4th of July County Fair

It's almost the 4th of July and everything around here is turning red white and blue.

One of the 4th of July traditions is the Marin County Fair which we attend almost every year.

It's a traditional county fair with animal demonstrations and competitions.

Before

After

These little pot bellied pigs were playing with their ball to the delight of the children.

Pig races!

Of course, unhealthy food.

One thing slightly different about the Marin County Fair is that it has a large art show & competition, part of which is bonzai trees.  Our carpenter, Jay McDonald, is probably the most accomplished bonzai master in Marin and his trees were the centerpiece of the show.

Here is a detail from his little giant sequioa.

A fair also has lots of strange and useless souvenirs and prizes.

William saw these colorful guitars.  He's been studying guitar and getting pretty good at it.  He checks them out.

This guy won second prize -- a giant white monkey.  First prize is no giant white monkey.

Rides rides rides.

 
Am I tall enough?

Yes!

Finally, the sun set so the fireworks could begin.