At the Fair

The Washington County Fair closed last Sunday…  I spent several hours at the fair over two days, making photographs with the young people at the fair.

Here are a couple of young people I met on the last afternoon of the fair and a couple of the attractions at the fairway.

 

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goats, kids and games

At the Washington County Fair last week, I spent some time in the goat and sheep tent. I loved the goats and kids and young people. They seem such a match, full of humor and mischief, friendly and talkative…

On Monday evening, I watched the young people practise showing thier goats.

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And getting their goats ready to show.

At the end of fair week, there are goat games!  Hilarious fun to watch.

First up was the sack race.

 

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Next up was dressing up your goat and racing through the course without loosing any of the clothes your goat was wearing.

The onlookers were taking the games quite seriously

And then there was pie eating while blindfolded and holding onto your goat!

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everyone seemed to be having a great time.

now onto fall…

 

scenes from the county fair

This past week was the Washington County Fair, the largest agricultural county fair in New York State.  I visited the fair three times over the course of the week. I loved seeing the young people with their animals, they love … Continue reading