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A “Fair”ly good day
Yesterday was the Millet Fair and Geo and I did well again. His results so noticeably dominated the photography competition that when picking up our prize envelopes at the end of the day the nice lady recognized his name right off. “Oh, you’re the fellow with all the nice pictures”
My lace cardigan came in second to a pair of socks because my buttonholes were too big. Darn it.
My rose placed second and my flower arrangement came in second too (my vase to flower proportion was not correct)
But my watercolour came in first since I brought “whimsy” to a simple subject
And here are the photos we entered that placed.
Next year I’m bringing in vegetables, and baked goods. And maybe learn wood carving too. They have a painted rock category – I can do that!
6 Responses to “A “Fair”ly good day”
Where is your drawing? and your lace work etc.
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Excellent pictures. especially like Mulder (poor dog to be made fun of like that) and the two kitties on the bench.
Vase to flower proportion? I didn’t read that in the darn rules. Congrats on the many wins. I definitely think you should enter the baking contest – that saskatoon crumble pie was awesome!
why does the watercolour have someone else’s signature on it ?
Where did you see the painting???
The painting isn’t signed; it’s titled. It says “Hollis Gardens 2010″. George always chastises me for not signing any of my stuff. And the link to the painting is the word ‘watercolour’ in the text itself. When you see the underline that will usually mean it’s a link. Plus it changes colour when you hover over.
Lynda helped me by cutting the flowers for the arrangement. We’ll get ‘em next year, Lynda. Lend me a tea cup and we’ll enter that class too.
Funny thing about the rose ribbon. The Morden Blush was browning already just a little when I was driving in to town. The comment from the judge viewing that evening was “Flowers seem a little limp”. But by the next day – when displays were open for public viewing – the rose was completely, utterly shrivelled. It was was comical to read the comment “seems a little limp” and look at this sad, sad drooping rose.