Great Fun With Friends 2023-03-23
Did You Know? - The spaghetti Western is a broad sub-genre of Western films produced in Europe. It emerged in the mid-1960s in the wake of Sergio Leone's film-making style and international box-office success. The term was used by foreign critics because most of these Westerns were produced and directed by Italians.
This must be to spot, a true watering hole!
We parked our 340 horses right out front and wandered inside!
As we wandered into town, the Mercantile had western goodies for sale. Mary had her cowboy hat but Donna needed one for next time! We knew we were way out west and hoped they took dollars and not Indian Scalps!
The General Store was well stocked.
Did You Know? - The general stores, mercantile, or emporiums, served rural populations of small towns and villages, and the farmers and ranchers in the surrounding areas. They offered a place where people could find food and necessities that would have otherwise been difficult to obtain.
Mary and her partner in crime, Robin, were jailed
as they were mistaken for Belle Starr and Rose Dunn.
Bell Starr and Rose Dunn; loaded and ready for bear!
Read more about the outlaw ladies of the west here.
They thought it was easy to get out, little did they know Sheriffs Liles and Duda were on duty to keep and eye on them!
They are getting a little mean; must be hungry!
They were attempting to frighten away the Indians;
They also frightened the neighbors!
The lady outlaw soon had the Sheriff under her spell!
"Now home on there varmint!"
One little smooch would be OK!
"Hang on there, that would be two!"
To get her back, I let it slip he was born in May of 1930!
Robin tells a story about the old west, West Covina that is!
Love those million-dollar smiles!
On the bright sides, all the lost dogies came right to him!
We moved into a saloon and continued singing!
Did You Know? - In the language of the American West, a dogie is a motherless calf.
Donna attempts the hand-jive just incase we meet Indians and she needs to use sign language!
We watched her and are afraid if she does that, the Indians will scalp us!
Bob attempts to correct her; silly boy!
Did You Know? - What is the purpose of a mustache? Facial Hair Is Biologically Useless. So Why Do Humans Have It ... It's an ornamental one. In fact, of all the physical features on the human body—including other kinds of hair—facial hair is the only one that is purely or primarily ornamental. That is, it doesn't actually do anything or perform any kind of specific physiological function.
A fine specimen Bob! How many legs did it have when you stepped on it?
"That's nothing, watch this."
Oh My!!!
That girl can do anything!
Mary decides to grow one
Pearl Hart, a.k.a. Gail Peterson, the stagecoach robber joined us!
Gail told us about being out on the range
with her horse looking to rob a stagecoach!
Pearl Hart in the day!
Finally I had to ask Mary to remove her disguise, it was scaring the little kids!
The table decorations were terrific!
Let's fix the background!
We looked in the post office and did not see out ladies pictures, we ought to be safe this evening!
Mary and I did the two-step several times and the Cowboy ChaCha once before I ran out of breath!
Robin got cranked up and is moving!
You go girl!
The band was terrific; great selection of music and they were NOT loud (comparatively speaking).
The cameraman wanted "a little leg" so we cooperated!
Two ladies of this night whistled at me!
Dang! Those fillies could whistle but one lost her false teeth!
"Mama, she making eyes at me!"
We turned off the colored lights
so it would be more realistic!
Lights on!
I should have known, her outlaw ways came out!
"I give up, I'll go with you easily!"
"Now don't get hasty with that shoot-in' iron; I'm a bleeder!"
Robin got an idea!
We need to get Bob a country shirt!
Looking' good!
Thar is a new sheriff in town!
Right out of the country western movies!
There were lots of costumes!
Oh no! Not again?
Bob made a mistake and robbed the jail letting Mary loose again!
Our trusty Exhaulted Leader
was out and about!
He made the robbery the right way!
Great fun was had by all!
The sheriff showed up again! He threw us in the hoosegow!
Did You Know? - When Americans in the Old West heard the word, they spelled it the way it sounded to them: hoosegow. Because the court and the jail were usually in the same building (and defendants were detained in the jail before trial), hoosegow came to prominence in the late-19th and early-20th centuries as a synonym jail.
In Spanish, juzgado means "panel of judges, courtroom." The word is based on the Spanish past participle of juzgar, meaning "to judge," which itself was influenced by Latin judicare—a combination of jus, "right, law," and dicere,"to decide, say." When English speakers of the American West borrowed juzgado, they recorded it the way they heard it: hoosegow. They also associated the word specifically with the jail that was usually in the same building as a courthouse. Today, hoosegow has become slang for any place of confinement for lawbreakers.
The warrant says we were arrested for "Being Too Cute"
Mary was ready for the hand cuffs; I had to tell her I left them at home!
Robin followed us to jail!
The sheriff looked mean!
We lined up for the mug shot!
We were sad! We might be missing a dance!
Having never been in jail, we were worried!
News flash, our lawyer, Robin, posted bail!
I tried to negotiate a better deal but alas, they got the $6!
I tried to save three dollars
but I did not want to be driving home alone this evening.
I reached in my wallet and the only thing there was a moth!
Mary had to go to the bank and give me a loan!
Mary had to say goodnight to Clint one more time!
We drove home around 9:30 pm but with our cowboy costumes on we needed a bar so we stopped at Aces, a rather subdued local hangout. We knew several folks and we had a single glass of wine before the last two miles home.