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Friday, August 29, 2008
County fair! Whee!
I KNOW, two posts in one day. I ought to save it for tomorrow just to spread things out a bit, but oh well.
We're back from an insanely expensive evening at the fair. I don't even want to break it down to the per-hour rate, but we were only there for three hours, we ate dinner there, and we had to pay (THREE ADULT TICKETS! Who told that boy he could turn twelve?) to get in. We had a good time, though. The kids did nicely on their entries, and I just KNOW you all are on the edges of your seats wondering how I did, right? right? OK, you twisted my arm. I'll tell you.
Baked goods: Four blue ribbons, three red, one white, two nothings. I don't think I beat my grandmother at anything except maybe dinner rolls.
For photography, I didn't want to spend a ton of money on prints, and I hadn't done a whole lot lately that really excited me, so I just looked at the folder of pictures I want to print for the house anyway and selected eight that were from within the last eighteen months, which is the fair's limit for photography entries. So. WIthout further ado:
I won three blue ribbons:
in the "digitally manipulated" category
in the 5x7-and-under Animals category
and
in the greater-than-5x7 Animals category, which is HUGE with a whole wall of entries, so that was a nice surprise. (There's a sponsored award for first place in that category, so that's nice. I think that's also maybe why so many people enter it. Last time I won it, it was $50.)
Also one red ribbon:
(5x7)
And two white ribbons (3rd place):
(seascape, enlargements)
and
(this one was also in the very large Animals category, so I was glad about how it did.)
Two didn't place, one of poppies and one of the infamous baby possum. That one is probably my favorite of all the pictures I've ever taken, and I was a little surprised that it didn't do better, but I mainly wanted the print to hang on my wall anyway, so oh well.
Anyway, we all had a good time and now I really must go to bed because we have to get up early to get good seats for the parade tomorrow. Grandma's one of the grand marshals and that's just not something that happens every day. Besides, there might be candy.
Comments
Congratulations on your ribbons! Very exciting.
I just don't understand, though, how that possum didn't win.
Posted by: mary at August 30, 2008 10:22 AM
Well, Mary beat me to both points I wanted to make... :)
But seriously, the possum? SO should have won!
Congrats for doing so well!! How fun! :)
Posted by: Susan at August 30, 2008 11:29 AM
Congratulations on your wins, but what does the colour coding represent?
Posted by: Carol at August 30, 2008 12:17 PM
Wow, congrats on all the ribbons!
Posted by: Kat with a K at September 1, 2008 02:57 PM
Congratulations on all the ribbons! (And good work helping to prop up the food section of the fair!)
Posted by: Michael at September 1, 2008 05:32 PM
Yeah the possum totally should have one. Congrats on the rest! Thanks again for the cookies ;-)
Posted by: jenn at September 2, 2008 10:18 AM
Congrats, Rachel! The photography ribbons are well deserved. I wish I could say the same about the baked goods, but I didn't get to taste any. :(
Maybe you could post the dinner roll recipe?
Posted by: Denise at September 2, 2008 01:05 PM
