The 124th Sandwich Fair….

  We have had a great week of cool weather, family fun, and Fall Décor….This crisp, dry weather inspired me to drag out my silk leaves, scarecrows, and yes, even my flying witches and skull candles….

This little stuffed pumpkin was made for me by my Mom …She passed away August of 1982.  She’s been gone a long time, but her little pumpkin is still smiling at me…Gotta keep those memories alive.

September 5th, Labor Day, we also celebrated our son Kelly’s 41st birthday…We ended up in an unplanned get together at Tom and Leanne’s house, (Den’s niece and hubby), with Kel (birthday boy), and Cindy, Terrie was there, Big Fluffy, Patty , (a family friend)…and Maggie Mae, the 11 year old Yellow Lab . Maggie was the only one who didn’t misbehave…

We sat around in the garage, out of the cool North wind, and proceeded to eat chips and dips and imbibe in some libation , using coolers for tables and pails as chairs…Obviously, as frequently happens at these impromptu celebrations, we were “over served” yet again.

I’m not in the photo….I took the photo. That’s the reason it isn’t a very good photo…Too much Rum and Coke. That’s Leanne, McGuyver’s niece, with him on the right photo…I think we may have been a bad influence on her???

Today is the first day of the Sandwich Fair, which happens to be 1 block from out house.  Den and I walked out to the fairgrounds about 11AM to wander around.

 
We managed to snag a couple passes and wanted to go see Max Armstrong, a Chicago Agriculture radio personality.  Max was appearing at the Ag stage at Noon and we always love seeing him…Tomorrow, Orion Samuelson will be there…Some of you may have heard of these two Agriculture Icons…They are VERY popular hear in the Midwest, and attract big crowds…

…We walked all around the fair..The weather was perfect. We even made it to see the animals…LOTS OF BEEF ON THE HOOF!!

 

In this lower, left photo are Belted Galloways…Hence the lovely white “belts” around their girth.

Left is the Woman’s Hall, middle is our daughter-in-law, Cindy. She is the EMS co-ordinator for the fair..This was taken in the First Aide building which is kept pretty busy with anything from bee stings to heart attacks…

WIPE THAT DRUEL FROM YOUR CHIN…IT’S DRIPPING ON MY SCREEN!!!

 

OK..I have now waaaaayyyyyyy overused my photo allowance, but it’s hard not to  include some of the great shots of the fair…I will leave you with one last partin fair shot….Read the sign and know that I will NOT be trying some of this “fair food”….

……BURP……