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Grandpa Lincoln and Thomas Rourke carving together
The
Kinmount Fair – Our Amazing 2012 Experience
You know
that you are a no longer a guest, but rather a fixture, when people come back
year after year to see you at the fair. They actually remember your name one
year later!
That is
this year’s Kinmount Fair experience for Alida and me. We were back with
friends again. They remembered us and some of them – even remembered my
name! That was one and even three years
later.
We are
now officially fixtures, like a permanent part of the Pioneer Exhibit at the
Fair.
For the
past three days we have been in Kinmount, Ontario taking part at the Kinmount
Fair. I have been demonstrating my wood carving and the amazing Spring Pole Lathe. The effect on people as they walk by the display
was without a doubt hypnotising… they were drawn in each and every time...
stopped and then they would ask questions over and over again.
Having my
grandsons, Jonathan and Thomas there was fantastic. They interacted with the public
in great ways. The “regulars” that attend
the show each year and the volunteers that help all of us at the fair – could not
believe how big the boys have grown since last year!
You know
that you have come home when they remember your grandkids.
Remember
this is a Country Fair. And at most
Country Fairs for a Teenager it means wandering around to see everything… maybe
meet some people that you know… or – heaven help us – ‘check out a few of the gals’
walking around the fairground.
That wasn’t
Jonathan or Thomas’ way of helping Grandpa. They stuck with it the entire time.
Talk about great workers – these guys are something else!!
Today I
am reflecting back on the last three days and the wonderful people that we have
met. The interaction was super. The connections made for our business was
positively amazing.
I am
again very thankful for Liz Case and Roni Brelsford for their invitation
extended to us to take part – yet again. They are the reasons that we have
become fixtures at the fair.
Fixtures..?
Yep – we are part of it all now!
One
example was the lady from Toronto that came by the table to tell me her story.
Her
grandson had come to her with a problem not long ago. He had to make a “Yip
Stick” and he had no idea what to do. She had smiled at him and told him, “Murray
Lincoln makes those and he will be at the Kinmount Fair again this year. He
will help you.”
Now
remember that we speaking about the Kinmount Fair, one hour north of where we
live and two hours or more north of Toronto. The lady has a cottage in the
Haliburton area and makes Kinmount Fair the last stop before heading home after
the summer.
I grinned
when she told me her “grandson story”.
We have
come to know ‘country people’ mixed with ‘city people’ and with all kinds mixed
in. What joy it has been over these past
years!!!
This
posting of my Kinmount Story is not being done until 9:25 AM this morning.
Normally I am able to post by about 7 AM…
Getting
out of bed today was, to say the least, SLOW and HARD. Meeting thousands of people takes a toll on
my whole being. My grandsons and my wife are still in bed and may not get up
until 12 today.
But even
today… 362 days from the our next visit to the Kinmount Fair…I am more than
ready to go and do it all over again.
~
Murray Lincoln ~
Setting up the Wood Carving display
The Spring Pole Lathe is ready to go
Jonathan Rourke getting little guys involved...
Grandpa Lincoln playing the spoons with helpers...
Talking up a storm... as usual...
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