Consensus  
cows  

It only works if they all lie one way.

 

 

 

Instrument Petting Zoo

 
violin  

The Minnesota Orchestra had a Petting Zoo where children were encouraged to befriend a musical instrument.

Unfortunately, this zoo closed after one season.

 

 

 
Family Values  
family  

Sunday morning breakfast at The Salem Lutheran Dining Hall, within earshot of the priest offering communion to the full benches-turned-pews at the nearby Bandshell.

It is so difficult these days for families to sit together for a meal, yet this family seemed very comfortable crowded on a very Fair-red bench.

 

 

 
My Sister  
hair  

I think it is only natural that Minnesotans speculate what they could put on a stick to earn the reputed big bucks in just 12 days.

I swear, we thought of Fair Hair a year prior to seeing what is now the popular "Fair Doo."
So, why, as with most ideas, didn't we doo anything with it?

 

 

 
Sweet Martha/End of Summer  
rain  

It had poured all day, on this, the final Sunday of the Fair. People stayed through it all, until finally, it was time to head home, and face the Fall.
Hand in hand, each held their own sweet memories.

 

 

 

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