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Strawberry Toast and Jam
17 years ago
Today I attended an event called The Strawberry Toast and Jam held in Ponchatoula, Louisiana where I live. They had lots and lots of bands performing; more than seventy total! There were also a few art exhibits. The main art exhibit was exhibiting works by art students at local high schools. There were two really noteworthy pieces. The most striking was a brilliant purple raccoon with a bright yellow-green background. It was a really exceptional piece of work. The expression was just about perfect. The eyes in particular showed a lot of emotion. At a furry convention a painting like that would sell like wild fire! The second one I liked a lot was a swamp painting showing a lot of cypress trees. You see a lot of swamp paintings in this region, as there are a lot of really scenic swamps around here. Anyway, in this particular painting they made the cypress trees bright pink which gave a really interesting effect.
A lot of the bands were great, and even the ones which weren't so great were at least entertaining.
There was also a car show, but I'm not really much into cars. Some of them looked neat, though.
There were lots of little stands selling artwork made by local artists, but truthfully none of them were really all that spectacular or anything. One booth had paintings that looked like it was done in the painting style of the middle ages, which I suppose was a tad interesting. There were other booths selling trinkets, but the only thing I bought was some food and sodas.
At the end of the day when everything was over I was supposed to call my dad from a pay phone and have him come pick me up. However, the only payphone in Ponchatoula turned out to be broken. It stole my money twice and showed no signs of giving any sort of response. I had to walk home, which was a real pain since I live on the other side of town. On the walk home I found and picked up a black plastic handle which just looks like it might be able to be used for something. For what I don't know yet, but it was lying there discarded so I figured I might as well pick it up. I'm rather sunburned now from being outside all day, but I had fun.
A lot of the bands were great, and even the ones which weren't so great were at least entertaining.
There was also a car show, but I'm not really much into cars. Some of them looked neat, though.
There were lots of little stands selling artwork made by local artists, but truthfully none of them were really all that spectacular or anything. One booth had paintings that looked like it was done in the painting style of the middle ages, which I suppose was a tad interesting. There were other booths selling trinkets, but the only thing I bought was some food and sodas.
At the end of the day when everything was over I was supposed to call my dad from a pay phone and have him come pick me up. However, the only payphone in Ponchatoula turned out to be broken. It stole my money twice and showed no signs of giving any sort of response. I had to walk home, which was a real pain since I live on the other side of town. On the walk home I found and picked up a black plastic handle which just looks like it might be able to be used for something. For what I don't know yet, but it was lying there discarded so I figured I might as well pick it up. I'm rather sunburned now from being outside all day, but I had fun.
