Bill had a car and the son. I was in my car alone. My brother and his wife drove our U-Haul down. It was cheaper to do a round trip with the U-Haul, plus, we needed help.
We left at 3:00 in the morning and finally arrived in Salt Lake about 4:00 in the afternoon. We all unloaded the truck and then walked to the corner for dinner at a little local restaurant.
We were tired. Dog tired. Super duper tired. Slap happy tired!
Now, my brother says he's a California kind of guy...but he's not really. He wants to have his own garden, he LOVES to go camping and, at the time, was interested in raising his own cow...to slaughter. So while we all at dinner, talking about the drive up, someone commented on all the farm land we passed through. That's when my brother said, in all seriousness, "y'all have some good lookin' cows." Well, it was just about the funniest thing we had ever heard in our entire lives!! You know, cuz we were tired. Dog tired. Super duper tired. Slap happy tired! Yeah, you kind of had to be there but we laughed ourselves silly!
Anyway, for almost 2 decades now, I've sending my brother cow things. Cow greeting cards, cow Christmas ornaments, cow candy, cow clothes, etc. He keeps saying "we can move on now", but you know I can't do that :-)
This past Saturday, at the Hallmark store for the Jim Shore signing, I had to purchase something there for Mr. Shore to sign. Can you guess what I bought? Go ahead, try. Need a hint? Really? OK...mooooooo. Now do you know? Yep uh huh, I bought a cow!
Jim Shore was an extremely nice/kind gentleman. He told me the history of this cow, why he did it and what his inspiration was. If I was a complete fanatic for his art, I would have peed my pants that he took so much time to chat with me.
My Mom's friend went with us and he told her a delightful story...she commented on what a beautiful signature he has. He said that when he and his wife were very young and just struggling to make ends meet, they spent a weeks pay on a piece of art they really wanted. They had an opportunity to have it signed by the artist but the artist just scribbled his name and didn't say anything to his wife and him! Fast forward a couple decades and now people are spending their hard earned money on HIS artwork. He said he made a promise to himself when he "made it", that he would never treat his fans that way. I have to say, I was pretty impressed with the time he took with every single person who was there.
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