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Liz from Humbug wrote:
On Jun 28, 9:03 am, "Joan E." wrote: Well, the start of the Fair season is upon us. Seems like my county is always the first one to have a fair! I entered 4 stitched pieces. The results are as follows: SAL counted canvas work (pink/blue/yellow version) : 1st Knitted baby blanket: 1st Knitted baby booties: 1st Knitted baby hat: 1st *and* Reserve champion for the class! Pics are in both my webshots stitchery album (search ndjoan, p. 7) and rctnp. I also entered some flowers, pinks, and got a 2nd place for those. Happy dancing all the way around! Joan Congratulations!!!!!!!! Our County Fair isn't until July 20 to the 25th. I don't have anything to enter this year but people from our EGA chapter will be there (in the air conditioned building) demonstrating stitching and just "stitching in public". :-) In between stitching, we take turns moseying around the fairgrounds and looking at all the exhibits. I love the fact that our county is still rural enough to have a HUGE beef auction every year and also lots of goats, pigs, horses and horticultural displays. 4H is very popular around here and the local stores try hard to support the kids by buying animals at auction and then advertise that that is what they are selling in their stores. It makes "buying local" a lot more fun when you know or at least recognize the areas where the meat was actually raised. :-) There is also a "technology building" but it takes up much less space than the livestock and horticultural exhibits. :-) Liz from Humbug I remember county fairs like that when we lived in Ohio. Used to take the kids every year, and if they were feeling generous (or sufficiently bribed) they would let me look at the Home Ec stuff AFTER they had inspected every one of the animals and had lunch themselves. Here in Louisiana, the closest fair is a half-day drive away! As it also occurs during the hottest part of the summer, dh and I don't bother going. Olwyn Mary in New Orleans |
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On 6/29/2010 11:31 AM, Joan E. wrote:
Besides, it *is* summer (if the dang rain would just stop!). Please send some rain my way! We haven't had anything much in nearly two weeks of 90-plus degree weather, and nothing much predicted for another week. Some weeds continue to grow up and crowd out the other weeds, and the ground is too dry to think about yanking anything out. The back yard has some cracks in the dirt, it's so parched. (And of course, the hose nozzle and the sprinkler we bought last year are dead. DH bought a new hose nozzle yesterday and tried to use it, but found it was missing a washer and wouldn't work. So he's off to the hardware store for a washer.) Even some of the daylilies have just dried up in bud stage - never bloomed. (If you can find them under the bindweed. Why do bindweed and Virginia creeper continue to thrive in extremis?) sue -- Susan Hartman |
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On Jun 29, 11:22*am, "Joan E." wrote:
On Jun 28, 1:41*pm, Nancy wrote: *No fair here and if there were I'm not sure I'd ever enter anything. Why not? *It's fun to see the competition (or lack thereof!). *You might surprise yourself. *I say go for it! *If there's no county fair, is there a state fair? Joan The state "fair" is in January. I've seen the spinning and weaving contests on the "state cable channel" but don't what else they have. Besides the trip to Harrisburg in Jan and be dicy....the Turnpike is no fun in the snow. You have to remember I live in Pittsburgh. The "county fair" got supplanted a couple years ago with a "urban fair" and lately it's been "downsized" because of a lack of $$. I don't think there are many farms left in Allegheny County. Nancy |
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On Jun 29, 12:46*pm, Susan Hartman wrote:
On 6/29/2010 11:31 AM, Joan E. wrote: * Besides, it *is* summer (if the dang rain would just stop!). Please send some rain my way! We haven't had anything much in nearly two weeks of 90-plus degree weather, and nothing much predicted for another week. Some weeds continue to grow up and crowd out the other weeds, and the ground is too dry to think about yanking anything out. The back yard has some cracks in the dirt, it's so parched. (And of course, the hose nozzle and the sprinkler we bought last year are dead. DH bought a new hose nozzle yesterday and tried to use it, but found it was missing a washer and wouldn't work. So he's off to the hardware store for a washer.) I'd love to send you some of ours, just not too much. I haven't had to water all the flowers I planted since I watered them when I first planted them. We were supposed to get showers yesterday but they were "brief" showers, enough to water and still be too wet this am to clean out the ivy and trim it where it's gotten too long. Even some of the daylilies have just dried up in bud stage - never bloomed. (If you can find them under the bindweed. Why do bindweed and Virginia creeper continue to thrive in extremis?) So sorry about your daylilies. Ours are going gangbusters. I'm going to have to divide them when it comes time. Say, Cheryl....when's the best time to do that? In fact almost everything has done well this year. I'd say it was all the snow that melted slowly but if you are having problems with all the snow you got, that can't be the whole story. Nancy |
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Joan E. wrote:
On Jun 28, 1:41 pm, Nancy wrote: No fair here and if there were I'm not sure I'd ever enter anything. Why not? It's fun to see the competition (or lack thereof!). You might surprise yourself. I say go for it! If there's no county fair, is there a state fair? Joan Joan -- catching up here with congrats to you for your great work and wonderful wins :-). On another topic -- our camera has gone T-U so it will be awhile before I get photos of that other project to show you. CiaoMeow ^;;^ -- PAX, Tia Mary ^;;^ (RCTQ Queen of Kitties) Angels can't show their wings on earth but nothing was ever said about their whiskers! Visit my Photo albums at http://community.webshots.com/user/tiamary |
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On 6/29/10 12:46 PM, in article
, "Susan Hartman" wrote: On 6/29/2010 11:31 AM, Joan E. wrote: Besides, it *is* summer (if the dang rain would just stop!). Please send some rain my way! We haven't had anything much in nearly two weeks of 90-plus degree weather, and nothing much predicted for another week. Some weeds continue to grow up and crowd out the other weeds, and the ground is too dry to think about yanking anything out. The back yard has some cracks in the dirt, it's so parched. (And of course, the hose nozzle and the sprinkler we bought last year are dead. DH bought a new hose nozzle yesterday and tried to use it, but found it was missing a washer and wouldn't work. So he's off to the hardware store for a washer.) Even some of the daylilies have just dried up in bud stage - never bloomed. (If you can find them under the bindweed. Why do bindweed and Virginia creeper continue to thrive in extremis?) sue That is amazing to me Sue - but my first advice is to get your soil checked by the local ag extension. Talk to me off line - I'm sure, as much as we love OT, no one really wants to hear my soil health speech. Cheryl |
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On 6/30/10 6:27 AM, in article ,
"Cheryl Isaak" wrote: On 6/29/10 12:46 PM, in article , "Susan Hartman" wrote: On 6/29/2010 11:31 AM, Joan E. wrote: Besides, it *is* summer (if the dang rain would just stop!). Please send some rain my way! We haven't had anything much in nearly two weeks of 90-plus degree weather, and nothing much predicted for another week. Some weeds continue to grow up and crowd out the other weeds, and the ground is too dry to think about yanking anything out. The back yard has some cracks in the dirt, it's so parched. (And of course, the hose nozzle and the sprinkler we bought last year are dead. DH bought a new hose nozzle yesterday and tried to use it, but found it was missing a washer and wouldn't work. So he's off to the hardware store for a washer.) Even some of the daylilies have just dried up in bud stage - never bloomed. (If you can find them under the bindweed. Why do bindweed and Virginia creeper continue to thrive in extremis?) sue That is amazing to me Sue - but my first advice is to get your soil checked by the local ag extension. Talk to me off line - I'm sure, as much as we love OT, no one really wants to hear my soil health speech. Cheryl Sue, little chiming in. Despite my horrible gardening habits (really) - the daylilies here are blooming away. I planted these late last fall - and have been surprised - but they're all blooming. The last of them just opened - Cheryl had sent me a mix of varieties. The big ones started blooming a couple of weeks ago, the shorter ones have been slowly following. What is happening is that some of the blooms on the yellow-purple tall guy don't hold for very long. They seem to be withering quickly. Anyhow - I've been giving them a misting - so maybe that's helping. Ellice |
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On Jun 30, 6:26*am, Cheryl Isaak wrote:
On 6/29/10 1:05 PM, in article , "Nancy" wrote: On Jun 29, 12:46*pm, Susan Hartman wrote: Even some of the daylilies have just dried up in bud stage - never bloomed. (If you can find them under the bindweed. Why do bindweed and Virginia creeper continue to thrive in extremis?) So sorry about your daylilies. *Ours are going gangbusters. I'm going to have to divide them when it comes time. Say, Cheryl....when's the best time to do that? As long as you're not expecting frozen ground, you can divide them, to wit, I'm hauling stuff out of the ground now and dividing or giving the whole clump away. Now just to find a place to put them after they are divided. Nancy |
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