I won’t bore you with all
of my 177 photos. There are some like
these magical pine needle baskets that I thought you would enjoy. A few other’s are pretty good too. Perhaps I will be sharing them with you for
the next six months.
We got there early before
the crowds and started with the jewelry…which was really excellent this year,
and moved on to the furniture. The first
thing you make in a college class is a box, chairs next, and lastly
tables. Lots of good classwork
here. There were many examples of
beautiful wood used in a thousand different ways throughout the gallery.
Upstairs next to the
quilts were lace, knitting, sewing, cooking…which we missed, and place
settings. A quilt guild had one table,
the basket makers another. Usually there’s
a gathering of lace makers too, but this year there was a coin collecting
society instead. Men amid the quilts…fun.
Little steam punk. A nice tea table, but little else. We dashed away from the theme areas to watch the
Fireman’s Destruction Derby. It’s a fundraiser
for the Burn Center, and firemen from all the surrounding districts put together
a heavyweight car they think might win.
Meanwhile young firemen are out in the fair passing their boots for
contributions.
Crash bang clang…we had a
ball.
We ate well despite
ourselves. We missed the foods, the art,
the photography, and the gardens. I
guess we will have to go for a second visit.
It sounds like a browsers paradise!
ReplyDeleteAh, the Hinterlands. Will his evening be cooler? ;-) I must go to a fair once again someday.
ReplyDeleteThose baskets are to die for. Wonderful fair.
ReplyDeleteFantastic! Time for fun, for us, too.
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