Community Involvement & Family Time

Taking a look back at June 24th...our community did something special to celebrating the ratification of 100 years of Women's Right To Vote.

Our Courthouse bells rang 19 times at noon and many of us gathered for a rally and fellowship.  There were several speakers and those who dressed up and held signs.

My mom and dad were watching Trinity that day and the stopped over for the first part of it.  Trinity was a HIT.

She even made the front page of our paper the next day!  This is her and me holding signs.  It was a lovely day.  I'm part of the Suffrage Centennial Committee and there are LOTS of things planned thru the end of 2020 so you will be hearing a bunch more about these events soon!

Here is a photo of the Courthouse lawn with those who participated.  The brick building in the back is our local historical society.

Another thing that I haven't really blogged too much about is that when our company was sold DH and I spent two days in Erie to not only help with their 70th Anniversary for WICU but to get to know some of the people at the main office and such.  Here are a bunch of us passing out fans, coloring books, and sports bottles.

Another thing I was able to do in the middle of July was with our Zonta Membership.  Each year we do a "Summer Surprise" and we don't know where we are going or what we are doing until we leave for the evening.  This year - we didn't travel too far.  We had a private tour and history of our local, historical Struthers Library Theatre.  Many of us have been in the theatre fairly often but it was nice to have a behind the scenes look and really take our time.

And I mean...REALLY behind the scenes...this was backstage!  I just LOVE all of the old signs we saw.

Here is some of our membership enjoying the tour!

Earlier in the summer...my mom, dad, sister, Trinity and I went to Waldameer which is a theme park/adventure park in Erie.  It's been YEARS since I have been there but it was Trinity's first time so it was SO FUN!!!

On the way home that day she was super weird and starting sucking her toes like a thumb and I couldn't stop laughing.  Even funnier was the oh-so-serious look on her face while she was doing it!

Total Evolution really kept me fed this summer with all the running around!  WOWZA!  Here is their Avocado Toast - vegan style, of course!

And here is one of the build-your-own chia bowls.  I chose Peanut Butter, Granola, Raspberries, and it was great!  They use Soy Milk as a base.

Kid at Heart

Eventho our vacation is over I am way behind at blogging about.  So over the next week or two I will be blogging pretty heavy on the trip.  The photos I post on this blog are different than the ones I post over at my Travel Blog.  So if you want to see more pics from the trip visit this site. 

Yes...I'm cross promoting a bit here!  But there is a method to my madness, too!  The post here at My Blissful Journey is about being a kid at heart.  It's one of the many things I reflected on during our trip.  I feel being a kid at heart is important.  Sure...you want to act your age most of the time...but it's important to break away from that and be FUN.  Be a little weird or crazy from time to time.  Do things out of the ordinary.  And what better time - than while you are on vacation, right?

These photos were taken at WonderWorks in Pigeon Forge.  Eventho a lot of the things inside this up-side-down building are geared more toward children and youth - there were many things I found interesting.  Many of them it didn't matter what age you were you could still enjoy them.  You can read more about that - and see additional photos from WonderWorks in this post. 

In the first photo you will see I'm have some fun with bubbles.  Very LARGE bubbles, that is.  Then out front in the lobby I found this psychedelic piano that was super groovy and had to get my photo taken with it...the hippie at heart I am.

Also in the lobby - looking UP - you saw this amazing sight!

Everything was up-side-down on the ceiling!  There was SO MUCH to look at!  When I look at this photo - I keep thinking to Alice in Wonderland!  Or even The Labyrinth...remember that movie with David Bowie!?  LOVE that movie!

On the travel blog (linked above) I wrote about the many Optical Illusions that were at WonderWorks.  It was one of my favorite parts of our visit to this tourist attraction.

Here's another one of those Optical Illusions.  It's a gorgeously colorful painting.  It looks FLAT but it's actually 3D.  The corners of the buildings in the front are pointed out and the alley-way between the buildings sink inward.

I tried to have my husband take a photo of my hands in front of it to show that it was in-fact 3D but it still didn't do it justice.

Here's another one taken from the side view.  It's laid out the same and in 3D but it's very well done almost too well done that you can't really tell even in the photo or from the side.

I guess you could relate this to The Mona Lisa painting - but only for the Optical Illusion of the eyes 'following' you and and necessarily because of the 3D-ness of it...Mona was flat and this wasn't...but still pretty cool, eh!?  What or which Optical Illusions do you like best?  What do you think about 'being a kid at heart'?  Do you take the time to be a kid every now and again!?