It is always on Labour Day Weekend: Sept. 3/4/5. Fall fairs signal the end of the school year. When I taught in rural schools, the kids would have been busy preparing for the fall fairs.
We drove from the Sundance Artisan Show to the Perth Fair. We haven't been in a few years, we were out and about, so why not!
It was a hot day, nearly 30 C. at home. We thought it might rain the next few days. We put two trips into one day. What a marathon! This morning it was 11 C. when I got up. What a change!
People will put anything on a t-shirt.
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Later, the smell got to me and I had my own sausage on a bun. Also fries, which I shared! We did a fair amount of walking. That is my story and I am sticking to it.
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The rides were amazing!!! Not that we tried them. There was lots of screaming as it was, with wasps trying to eat kid's cotton candy and lunch.
avalanche from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.
This one gave me shock and awe!drop zone from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.
But this one gave me pause.Freak Out from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.
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Looks like a fun fair. We have the Maryland State Fair which is similar to your Perth Fair. Take care, enjoy your and the week ahead.
Never a big fan of large crowds anyway, I am not sure that I would yet be comfortable mingling with so many people. COVID is not done with us yet!
Hari OM
The stalls look interesting - but I just can't handle "funfairs". Some kind of masochism going on to want to enter those things! YAM xx
The Duffers truck gets around. At ne time it had a ermanent spot in CP. When we meetup with family in the Tweed park, there is always a Duffers truck there.
The fall fairs in the towns near where I grew up tended to be later in September. Haven't been to one in many years.
The fair looks colorful and entertaining! I used to be a great amateur of fairs until the last few years. I've decided to stop buying all kinds of 'bargains', and avoid crowds.
I haven't been to a fair in years. And am still avoiding crowds.
Our local fair was this weekend, but we didn't attend, although two of our kids and their families did. Those midway rides get more and more extreme. No thank you! Fair food is always....interesting!
The Tulsa State Fair is coming up pretty quickly. I love the fairs but I just go for the livestock, arts and crafts, take photos of the rides and a beer, then I am out.
Our shows are mainly earlier in the year but look very familiar. I love the handicrafts/skilled work persons area but pass on the food and the rides.
Those people must have nerves and a stomach of reinforced steel!!! What a grand day out for you both, with some edible goodies as well.
Love the displays at a fall fair, ours was basically just the midway this year, as they are moving to a new location (old grounds sold, only half to use, no buildings for livestock or displays), needless to say we did not go.
Our State fair starts this week, I think. Obviously, I am not planning to go because I want Covid to be dead and gone before I wander onto another midway. I am scared of rides, and you would NEVER get me on one of them. Loved the photos and the videos, though.
There's so much going on at y'all's fair! I'm jealous :)
What a great fair. We don't have fairs here.
Fall fairs are always fun.
As several others already stated, I am still avoiding crowds. Nice that you shared!
Love the wood carvings and the blacksmith at work. (As a youngster, I turned a crank to work a bellows to heat up coals for my grandfather when he was doing some blacksmith work.)
I love fairs! Great photos, Jenn!
Hello Jenn :=) There is a lot of fun to be had at this type of fair, but I can honestly say, I would only be interested in the wood carvings the sheep rugs, and the pickles. In the first place the crowds would put me off, because of Covid, but as I said, it does look like fun if you can stomach those rides and have the energy to walk around for ages. I wish I was younger!!
The photo of your granddaughters in your previous post is lovely.
What a fun day at a fair!!
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