Showing posts with label Charleston. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Charleston. Show all posts

23.9.10

I AM FOREVER BLOWING BUBBLES, PRETTY ........

Poof and the Bubble Fairy floated back into my life!!! 

    BUBBLE STORY ONE

Let's return to Charleston, South Carolina, where Bubble Fairies work over time.
They must fly as fast as hummingbirds, they are everywhere.

We all LOVE LOVE LOVE Charleston. My goodness it could take way too many days to share all the "'fun-ness" of Historic Charleston. Sooo let's just follow the Bubble Fairy's trail.

Things were really Burbling, Gurgling, Splashing and Frothing at the fountain along the boardwalk.

If I hadn't been carrying a bulging backpack, wearing high top PURPLE converse shoes and a Big Mama of a Camera, I would have run in and joined the fun.  Doesn't it make you want to truly be a KID again?

We adults get so "weighed" down with things. Where is the BUBBLENESS in our lives?

We will leave the BUBBLE FAIRIES to their good kind of mischief.



Bubble Story Two
 
Did you know that Bubble Fairies can deliver Mail?  In the early dawn hours outside on our porch was a tiny brown box, all wrapped up very tight in cellophane tape, the color of bubbles, of course.

It had been delivered on behalf of our very dear friend and sculptor, Tamara Stickler.  
This would be no ordinary present coming from Tamara, especially delivered by Fairy Express.
First let's read her VIP letter:

Dear Sharon and Funny Bunnies,
I am sending you this very playful-Bubble Fairy to look after and make certain she stays out of trouble! She has been playing all sorts of PRANKS up here in Maryland, behind my condo, with the construction workers and their enormous equipment.

And so the story goes.



You see the Construction Crews are building new houses and so they TORE down the WOODS and FILLED in the WETLANDS where she used to play with her Whisp and Animal Friends.  The rolling STREAM where her beautiful BUBBLES gurgled over the stones is "POOF" gone. Losing her beloved stream was the last "bubble" so to speak. As a result she became bored and turned her bubble making talents on the UNFORTUNATE humans and their CONSTRUCTION VEHICLES.


For the last six months, the men working in the ruined Wetlands and plowed over Bubbling Stream, have had mysterious BUBBLES in their TUMMIES, making them HIC-UP and BURP day and night!

Their vehicles are for some reason,( known only to this Bubble Fairy and Myself) spouting BUBBLES out of their exhaust tubes!

The construction workers have been getting angry and there has been talk of trying to catch the BUBBLE FAIRY that is causing so much trouble. I thought I would like to start a FPRP (Fairy Protection Relocation Program) 

The enclosed Bubble Fairy of whom I write, asked me if I could help her get to North Carolina, where they appreciate Bubble Fairies, immensely. 

I can't tell you her name, fairies ONLY impart their names to VERY SPECIAL FRIENDS, but I am certain one of your  FUNNY BUNNIES could learn her name in no time.

And this is what was inside the box wrapped in cellophane.

14.9.10

MOON PIE MADNESS!!


Have you ever been head over heels in love with the MOON? We were strolling the streets of Charleston, South Carolina on a rather sultry day. Hot and tired, but still looking for adventure when in a singular moment we all saw ...."Wow, can you believe it 'Moon Pies' we have to go inside!"

We had just arrived at Moon Pie Heaven. Want to see what is inside?

Do you recall the first time you bit into one of these delicious bits of MOONSHINE? I was pretty little when I experienced that moment of sheer JOY!! Mom handed me a cellophane wrapped cookie...all creamy-dreamy looking. What a combination: Soft, Sticky Marshmallow and two Crispy Cookies draped in Mellow-y Frosting!
I only recall banana flavor way back then. But you should see how far it has come. There are single layers, double layers, strawberry-vanilla-banana-mint chocolate-peanut butter.  Anyone who knows me, would guess my FAVORITE all TIME MOON PIE is CHOCOLATE MINT! Think Girl Scout Cookies only 100x's larger and loads of minty frosting.
Gosh they don't cost 5 Cents any more. The Moon Pie Company was founded in 1910. This is their 100 Year Anniversary.

The Moon Pie Company started on a fluke, when a Chattanoga Bakery Salesman had a chance encounter that would begin a revolution in the history of snacks. The evolutionary idea was to create something easy for the miners to eat...round as the hand, sweet, and easy to pack in their lunch pails.  Today the General Store has more than Moon Pies to offer the public such as:

And most fun of all is an in-store Ice Cream Parlor. Sit on an old stool and be served the best Moon Pie desserts you ever imagined.



The middle ice cream is called BIRTHDAY CAKE!!!  Speaking of things to eat, if you are a cook book collector and love to read stories about food, you should consider ordering several Moon Pie Cookbooks.http://www.moonpie.com/


The website is loads of fun. Our daughter celebrated a birthday last week and we ordered a boatload of Moon Pies for her to add to their celebration.If she didn't eat them her two Munchy Monkeys and husband would!!!



And here is the real mcCoy...a homemade Moon Pie Sundae for my hubby. You should see his smile.


What we started with....you can add anything your little tummy desires.