No Sheep...No Wool...

This was the weekend of the Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival. What beautiful weather they had! Not too hot, not too cool, just right, Goldilocks! I didn't make it down there this year. Hopefully next year. [fingers crossed] This year, I had to work on Saturday. There was an Eco-Fair on the grounds. It was a nice event, but I would have rather been at MDS&W!

I might not have seen any sheep or wool this weekend, but I did see feathers. As I was working my way around the museum, cleaning sticky fingerprints off the glass, I saw this big guy:

He was actually pecking on the glass. I ran back to the office to get my camera, and by the time I got back, he had moved away. (It's a looooong way from this spot in the museum to the library and back!) What could have interested him so much in that particular window of the museum?

A fellow feathered friend!
I kid you not. This is one of the windows where milk glass is on display, and there are several "Hen on Nest" covered boxes. I think Mr. Goose was trying to make a friend! I guess he's not the sharpest knife in the drawer, if you get my drift.

Speaking of geese, my friend Pat spotted a goose on the roof of the museum. Again, I had to get my camera (I'm always thinking of my blog buddies!) and Pat and I went up onto the roof to investigate. At first we though these two dumb birds errr, beautiful creatures made a nest on the roof, but no, that pile of crap is just one of the roof drains. You might ask if that crap is clogging the drain... I would have to say that it is, but there is no way I was going to venture that close to the edge of the roof. I mean, get too close to the edge and that first step is a doozey!

Here is a shot of the vendors setting up for the Eco-Fair in front of the museum.
That shot was taken about a half hour before we opened. A couple of hours later, this is how it looked (from the ground).
A good time was had by all, but nary a sheep in sight. [Sigh]