Trick Or Treat!

WOW! It is finally HALLOWEEN!

Well yes! It is way past; but, for the purpose of our blog it is "finally here".

 We were able to pull together the pieces of a new vignette. Smoking cauldron, witch and broom, even a little "fire". It was put together just for the one day.

  

It looked different by night. This wasn't the picture I thought it was. This one is real blurry.

A little video conveys a much better realization of the concepts.

And again at night. It was all I had hoped it would be. Little kids were impressed. Often not watching where they were walking. One must keep an eye on those witches.

We also celebrated Ashley's birthday finally. They were too busy to get together before now. The important thing is that we celebrated! Right?

Logan enjoyed trick or treat with Ashley and Alex.

Cora "The Butterfly" and Hazel "The Lady Bug" were not here. We missed them, but understand that they had a good time in Edina, Minnesota.

Oklahoma, OK?

October 21, 2010

Sally wanted to stop at the Oklahoma City National Memorial on our way.

We stopped at a rest stop Visitors' Center as soon as we crossed into Oklahoma from Texas. The lady was very helpful. She suggested that we stop at Bass Pro shop just off highway 35 and take the trolley from there to the museum and memorial. Parking is free there and it is a short ride.

The information was right on the money. It was easy off and the Bass Pro is right there at the exit. Parking was free and the trolley stops right at there door. There is no charge for parking and no charge for the trolley. We road within a block of the memorial and walked around.

 

 This reflecting "pool" is only a fraction of an inch deep over black granite.It circulates through slits and thus stays clean.

At one end is represented the time of the bombing.

This is a remnant of the Murrow Federal Building foundation(
structural not financial)

This fountain was at the site already.

These chairs represent the victims. They are arranged by rows emblematic of the floor on which the victims were. Their sized for adult and child. Each had the victim's name and a light beneath it illuminates it in the evening.

The building behind the federal building has been turned into a museum. It was closed already by the time we got there.

It is landscaped beautifully. Hard to imagine that it was long enough ago for these trees to have grown to this size.

Sally  reflecting? Definitely.

 The large tree on the knoll was at the site at the time of the bombing. It was scorched and otherwise damaged. The legend has it that it looked dead. The memorial designer  had designated that it be removed as it was ugly a dying. But an emotional plea kept it during the development of the park. It has come back.

At the other end of the pool is the arch denoting 9:03, the moment after the explosion.