Weekend of Activities!

Archaeologist Blair Gibson announced that he and his wife, Bio Anthropologist Susie Saul, would be coming to Sta. Barbara for the weekend to show their Irish Terrier at Earl Warren Showgrounds.  THey have had several award-winning dogs and this was a special event of the Sta. Barbara Kennel Club.

We had them over for dinner on Friday with Lynn and Glen -- Mike enjoyed the camaraderie, and all being in anthropology, there was a lot to share.  The weather was warm and we ate on the deck.  Blair works in Ireland and has joined me at El Pilar several times on the survey.  Lynn and Glenn were heading to Ireland hte next week, so that was a common theme of the evening.  Susie brought the agenda and I selected to come to the event she would show in.

Saturday, I went out to the showgrounds and found them with their doggies.  They would be in the Owner Handled group sometime after 2pm.  I walked around with Blair and Susie got her dog gussied up.

The events are slow for someone not so intrigued with the dogs, their stature, gait, and presentation.  Susie and her dog, Fergus, finally were queued up in outside ring 5, and the dozen or so dogs took their gander together, got felt up and assessed, and then there is another single prance for each, and finally they all line up and hte winners are selected!  Susie's entry won! They get a special pix with the judge!

The judge in the shocking pink is with the happy
owners and the winner in front


And then Sunday, we joined Ed and Gaye Petzman for breakfast at Bree'osh and were joined by Shirley, Ed's sister, whom they were visiting. It was a great gathering and amazing food!
 


Sunday we went to Alice Keck Park Gardens for hte afternoon Irish Jam Session and to enjoy the lovely renovated gardens with its wide range of plant diversity and the pond!



We enjoyed the Irish music from the shade of a bench nearby.











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