Guests

We had guests on Memorial Day. Two couples from our old hometown (Houston) arrived on Sunday to spend a couple of days with us, and we sure enjoyed showing them Ft. Worth.

One of the many things we did was to take them to The National Cowgirl Museum. 

The statue out in front is titled High Desert Princess. I really like the architecture of this building which looks very Art Deco to me.

There is such a wide variety of things to see and do in the museum,

from pretty fancy saddles

hats with bling

and boots as well.

Although the outfits worn by cowgirls of yesteryear were not quite a sparkly.

I think the design of this old purse has been recreated a few times though.

Here it appears these folks are looking into a black box

but it is actually a three dimensional hologram of western sharp shooting star Annie Oakley speaking of her experiences

when she traveled around the country with The Buffalo Bill Wild West Show (1883-1913)

This elaborate costume was worn by current day country and western singer Reba McEntire who has been inducted to The Cowgirl Hall of Fame (2017).

There is also an area where they have visiting exhibits.

There were many paintings of western women in an exhibit titled The Trail of the Cowgirl.

by talented artist Donna Howell-Sickles

We just had a ball acting like kids. Here we got to select a western scene to put ourselves in,

and totally out of character.... I rode a bucking bronco.

To learn more about Annie Oakley go HERE
 and
More about the museum go HERE

YEE-HAW !