Monday, August 7, 2006
Fun weekend at the Cheshire Fair
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The Cheshire Fair in Keene ran this past week, and I entered the Powder Puff Pig Scramble on Saturday, which was open to ladies over 18. I and the other lucky contestants all received a sack and lined up along the wall. Once the official yelled "go!" a minute and a half of total chaos broke out. Women running everywhere, piglets scrambling everywhere, and the occasional squeal of a captured pig. I dove for a couple and missed, and each time I heard another pig squeal, I knew my chances had gone down a bit more. Then suddenly I saw a pig being chased with no where to go but right at me. I dove for him, tackled the little guy & put him into the sack. He is now chomping happily away on our farm, and for the next 5 months will be living the life of Riley. Let's just hope I don't get too attached before then... since I already broke our "we never name our food animals" rule and called him "Hambone."  And Ron got the whole thing on video, too!  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bw4E91pkqgcWe also watched some of the draft horse pulls, oxen pulls, and tractor pulls, which are always fun. We didn't get to see the demolition derby, but I had a great time watching all the cars that were still able to run drag themselves on rims out of the ring. We also checked out the animal displays, sheep show and saw the really nice poultry entered in the 4H poultry show. The 4H kids also did great jobs on their displays again this year, too. And of course I don't have to explain how great the fair food is...  |
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Thursday, August 10, 2006 - I just had to laugh!
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