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nonelvis ([personal profile] nonelvis) wrote2008-10-12 06:53 pm
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Another year, another Topsfield Fair.

Googly-eyed prizes



I love the fruit and vegetable dioramas. The sweet potato weasel was my favorite ...
Sweet Potato Weasel

... but [livejournal.com profile] columbina preferred this scene from Alice in Wonderland rendered in squash.
Scene from "Alice in Wonderland"

EVIL BUNNY WANTS TO KILL YOU DED.
Eeeeeevil bunny

The oxen were huge. The photo doesn't really convey just how gigantic this ox was, but try to imagine you are looking at something six feet tall and extrapolate from there.
Ox

There were also these adorable sleeping yin/yang piglets.
Sleepy piglets

FUZZY CHICKEN FEET. (Sorry about the focus problem, but you'll get the idea.)
Fuzzy chicken foot!

Anthropomorphized food urging you to eat it will always crack me up.
Eat me!

I may have shot a photo of this ride last year, too. I still won't get on it.
Another ride I still won't go on

And finally, my favorite signage of the fair. I didn't buy any popcorn (I had cheese fries instead ... mmm, greasy), but with an endorsement like this, the kettle korn couldn't possibly be bad.
King's Kettle Korn

(More shots in the complete set on Flickr.)

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