2 HOUR DOG WALK - On Saturday, we took Dolly the weimararner and Franklin the dachshund on a walk for almost 2 hours! Close to our home is a walking trail that leads to a park with a pond. It was all once part of the Belair Mansion estate (back in the 1800s). The pond is now separated from the mansion (run by the state as a museum where events are held) from a neighborhood of homes built in the 1960s. We walked around the neighborhood and to the mansion on the way back. (PHOTO: Doggy Vendor Banner at the Federal Hill Festival on Sunday)
GHOST CHILD OF THE BELAIR MANSION - I (Rob) always manage to find ghosts somewhere, and when we had visited the Belair Mansion last year, I sensed the ghost of a little girl running around in what used to be her nursery.
I told Tom about her, and he insisted that it wasn't the mansion that I sensed the little girl in, so he bet me five dollars!
Well, when we went to the mansion with the dogs, and explored the backyard, we found the family cemetery in the back, where the little girl, Anna Ogle, was buried. I sensed her on the grounds (headache started), and Tom lost his bet! I told him, when it comes to ghosts, don't bet with me! :)
(PHOTO: Steve, Tom and Franklin at the Federal Hill Street Beat Festival on Sunday)
(PHOTOS: We had lunch at Panera Bread and here Franklin is sniffing Rob's coffee, and then Franklin and Dolly are sitting pretty hoping for scraps from the table) .
ALAN JACKSON CONCERT! - On Saturday night, we saw Alan Jackson (one of Rob's favorite country music artists) in concert. He was FANTASTIC! It was a great concert- and Tom enjoyed himself, too. Alan writes a lot of his own songs, and has a nice, reserved personality - very warm and inviting. Tom and I were singing along through much of the concert, too. During the concert, Alan had large screens behind him, showing videos to his songs and showing live footage of him while he sang them. Sometimes, the cameras would take shots of people in the audience singing or dancing. During Alan's hit "It's Five O'Clock Somewhere" the camera panned into the audience and caught a larger woman jumping up and down, um, shaking everything like jelly, and Tom and the women sitting next to him all burst out laughing! - New artists Kelly Pickler opened for Alan Jackson, and not only could we not understand her singing over the bass of her band, but she sounded like she was screeching over them.
SUNDAY DOG ADVENTURES!
Our friend Jeff joined us for our second dog's day out.
Baltimore's Federal Hill Street Beat Festival was in full-swing, so we went up to check it out. Rob helped conceive a "Dog Day" part of it, and worked with his friend Jane (who does the marketing for the neighborhood). Rob gave his ideas to Jane, who worked with a woman named Vanessa- who followed through and organized the event.
Vanessa works at the Federal Hill sign company and made the "DOGGY VENDORS" Banner using a photo of Dolly as a puppy, with her siblings (Taken 4 years ago at the Weimaraner Rescue that we adopted her from).
