All in All, A Good Day

So today was Jim's family reunion... during the course of the day of children's play, lots of food, and mingling amongst family members, Jim's sister, Amy, says "Jodi I hear a cat crying" Her boyfriend, Tuttle, and I walk over to the direction of a kittens cry... at the edge of the woods we hear a faint meow, and when we called for her, she popped her little head up through some fern. Such a beautiful little one, only about two and a half months old.... thrown out like she was some piece of trash by whomever her "guardians" were suppose to be. We played with her a bit and Tuttle picked her up and carried her back to the pavilion where the food was... we were going to try to feed her since she looked so skinny... Jim reluctantly broke up a hamburger to feed to the little lass. She didn't seem to be very hungry but she sure did love some water that Amy gave her. We later found out his cousin Gayle had found her tangled amongst a tree, stuck. She had let her loose and the little one took off waiting for us to find her amongst nature. Gayle contacted the local animal rescue, who stated they were unable to take her in at the time because they were full. Amy and Tuttle decided to take her home to make sure she was safe. Here's a pic that I took of the pretty little girl....

The location of the family reunion was on a stretch of country road, at a park beside a couple of cemetery's and an old church that had been converted into a kitchen and meeting hall type building. Jim's family isn't much for smoking so we snuck behind the church to have our nicotine fix cured and spotted what looked to be a sign that had been hidden from view, turned around so that it would not be seen. I decided to take a look to see what wondrous thing might be hidden from public view and this is what I found....

On the back of the sign was a website address written. We checkout the website for any information that could be had. Come to find out, it's a local artist as such that Cumberland could only hope to inspire for! His work is absolutely amazing and ranks up there with any art that can be found at a Contemporary Art Museum.... it reminded me of the day that I was wondering around Mass MoCa, the largest contemporary art gallery in America! We called the artist to let him know that we had found one of his pieces. Come to find out, he had made this amazing sign for his fathers grave, which is located in the cemetery beside the old church. Someone obviously was offended and decided that it was not proper for a graveyard. Bill Dunlap happens to live in Cumberland and is also a fellow Vegan!!! I highly recommend you check out his website to take a look at his amazing works of art. Go here to check it out! It really does make you think... which is something we could all use!