We had to be in at the fairgrounds early today to do the fairground clean up and then take our stuff home. There were some happy goats!
The fairgrounds got cleaned up in record time and we were able to spend a most of the the day at home. I was glad because I had so many things I needed to use up. I made pasta with a home made sauce with the strangely large amount of cherry tomatoes I had. I made jalapeno jelly - Jim’s favorite with the peppers that had accumulated. I made banana bread with the bananas that I had taken to the Airbnb last weekend. It felt good to get some of those things off my counter! Jim worked on the garden fence and sprayed the wasps that had made a little house on the pool slide. I got the pool cleaned and the raised beds weeded. I was happy we got some rain, which saved me some time today! Also, my water bill was pretty horrendous last month, between the pool and the garden and the broilers - they are drinking a lot! We are filling their water 3 times a day - they have 2 one gallon waters and a 5 gallon! Needless to say, I am counting the hours down until they have their date with fate. They are huge. And smelly. And no matter what we do, the pen is just sticky and grody.
We enjoyed the parade this evening. Mallory and Cameron came to watch Harper (and Clayton). Since they were in opposite ends, I failed to get photos of. Clayton.
It was really hot, but the band did a great job! Love me some marching band!
After the parade, the fair had a hot rod tractor pull. We don’t really enjoy those much, so we all went to dinner at the bar instead. It was so good and a great ending/wrap up to the fair.
In the last 3 weeks, we have gone on a vacation, had a wedding, and done the fair. I am exhausted and ready for a little normalcy. This summer has been fun, but I know what the end of fair means! Time to think about switching gears. But not tomorrow. As you might recall, the day after last year’s fair, I fell and broke my shoulder. Tomorrow, I shall stay indoors, walk gingerly, and be extremely gentle. I have noticed, in the last month, my shoulder is much better. I was told a year to fully heal, and I would say that is accurate. I am still having some trouble with the hand going to sleep, and with pulling anything (like pull starting a mower just doesn’t happen). Overall, I am pretty well cured. Not something I care to repeat though.
Fair is done. Harper, Clayton and the rest of the band kids did a great job.
I love the county fair, but I also love wrapping things up,
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