I have had a seriously busy
three days and am full of stories and pictures!
Recently I mentioned to my
friend Bobby that I hadn’t been to the Wharton County Youth Fair - never - since
I’ve lived here. So, we made plans to
go. I told my sister and she wanted to
come along – she hadn’t been to the fair either. Thursday was the day (it was senior citizen day and we got in
free – bonus!).
The fair grounds are just
across the river and first thing – there are no big signs or people giving
directions about where to park or where to enter (weirdness, right?). We
sort of just parked along one side where there was an open fence gate.
Where we walked in, there was
a very cool petting zoo. There were
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| OK - I really neeeeed that turtle. |
and
deer, goats, a porcupine,
baby cows, alpacas, donkeys.
deer, goats, a porcupine,
baby cows, alpacas, donkeys.
HOW COOL IS THAT!
We walked around some and
first stop was Crescent Hall where the Creative Arts were Open for Viewing. This event is open to all ages (the youngest entrant, I saw, was 6; oldest
adult) and includes cooking, canning, sewing, drawing, painting, crafting,
gardening. And here are just a very few
of the things we saw –
Cooking
mostly cookies and bread
mostly cookies and bread
Drawing
Look closely at this one
her skirt is made from pencil shavings.
Sewing
Note: the white lines are the reflected
lights overhead.
lights overhead.
Crafting
a fish on a plate
made of bottle caps and pull tabs.
made of bottle caps and pull tabs.
Crafting
these just amused me!
these just amused me!
Crafting
Hmmm – wonder if they went to
the avid golfer estate sale??
the avid golfer estate sale??
and Crafting
Now, this was one of the adult entries
Pull tabs, crocheted together, and made
into a necklace.
Now, this was one of the adult entries
Pull tabs, crocheted together, and made
into a necklace.
Canning
oh one more
Crafting
yes – that’s a painted horse skull with
succulents glued onto it.
unusual but whatever works.
yes – that’s a painted horse skull with
succulents glued onto it.
unusual but whatever works.
It was interesting to wander
through and look. I would be curious to
know the entry rules. And, how the
judging process works. It appeared that
everyone got at least one ribbon, some got two.
I think the fair movers and shakers need to come up with a better way to
display both ribbon and item. It was
difficult to see any of the canned items and often the crafts and drawings were
hidden and hard to see.
Tomorrow –
cows, pigs, sheep, goats, bunnies and cowgirls
4 May 2019
As a former fair judge, good on you for going, and extra kudos for hitting the free day. Some of the entries make me hope they are precursors to really outstanding imaginative work in the future! Like, living on another planet.
ReplyDeleteA lot of pencils died to make that skirt!
And, a lot of beer was had to get all those pull tabs and bottle caps!
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