EX Weekend 2009 Album

[rusty_armour]

Well, I've now seen my mom off after another successful EX weekend. For those of you who didn't suffer from last year's post on the subject, my mom and I go to the Canadian National Exhibition every year and she always stays with me over the weekend. As I'm suffering from a severe fit of laziness (and want to finish reading a Sherlock Holmes slash (Minor Interludes for the Solo Violin, Interlude III) before Inspector Lewis comes on), I'll simply say that we had a lot of fun, spending and eating more than we should have. Oh, and I can post some pictures, which should give you an indication of the kinds of things we got up to over the last couple of days.




I bought this cool reproduction Grecian vase at The Elegant Garage Sale on Bayview for $2.00!
We figured it would say "Made in China" when we looked on the bottom, but it was handmade in
Greece! :-) On Bayview, I also spent an embarrassing amount of money at Sleuth of Baker
Street, though, ironically, only one of the four books I bought was Sherlock Holmes related.




We always start off at the Horse Palace, and Mom insisted that I harass this poor guy and take his picture. On Saturday, it was
the Miniature Horse Competition, so almost every horse we saw that day was shorter than we were. It made for a refreshing change. *g*




The first thing I bought at the EX (Canadian National Exhibition) was this adorable cat toy...for myself. You see,
we always time our visit to coincide with the cat show. While we were looking at cat toys for Minerva's second birthday
(even though Mom had bought all the cats woollen mice from the Toronto Humane Society), I found this chubby little mouse
and just fell in love with him. I haven't thought of a name for him yet, but I'm sure something strange will come to me soon.




At the Arts, Crafts & Hobbies Building, we both picked up these awesome book holders. They came
in three different sizes, but we managed to have some control and just bought ones for hardcover
and trade paperback books. Luckily, regular paperbacks seem to fit in the trade paperback holder.




Check out the cool Yoda butter sculpture! There were a number of butter
sculptures in the farm area of the Better Living Centre, but this one was the best.




I can relate. I was about ready to flop at this point aussi.



And, now, lots of goats...









And we mustn't forget those gorgeous pigs!










Lastly, we saw these fantastic sand sculptures in the Direct Energy Centre. I think my favourite is
the one for the CNE (Gotta love that CN Tower on top), though I was also very partial to "Sword in the Sand".

Comments

[lazigyrl.livejournal.com]

Those sculptures are amazing.

[rusty-armour.livejournal.com]

I know! I'm always blown away by them! They seem to get better every year!

[njc2007.livejournal.com]

Yoda sculpture good is. (Sorry, I couldn't resist...actually, I didn't try very hard to resist.)

How about Tongue for your mouse's name? Mousy Tongue? Say it out loud and think of Chinese Emperors.

[rusty-armour.livejournal.com]

Yoda sculpture good is. (Sorry, I couldn't resist...actually, I didn't try very hard to resist.)

Resist did you not. Not blaming you am I. *g*

How about Tongue for your mouse's name? Mousy Tongue? Say it out loud and think of Chinese Emperors.

Well, it's better than anything I've been able to come up with so far. I'd say it was a definite contender. :-)

[avictoriangirl]

That mouse is too cute, I would not have been able to resist either.

Smiling goats and pigs! Gotta love 'em. :)

OMG, those sculptures are amazing!

[rusty-armour.livejournal.com]

I did try to fight it, but I ended up going back in the end and getting the mouse. I hadn't realized it before, but the goats and pigs do look like they're smiling! I'm not sure if the pictures really do them justice, but the sculptures definitely have to be seen to be believed!

[boobamiaow.livejournal.com]

I love Baby Goats! Me and my bro were gonna get one as a pet some years ago. I will have one, one day and a pygmy pig!

The butter sculpture is fab and the sand ones!
I can't believe you got that vase for $2!!

Forsome reason, your mouse looks like a Guinea pig to me haha. I'd call it piggles ;p Although I think Mousy Tung is fab!

[rusty-armour.livejournal.com]

I love Baby Goats! Me and my bro were gonna get one as a pet some years ago. I will have one, one day and a pygmy pig!

I wish I had been able to get better pictures of the baby goats, but they just wouldn't stay still long enough! The black baby goat was leaping and running all over the pen. Anywaaaay, I hope one day, you'll be able to get a baby goat and pygmy pig. :-)

The butter sculpture is fab and the sand ones!

They really were something to behold!

I can't believe you got that vase for $2!!

I can't believe it either! I'm sure they could have easily charged ten times the price and I still would have considered buying it!

For some reason, your mouse looks like a Guinea pig to me haha. I'd call it piggles ;p Although I think Mousy Tung is fab!

Hey, you're right! It does look like a guinea pig! I'm guessing it's because it's a little chunkier than your average mouse. In fact, I'd wonder if it was a guinea pig if it wasn't for the long tail. In any case, I'll add "Piggles" to the list of names I'm considering. *g*

[karen9.livejournal.com]

Looks like an amazing exhibition. Lovely critters, awesome sculptures and the book holders are unusual and pretty.

[rusty-armour.livejournal.com]

Hey, karen9! Yes, the CNE is pretty amazing. It's held every year and is something that has been around for over 100 years. Anywaaaaay, I'm glad you like the pictures of all the critters and sculptures. It's pretty sad, but my mom and I were both pretty excited about the book holders. In my case, I'm hoping the book holders will help protect my books from the abuse they suffer when they're being jostled inside my bag.

[bakerybard.livejournal.com]

From here on in, I shall call your mouse Horatio! No matter what you name it!

You have been warned.

[rusty-armour.livejournal.com]

Well, it's a little more flattering than Yorick, I suppose. *g* I still haven't decided on a name, so you might as well call him Horatio, though a mouse by any other name would smell as sweet...