it's all happening at the fair
However, we've managed to make it to these events several years now without too many conflicts, and I'm always grateful to Kim Caulfield, of Far Out Farm, for doing all the organizing. It is so much fun!
First, we leave home before dinner time, arriving in Nashville to eat supper before the fair. We've found a great pan-Asian cafeteria sort of place that is relatively near Belmont University (of 2008 presidential debate fame) and we stop there first. Twenty dollars later, we've rolled out of there, very full, after eating salad rolls, seaweed salad, ginger chicken, chicken curry, brown rice, noodles, curry egg roll and veggie dumplings. On to the fair!
The professor spent some time this year checking out other exhibits while I got up close and personal with some sheep. (he's a
The spinning contests and auction more than doubled in size this year. I was thrilled to see such good participation from the spinning community. I thought maybe, just maybe, it was because I
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I have lots more photos, including some fleece photos. (of course I bought some fleeces!) However, I'll continue on talking about this in my next blog post. It is only one evening event but for me, the enjoyment lasts for a week or so. I've already washed all three fleeces that I've bought and I'm going to start some sample spindling at my spinning group this afternoon.
To the right, you can see an irrelevant shot of my enormous Jerusalem artichokes. I'm showing them off because they just about reach the sky and I'm excited about digging them up soon. In the meanwhile, though, we've been having great gusts of wind as part of the leftovers of Hurricane Ike. I wanted to preserve an image of these fun flowers on a sunny day, just in case they don't make it through the deep breezes. Let the sun shine in!
Thanks for all your pie encouragement. Friday, I finished the peach pie and made an apple pie. Some people just can't be stopped....so I've tried to up my exercise a little to compensate. What do you do to compensate for your pie habits?!
7 Comments:
wow, fun at the fair! congrats on your wins :-)
i need to start exercising again...
How cool is that? Congrats on the 1st & 2nd place. Why is it I'm not surprised. :)
Congratulations! Doesn't surprise me in the least :-)
Sounds like you had a brilliant time.
Sounds like great fun! Esp the contest! Woot! Woot!....on placing first and second!
And Yay for the sunchokes too! Mine are almost ready also, the blooms are hanging over from the recent rains. Have you ever eaten them cooked? I've heard they make a nice subsitute for mashed potatoes...
Cyndy, we ONLY eat the jerusalem artichokes cooked. Roasted with other root veggies, or in creamy soups, or sliced in oven or pan. I don't really do mashed anything too often--it's not our favorite-- but we grow these because we love to eat them in the winter!
Okay, now I've got James Taylor, "Someone tells me it's all happening at the zoo" bouncing around my brain. Sounds like a wonderful time!
i love that last photo! it is beautiful those sheep were so cute!
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