What's That Silver Thing?

If you've read Scowl-Face's local history blog and survived to tell the tale, you may have seen his articles about Mooresville's new Bicentennial Park downtown.  It looks like this (it may look blurry, but it will be in focus when you play it):

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What's that big silver thing in the middle?  Actually, there are three silver things.  Is this a new place for moi to hangout and set my supper dish?

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Moi Sitting Next to the Silver Things

I don't see a place to sleep on these silver things.  The edges are too small and aren't flat enough.  It does make an excellent scratching post, as you can see from the marks there.  I wonder if most of my feline friends from around town have already visited here?

Scowl-Face just told moi that the silver things represent the flames atop the torch on the Indiana State Flag.  Funny--I don't feel any heat, and they're not orange or red like fire.  Maybe it's some kind of cool flame.  Let's compare it to the state flag.  What do you think?

Same Shapes as the Torch Flame, For Sure

Scowl-Face also says that it's a sculpture, not real flames.  Since Mooresville is the home of the Indiana State Flag, I guess that sculpture makes sense.

Drop by for a visit.  There's a nice park to walk around in.  See?  I'll "borrow" some photos from Scowl-Face's December blog post.

Your Roving Reporter On The Go,

Cauli Le Chat

Feline Grand Marshal?

At today's Old Settlers Parade, you may not have noticed that the Grand Marshal had a feline counterpart.

 Boss Lady as Grand Marshal

2015 Old Settlers Parade

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That's Moi riding shotgun

(in my pilot cap)

Boss Lady, as you may recall, was named 2014 Mooresvillian of the Year, and so was this year's Grand Marshal for the Old Settlers parade. Naturally, as the library's (retired) feline roving reporter, I was there to cover the festivities, but I also was unofficial feline grand marshal.  How cool is that? It's certainly an honor befitting my station, as I once mentioned in this blog post.  Of course, we should include another photo of moi as feline grand marshal.

Yep ... Pretty much

Scowl-Face took some photos of the library's parade float, which was fantastic.  Another great job, Decorinator, BizMeister, and team.  The float included characters from the Peanuts® comic strip, which was created and drawn by the late artist Charles M. Schulz. The float theme was an adaptation of Schulz's book, Happiness is a Warm Puppy (1962) (available to checkout from our Evergreen Indiana catalog). (Scowl-Face's mother gave him a copy of this book when he was a tiny dude.  He still has it.)

 MPL Banner

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 Check-out those nifty Charlie Brown shirts!

Isn't that OfficeMeister pulling the float?

 That's Snoopy & Woodstock on the slobberdog house

 Happiness is indeed a good book!

 Visit MPL to checkout some happiness

Watch out, kids collecting candy!  Floats coming through!

Another fine parade.  Now onto the Old Settlers Festival at Mooresville's Pioneer Park.




Your Roving Reporter On The Go,

Cauli Le Chat