I woke up at 11 something this morning and suggested to Jon that we head to the fair for lunch. We did and we had a great time. I love going to the LQP County fair because a lot of our kids are in 4-H and it’s always fun to see their animals and their projects. We also saw the quilts and it wasn’t a surprise that a couple of our ladies won big in that category. I’d thought about entering some crocheting this year but didn’t have any projects that would have been acceptable since I make most of my stuff for other people.<\/p>\n
We got to pet some of the animals (lambs and bunnies!) and I got to hold some baby chicks. Yes Krissy, we did see ducks — BIG ones. It’s making me ponder eating meat after seeing some of the animals but that’s another issue entirely…<\/p>\n
We also went to the LQP County Museum which is at the fairgrounds and looked around. It was pretty cool because I actually knew the descendants of some of the people who had donated things to it. Robert Bly<\/a> (proud son of Madison and distinguished poet) was there as was Bill Holm<\/a>. Bly gave Jon an autographed copy of Iron John<\/em> and he and I bantered about politics. (He had noticed all the DFL<\/a> stickers on my shirt and he commented on them. I told him that I am neither Democrat nor Republican — I vote my conscience and my conscience is NOT Bush. His response: “I’m sorry for your conscience.”) Holm and I discussed Irish whiskey (there was an audience and it was really fun).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I woke up at 11 something this morning and suggested to Jon that we head to the fair for lunch. We did and we had a great time. I love going to the LQP County fair because a lot of … Continue reading