Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Hopkinton Fair
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What an excellent haleful weekend. Saturday began with Carl and Dana, Thor and Nikki spending the day here at Othala Acres. There was some blacksmithing on my forge, some grilling of meats on the grill, some pistol shooting across the road and some easy mead/beer drinking in Ingsleigh Hall. The sharing of companionship down the Hall was the most enjoyable for me. I have spent a bit of time down there lately cleaning and painting. There are flags of the families different heritages hanging down there now. I am steering more towards 'ethnic' flags as opposed to modern national ones if possible. For example, I have the old 'Erin Go Bragh' irish flag instead of the modern tricolor one. The Engish Flag of the Cross of St George instead of the modern Union Jack. That sort of thing. It looks terrific. Can't wait to have symble there for Wintersfinding/Winternights in October. Sunday was the Hopkington fair with the Burke-Smith's. Again, haleful time. Kids went on the rides with the mom's while I stood around with Mike waiting for them. Just standing around looking cool, each of us with our youngest daughter's diaper bags slung over our shoulders. Mikes wasn't too bad, but mine was a 'Blue's Clues' backback. Lucking I could care less but it was a but funny to see. After a few rides, some cotton candy and fried dough, it was out of the midway and into the agri section of the fair. Saw plenty of pigs that looked like our pig. So that means lots of Hampshires. Cows were mostly Holsteins I believe. Not too much variety there. But sheep and goats always have a diverse showing. NH used to be HUGE sheep country in the 1800's. That heritage has stuck with us, even though until the 70's we had more cows than people up here. The nickname used to be 'Cow Hampshire'. Some still call us that. We had ice cream, frappes and ice cream sodas to finish off the fair. But one last mention of the fair would be the size of some of the giant pumpkins. Truelly amazing how some people can get their pumpkins that big. --Ron |
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