SONOMA COUNTY FAIR

LAST NIGHT TO THE COUNTY FAIR AND IT WAS COLD. PEOPLE WERE DRESSED LIKE IT WAS 80 DEGREES BUT IT WAS ONLY 50 DEGREES. ANYWAY I KEPT WALKING AROUND TO KEEP WARM. I WENT TO SEE THE FARM ANIMALS AND PET THE SMALL SHEEP, LLAMAS, AND DEER IN A PETTING ZOO. I STOPPED AT THE SHEEP CONTEST WHERE THERE WERE GIRLS DRESSED IN NICE CLOTHES WHO HAD SHOWN THEIR SHEEP AND THEY ALL GOT SOME KIND OF REWARDS. I ALSO STOPPED TO HEAR THE COUNTRY WESTERN MUSIC AND THEY GAVE ONE MUSICIAN AN AWARD FOR THE BEST SINGER. HE WAS OVER COME WITH THE ANNOUNCEMENT.

I WENT TO THE HALL OF FLOWERS AND MET A FIJIAN WOMAN THERE. THE THEME WAS FOUNTAINS. ONE EXHIBIT WAS ABOUT "ALICE IN WONDERLAND" AND ONE EXHIBIT HAD WATER SPOUTING OUT OF TEA CUPS AND TEAPOTS. ANOTHER INTERESTING EXHIBIT WAS A LARGE FOUNTAIN WITH BACKGROUND MOSAICS OF MEXICAN DESIGN. ABOUT ONE HALF OF THE PEOPLE THERE WERE HISPANICS.

I AGAIN WAS AMAZED AT SEEING THE SAME TOOTHPICK SCULPTURE THAT WAS THERE TWO YEARS AGO. IT WAS MADE BY A MAN WHO WORKS AT A GROCERY. IT IS ABOUT A 7' X 4' SCULPTURE OF SAN FRANCISCO'S VARIOUS SPECIAL BUILDINGS - THE GOLDEN GATE GATE BRIDGE, THE OAKLAND BRIDGE, COIT TOWER, CHINATOWN, CHINESE JUNKS, SOME HISTORIC SHIPS, A PANORAMIC VIEW OF THE CITY, CLIFF HOUSE, AND SEVERAL TROLLEYS. THE INTERESTING THING ABOUT THIS SCULPTURE WAS THAT IT WAS BUILT WITHOUT AN OVER ALL DESIGN AND HE MADE A ROLLER COASTER FOR A SMALL SET OF PING PONG BALLS TO ROLL AROUND IT! IT IS VERY UNUSUAL. A MAN WHO HAD LIVED IN SAN FRANCISCO EXPLAINED IT TO PEOPLE.