Fair

 Another community fair has come and gone, and I enjoyed participating in it once again.

I'm always amazed at how some people still have good vegetables growing.
By this point, mine are all eaten with bugs and or rotting.

Now that I don't have to work every Thursday night when the fair accepts entries, I was able to help with that process. I thought I was coming to help put the flower entries in order, but I ended up being on the front line checking in entries. And that was crazy. For the entire four hours of submission time, the lines were long and there was no time for breaks. (Although I did manage to sneak away for a bathroom visit.) 

My job was to make sure that everything was entered in the right category and was correctly tagged. Some people prepare for the fair all year, and I checked in some people who had 60 or more entries. Next time, I'll show you what Ward and I entered.

Somehow, I didn't take many pictures, and these certainly don't feature all of the things that were happening, like a vegetable car race or the ice cream churning contest. But here are a few scenes from this weekend.

This was the first time they had rabbit Olympics, where the rabbits had to jump over bars of various heights. Wally and I enjoyed watching the rabbits, who were often more interested in exploring than jumping.

We watched kids compete as they milked the cows. The cow cutout had a bladder filled with water.

4-H kids raise livestock all year, and local businesses buy it at the fair. This cow was getting fluffed up for showing.

There were more baked goods entered than last year.
This year, they had to add an extra table.

All parts of this boba tea cake were edible. It was amazing to see in person.
 In the lower corner is a Subway sandwich cake that was also impressive.

I saw a lot of fine needlework (and checked a lot in),
but this woven scarf was especially impressive.

Of the various collections entered (mostly by 4-H kids), I liked this teeth collection the best. Maybe that's because I used to find teeth and jawbones in my backyard at the old house. I enjoyed figuring out who they used to belong to.

One of my backyard finds. A deer jawbone.

Until next time...