This week has been the county fair and I've been to it all but one day. I will be there tonight and tomorrow too. I'm not ashamed at all. I entered a wallhanging and a quilt and won 4th place for both! There were some very, very beautiful quilts entered.
I love the fair, some of my fondest, early memories are of the Crawford County fair. I can still remember that my mom loved the egg rolls and the fudge. Just yesterday I was talking to her and we both could remember the locations of the pie stand even though neither of us had been there in years! Well, to be honest, I was there only 5 years ago and it was just as I remembered. It was like stepping back in time.
I remember these clear balloons that had a pastel colored bunny balloon inside - I loved those. I remember my dad taking me on a pony ride and the pony started bucking. I remember cotton candy (which I hate), I remember the smell of the cow barns (which I love), I remember the 4-H milkshake stand and so many other things.
So as I am listening to music from the 70's and thinking of my childhood in the 70's, I can't help but feel happy. I was so lucky to have the childhood I had. I can remember the end of August back when I was still in school - the bittersweetness of Labor Day which brought the beginning of my favorite season but also brought an end to the carefree summer days. I do mean truly carefree - my mom didn't work during the summers so I never needed to go to daycare or have a babysitter. I could sleep in a bit and didn't need to keep to a schedule. We had a local summer playground program and all of the kids in town would go to the playground weekday afternoons and participate in games and activities and have snacks. Our parents didn't drive us, we rode our bikes. It was a different time.
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