These mules were part of a team of four that pulled a wagonload of officials out at the start of the Clallam County Rodeo last weekend at the County Fair. The mules were beautiful, as was their tack. They made quite a sight.
Category: Celebrations
Win something!
Carnivals at the county fair are a sensory overload. Who can resist the chance to win a colorful souvenir?
Fair food
A week or two ago the local newspaper sent out a reporter who asked people, “What’s your favorite thing at the county fair?” If I recollect right, every single one answered, “The food!”
You can smell a brass band of cooking aromas as soon as you enter the fairgrounds: grilled meats, sweet whatevers, popcorn, and fried anything. The fair guide listed a vendor called “Fried Everything” … and everything on the menu was, from twinkies to peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. I don’t know if this is the Fried Everything stand, but they definitely had a robust offering – and what they didn’t have you could find at other vendors just steps away.
There are lots of food choices at the fair. We kept our distance from the deep fryers, but that doesn’t mean we managed to stay entirely virtuous.
Time again for the County Fair
We went to the Clallam County Fair on Saturday night. It was time for our annual “fair fix”: the rodeo, antique farm machinery put-putting, a review of ribbon-winning entries, animals, carnival, junk food. And people watching. Above was one of my favorites, a fine example of the work of the face-painting booth. Her father consented to my taking her picture.
Her brother volunteered, too. I can’t decide which one is the cutest. They both make me smile.
Two!
Though this blog will celebrate seven years at the end of this month, today I’m celebrating my own modest two years as Mme. Sequim Daily Photo. I follow Norma, “Lavender Lady,” (four years) and Shannon (one year).
Thank you for visiting this blog. It means a lot to me. Really! And an extra big thanks to those of you who comment. I love hearing from kindred spirits, wherever you are.
Diamond Point Swift Formation Team
The U.S. Coast Guard has in years past celebrated Independence Day in Port Angeles with a flyover during the city’s annual parade. Sequestration budget cuts cancelled that this year. Instead, the Diamond Point Swift Formation Team did the honors. Diamond Point is a community east of Sequim and as luck would have it the team also did a flyover right over our house on their way to Port Angeles.
Swift airplanes were manufactured from 1946-1951 Click here to read a short history of this aircraft.
Independence Day
Today is Independence Day in the U.S.
The bald eagle was chosen in 1782 as the symbol of our new nation, though not without some controversy. Benjamin Franklin felt eagles were birds of “bad moral character” because they rob food from other birds. Franklin felt the turkey a brave and more respectable candidate. His loss was our gain. After all, what would people in the U.S. eat on Thanksgiving Day? Certainly not our national bird!
Be safe and sane if you’re celebrating Independence Day. I’m of a mind to grill a turkey burger.