Steampunk Day, Updates, and photos

This past Saturday was  Wild West Steampunk Day in Wichita's Old Cow Town! Mom and I went, and had an amazing time! We love steampunk, and have been wanting to attend this event for a while. I had been planning my outfit/costume for a while, but hadn't really done anything to really put it together until the morning of the event! I found a lot of inspiration from the costumes around me, and my costume next year will definitely be much more planned out! :)
Now, on to the pictures!

This was taken in the morning, so my goggles were still on. I have lots to add to my costume for next time!

This was taken in one of the old houses, later in the afternoon. I had given up on going without my glasses!

Someone had brought their pet kangaroo, it was incredibly soft! He was 4 years old and very gentle and friendly! I think that he was softer than a rabbit!

 

The phrenologist was one of my favorite parts! He was fascinating, and had a great sense of humor!

Phrenology is an old study of tiny organs that were supposedly in the brain, the size of which developed different parts of your personality.

The phrenologist in action!

The next shots are mostly of the other attendees:

This gentleman was on a penny farthing!

The woman in red even had extend able wings!

A steampunk Darth Vader!

I thoroughly enjoyed the stables, and was hoping for a stagecoach ride, but the lines were too long.

Well, I think that's about it! I definitely recommend going, and if you don't know much about steampunk, they have a demonstration called, "Steampunk 101" to help!
I believe that I linked the site in a previous post, but in case not, here it is!

Now I just have to get my Rose Tyler costume ready for Smallville Comic Con!

Wild Kingdom

You guys all know just how much I adore all animals, so yesterday was an interesting day for me! I had a few unusual encounters with some animals and I thought that I might share them with you.

Interaction #1: On the way home from Hutchinson, Mom and I  hit a turkey! It was on the other side of the road and it kept taking a few steps foreword, then a few steps back. Suddenly it took off and started flying towards us, it smacked the windshield right in front of me! We're all okay and the car is too, but I don't know about the turkey, it'll probably be eaten by a coyote.

Interaction #2: On our bike ride last night, Mom and I went to see some horses that she had noticed while she was running. They were absolutely stunning! They are pastured East of the Old Mill and the industrial park here in Buhler. It was dusky and hard to get a really good look at them, but they were both pinto coloration with one looking to be an black and white Overo and the other a black and white Tobiano. Mom thinks she knows who they belong to, but she's not quite sure. The horses both loped over when they saw us coming, but wouldn't get up close, so we just stayed and watched them jog about.


Interaction #3: Also on our bike ride last night, Mom and I spotted a cat sitting in the middle of the road. We rode our bikes up and saw that it had something, upon closer inspection we realized that the cat had a bird! We rode our bikes up on either side of the cat, and I chased the cat away while Mom caught the little bird. The bird appeared to be a young starling, it seemed to have adult feathers, but wasn't flying. We don't know if it was injured, too young to fly, or pretending to be hurt to lure the cat away from the nest. Mom put the bird in a nook in a nearby tree, we hope that it will be okay!


Have you had an interesting animal experience? It doesn't have to be a wild animal, my dog does some odd things sometimes. :)

Well, It's finally warm again (It's been around 60 degrees Fahrenheit lately, and is now about 80) so I'm going to go walk my dog! Bye!

Sale Day

Today was Buhler's City-Wide Garage Sale. My mom has decided that she never wants to run a garage sale ever again, though she says that every year! This year we didn't have very much stuff, so we sold it at my Nana's house and helped her run her sale. I am utterly exhausted, I made cookies last night to sell this morning, so I was up until approximately 11:30 last night! I got up really early, set up my table at Nana's house, and started selling cookies. I sold around 150 cookies in under an hour! I made $45.25 from cookies alone! I made the cookies entirely from scratch, boxed them, and sold my cookies for 25 cents apiece!
After my cookie stand sold out, I spent the rest of the day monitoring the kids, and I found out just how much trouble they can get into while you run to get a drink!

Before I forget, I want to share with you a few of my recent creations, I made them here.

I know that it might be a little odd that I like making these, but I enjoy it, and I use them to make characters from books I've read.

This one is a simplified version of the next one.

This one is my personal favorite.

My mom if she were a southern belle.

I call this lady the Majestically Beautiful and Valiant Queen.

 (It started as a joke.)

Well, I really should be going.
Bye! :)