Every year I try to make it home to Missouri for the World Famous Chilhowee Fair. This year it was a little more deflated than usual as Hurricane Isaac decided to attend. As disappointing as a rainy fair is, most everyone was thrilled to get rain after going the entire summer without.
Along with my normal fair entries and participation in the 5K I was also the baked goods judge and rode in the parade for the first time since I was a little kid.
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| a red on my Christmas ornament |
Two years ago I won best of show for the amateur flower arranging category. So when my mom called me a few days before the fair suggesting I should put together an arrangement for myself and help my niece assemble one, I was up for the challenge. The Fair's theme this year was "hunting for a good time" so the arrangement themes were centered around that them. I chose to do camouflage while Gretchen insisted on Pick-ups and hounds. We both got second (in categories with more than 2 entries!) so I think our arrangements were a success.
My mom and aunt decided that we needed to enter a float in the parade to promote my sister's new coffeehouse and bakery and dress my niece as a dog. I was nominated to hold the dog during the parade.
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| sinage |
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| driver and star |
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| we let the dog drive for awhile |
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| dog mobile |
What a cute dog! You are able to make the fair sound so much more that it actually is.
ReplyDeleteSo is Gretchen the driver and Sue the star? Your ornament reminded me I had leftover snowflakes from my Christmas cards. I can't believe mom didn't remember and remind me to enter them.
ReplyDeletegood times good times MOM
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