SONOMA COUNTY FAIR 2012

THIS WEEKEND I VISITED TOOK A TRIP TO VISIT OUR LOCAL FAIR. I HAD A FUN TIME WHERE I SAW A LADY WHO HAD A NUMBER OF BIRDS WHO WERE TRAINED TO TALK AFTER SHE GAVE THEM CUES. THIS WAS VERY INTERESTING AND EXCITING, ESPECIALLY FOR CHILDREN! THERE ALSO WERE TWO FOLKS WHO WERE DESIGNING A LARGE SAND SCULPTURE FROM WET SAND. AT THE TOP WAS THE SMOKESTACKS OF A LARGE CRUISE SHIP, AND THEN SEVERAL TYPES OF BUILDINGS WERE COMING THROUGH. SHE KEPT SPRAYING WATER ON IT AND SHE SAID IT WAS TEDIOUS. I SAID IT LOOKED LIKE A DIG SITE AND SHE REMARKED IT WAS LIKE BEING AN ARCHAEOLOGIST!

ANOTHER EVENT I ATTENDED WAS IN THE DEMONSTRATION HALL AND A MAN DEMONSTRATED SOME COOKWARE AND FED US LUNCH! IT WAS A MIX OF VEGETABLE AND CHICKEN AND POTATOES. THE PANS WERE VERY EXPENSIVE. I ALSO GOT ANOTHER CHAIR MASSAGE. THERE WERE MANY PEOPLE AT THE FAIR AND I SPENT TIME RELAXING BETWEEN WALKING AROUND THE ENTIRE FAIR. I ATTENDED SOME OF THE OUTDOOR MUSIC AND IT WAS LIKE ROCK AND ROLL. SOME OF THE FUN ACTS WERE BY A JUGGLER WHO HAD SWORDS IN FRONT OF SOMEONE FROM THE AUDIENCE AND THEN HE ASKED THEM TO LEAVE. HE BALANCED ON A BOARD. IT WAS TRICKY.

ANOTHER INTERESTING ACT IS THE WOOL RIDERS. THESE ARE 5 TO 6 YEAR OLDS WITH HEAD HELMETS WHO HANG ONTO LARGE SHEEP TO SEE HOW LONG THEY CAN RIDE THEM. MOST OF THEM SLIDE OFF IN MINUTES! WE ALSO SAW A GOOFY PARADE.

THE HALL OF FLOWERS HAD A THEME OF "PORTS OF CALL". THEY HAD SEVERAL FOUNTAINS WITH BOAT IN THE CENTER. VARIOUS BEAUTIFUL GARDENS WERE BUILT BY LANDSCAPERS TO IMITATE PLACES LIKE TAHITI, SPAIN, ALASKA, AND INDIA. IT WAS INTRIGUING.

I WENT ON A WAGON RIDE WITH STALLIONS. THEN I WALKED AROUND THE SHEEP, GOAT, AND COW GROUNDS. I ENJOYED THE INTERESTING ARTS AND CRAFTS AND THE QUILT MAKING AS WELL. SOME FOLKS WERE HOOKING A RUG.