Topsfield Fair 2010
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nonelvisWe spent most of yesterday with family and friends at the Topsfield Fair, a 192-year-old agricultural fair held about half an hour north of us, in Topsfield, MA.
The sleepy goats from yesterday's APAD(ish) shot.
Possibly a bunny; possibly a bedroom slipper.
I have totally non-ironic love for the vegetable dioramas made by local kids; they're my favorite part of the fair, right after the deep-fried cholesterol-on-a-stick fair food. (This year's unintentional commentary on the American diet: a giant helping of french fries served in a cardboard dog dish.)
Anyway, it seemed like there were fewer dioramas this year, but we loved the ones we saw. Like the Pumpkin Medusa:
Not a diorama, but still cute: the artichoke hedgehog!
The squash people, made mostly of delicata squash, with hydrangea hair and acorn eyes. I LOVE THIS.
As usual, I avoided the carnival rides, since I'm never convinced they're safe, but this one was very tempting: you get sealed up in an inflatable plastic balloon and can roll around a pool. (I saw something similar to this on an episode of The Amazing Race once, and was dying to try that then, too.)
There were also several stations for the creatively named "Jumpy Thing," bungee-cord tethers you could use to bounce high in the air:
My nearly four-year-old niece enjoyed it a lot, but she'll do better next year when she's stronger and weighs more:
For some reason, the big prizes this year were giant stuffed bananas in both plain and Rasta versions (complete with dreadlocks):
More photos in the complete set on Flickr.
The sleepy goats from yesterday's APAD(ish) shot.
Possibly a bunny; possibly a bedroom slipper.
I have totally non-ironic love for the vegetable dioramas made by local kids; they're my favorite part of the fair, right after the deep-fried cholesterol-on-a-stick fair food. (This year's unintentional commentary on the American diet: a giant helping of french fries served in a cardboard dog dish.)
Anyway, it seemed like there were fewer dioramas this year, but we loved the ones we saw. Like the Pumpkin Medusa:
Not a diorama, but still cute: the artichoke hedgehog!
The squash people, made mostly of delicata squash, with hydrangea hair and acorn eyes. I LOVE THIS.
As usual, I avoided the carnival rides, since I'm never convinced they're safe, but this one was very tempting: you get sealed up in an inflatable plastic balloon and can roll around a pool. (I saw something similar to this on an episode of The Amazing Race once, and was dying to try that then, too.)
There were also several stations for the creatively named "Jumpy Thing," bungee-cord tethers you could use to bounce high in the air:
My nearly four-year-old niece enjoyed it a lot, but she'll do better next year when she's stronger and weighs more:
For some reason, the big prizes this year were giant stuffed bananas in both plain and Rasta versions (complete with dreadlocks):
More photos in the complete set on Flickr.
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