
The owl themed one above won the people's choice every day of the fair so far. The one below was another standout, IMHO. Really nice work using nothing but produce to make the three first responder emblems incorporated in this display.

I'm not sure why I didn't take photos of any of the fair animals. Guess after being to the zoo just a week ago, and the circus the weekend before that, I just wasn't so inspired by ordinary ol' farm animals?
We also visited the arts and crafts buildings. We saw some amazing quilts and cool sculptures (which had 'no photography' signs on them, hence the lack of pictures here). We also got to watch the tail end of the pie tasting and judging, which was interesting. (You could cut the tension in the room with a knife, let me tell you!) And we happened across this, um, beauty.

In the hobby building, we met a couple of nice short wave radio guys who taught CJ and Annabelle a bit about Morse code and let them each tap out their own names.


CJ was immediately stricken because he knew that meant he was going to have to do some drawing and he'd rather not. He gets frustrated that he can't produce on paper what he sees in his head. But Annabelle and I talked him into it. I thought his pig was really cute, and told him so. I also told him he really should have put the fair's dates on the poster, like we talked about ahead of time.
Annabelle was especially proud of the chicken in the "O" on her poster. It added nice pop. :)
WILD SPECULATION: This morning CJ said to me, "Some day I could become the smartest guy on Earth. .... Or the smartest guy who ever lived. But I'll need to train a lot to make that happen."
That owl was beautiful. Got my vote. State and county fairs are great. I love them. When I went to the LA County Fair in 1959 they had a big display of customized cars. Wasn't organic but they were beautiful. I've never forgottten it.
ReplyDeleteSounds like it's time to introduce CJ to Archimedes, Galileo, Newton, Euler, and Einstein - for starters.