indiana territory

SIDE TRIP THROUGH THE FAIRGROUNDS

Because it was a sunny day - one of very few we have had this winter - I drove out the fairgrounds just for the heck of it. Maybe I was thinking of it because I had been looking up stuff about the Bluegrass Festival; maybe I was thinking of winters past when the snow was so deep we could only make it in as far as the front of the Merchant's Building and the dog got stuck in a drift.

But anyway there I was, between three and four on a winter afternoon.

I have always had this feeling about Floral Hall: I have the distinct impression that it leans to the north. I notice nobody tends to say this aloud too often - perhaps they think jinx of that the building will get its feeling hurt. Well, I am fond of Floral Hall also and I don't think it would feel bad to be described as "leaning" - heck there's a tower in Pisa, Italy that brags about it.

It leans, like some old county gentlemen who have been many winters in the Indiana wind; it has character.

posted by Jody @ 4:37 PM