County Fair

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It's time for the County Fair AGAIN?!? Seems like just last month when I posted about last year's corn-on-the-cob eating contest & rodeo!!

This year, we are exhibitors! If only I'd have known sooner -- that if you pre-register and enter any of the competitions ..... such as:

fine arts ~ water color painting, oil painting, pencil sketches
photography
needlepoint
collections (we saw stuffed animals, matchbox cars, stamps)
scrapbooks
baked goods
canned goods

... you get admission to the entire fair ALL WEEK for $5!! But noooooo - it cost me almost $70 for our pre-purchase week-long passes. :-( At least I'll know next year!!

These are the watercolor paintings the boys entered.

Travel Trailer's is 4 birds in a cherry-blossom tree (a cardinal, blue jay, carolina chickadee and eastern bluebird).

Pop Up wanted to exhibit a different painting (of donuts) -- but alas, this is the one his mother made him enter. He was none-too-happy about it either, despite the smile. He painted a potted african violet - I suggested a darker color for the leaves, but he wanted NO advice - as usual! ;-)

UPDATE: This is the fair's red-ribbon 2nd place winner!!

UPDATE: This is the green ribbon -- 5th place winner!!

He thinks a "farm theme" would have a better chance of winning, so tomorrow, frantically begins work on his entry into the next county fair (that starts in 2 weeks).

And with that, we are geared up for a week's worth of good, old-fashioned fun!! I think we'll probably be there most every night. Can't miss the: demolition derby, motorcycle stunt show, outhouse races, OR the bull riding/rodeo!! Yee haw!!

See you there??