August Fairs and September update

 

       September!!! 

That means back to school even if you are retired... and back to school means school supplies. 

I couldn't resist.  Aren't these the cutest notebooks?  

The pens have huge diamonds on top. 💎

First up is the Napanee Fair.  It ran July 29th to August 1st this year.  There was lots to see and do and enter including a midway and demolition derby. 

The ladies at the Napanee Women's Institute put on a tea.

No set price, you just make a donation.  I did this.  

Everything was delicious.  

What a beautiful cup and saucer.  

I entered many things at the Fair.  

Not all of them won, so I will just share my wins.

In the Fruits and Vegetables category...

5 Tomatoes on a stem
I placed Second!

Here's the competition.
Ok, okay...there were only three entries.

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My swiss chard came in Fourth.
It did look a lot better on Friday when I dropped it off for judging.

My hydrangea came First.  

In the Homecraft category...

My knitted lace scarf came second. 
You can't see the lace pattern because I haven't learned how to block yet.
It is a free pattern on Ravelry.

Three Sisters Scarves # Two

The gray scarf pictured by TimMc.
He gave excellent written instructions. 
Here is a link to Ravelry

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So what am I working on?  Still making black hexies.  Lots and lots of them.

I still have to embroider the 5 center panels. 
The original had chickens, but I am more of a cat person.

I am auditioning cat embroidery patterns. 
This one is by Cheri Saffiote Payne.  

Parham Fair was August 19 and 20th.  

There was a frog jumping competition, best dressed pet, races and rabbits and cows and just a whole lot of fun.  

We ate hotdogs and hamburgers while sitting in the stands  watching all manner of competitions.  

I'd never seen a shoe toss before.  

So what did I enter?  

In the Baking category...

 

Fresh  out of the oven.
Peanut butter cookies.
Recipe from the book Food that Really Schmecks. 

They received a 'Thanks for Entering' sticker. 

There was fierce competition.  

My Lemon Zuchini Loaf came First!

In the Fruits and Vegetables category I only entered my tomatoes.  

This time they had actually ripened... I took Third.

In Homecrafts category....

My knitted shawl came First.


My quilt got a 'Thanks for Entering' sticker.  
In all fairness I have to let you know that there were only two categories for quilts
 - hand quilted or
   - machine quilted.
All machine quilts, no matter their size, were judged together.

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Well this has been fun.  I feel more caught up. 

I feel like I took the summer off.

Last year I decided to start a blog and do it for a year 

- my sister decided to learn piano.

It is nice to be able to look back over the year and see that I have actually accomplished a few things.

All right, I must admit, I don't think I really finished anything much, but I did have a lot of fun starting new things.

Here's a picture from our walk yesterday.  

Aren't they beautiful.  

Doll's Eyes or White Baneberry