need to go to one around here aye!! have a great week dear!! :))
Posted by: Linda | Sunday, 10 April 2011 at 08:04 PM
I don't think many 13 year olds think that way now. Actually, I dont think many people that way in general.:) But it makes me unique! Thanks for putting me on your blog Grandma!
Posted by: Mini Ginny (Umbra Nex) | Sunday, 10 April 2011 at 11:51 PM
The funny(well now) part was I was reading this on an hour + ride on the freeway in LA on Sunday night and and we were about pulling our hair out because the Highway Patrol had traffic stopped for an accident.
Posted by: Brian Kasstle | Monday, 11 April 2011 at 06:58 AM
Tell your granddaughter i think thats AWESOME! I would love to be doing that and i'm 40+! Tell her to follow her heart and she will always be unique.
Posted by: deb | Monday, 11 April 2011 at 08:54 AM
Can we expect to see her in the fall in full regalia? Fabulous!
I am with you about drives through Ohio, as well. We love those drives, too. On one, I ended up at an Amish cattle auction (no kidding!), and on another, at a forest of hummingbird feeders, out in the middle of nowhere. Serendipity.
Posted by: Gayle Pritchard | Monday, 11 April 2011 at 09:18 AM
I bet there was nowhere a 13-yr-old girl COULD have been a sword-wielding barbarian, when we were that age..........
When we think of what is better, about now than then, the vastly increased opportunities for girls is surely right up there on the list!
(Thinking of my daughter wondering WHAT was so "cool" about cheerleaders/cheerleading, and me getting out the 1970 high school year book to show her that there were NO sports for girls. None. Zip. Zilch. Nada. If you were athletic and female, your only active opportunity was cheerleading.......... My daughter thought that was exceedingly strange. How wonderful that it is strange, now, instead of the norm!!!!!!!)
Posted by: Vicki in Michigan | Tuesday, 12 April 2011 at 05:23 PM
Thanks for all the great comments especially Vicki in Michigan. You are so right, girls are so much better off today.
Posted by: ginnycartersmallenburg | Thursday, 14 April 2011 at 09:27 PM
Great costume!!
Posted by: Judi | Thursday, 14 April 2011 at 09:34 PM