I did not even know what a Whirligig was , but now I have seen several hundred. Whirligigs and Weather Vanes, that was what we are told, so down we walked to the waterfront in Shelburne to see them in action. Local folks make these at home and enter them in their contest at the Festival. They are all displayed along the waterfront and whirl around in the wind. Every one is different. The variety is astonishing. The only thing the same is that the wind turns the vanes that then turns something else, some simple and some complicated. We saw fishermen rowing boats and fish leaping out of the sea. The contest is for various categories by age and content, and prizes are awarded, but the most important thing was the fun. Lots of people there to see these whirligigs and weather vanes. In fact, we could vote on the one we liked the best, for the People's Choice Award.
Our beautiful custom made canoe will be delivered next week, so we needed to order paddles. The man who makes these beautiful paddles lives out side of Shelburne, in Lower Ohio. The day was beautiful, so we called Walt and Mary to see if they wanted to drive down to order the paddles and to have lunch. Lother is a new restaurant in Shelburne, so we ate brunch there, then went to see the paddles. This young man and his wife and two children live in a very modest home, but you should see his hand made paddles. They are works of art. He has a day job, but he just makes these beautiful paddles in his spare time. He is so proud of them, and rightly so. Of course we ordered six because we loved them too.
An ice cream cone ended our very pleasant day, which was full of whirligigs, weather vanes and paddles.
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