Last month, we took a day off and went to some Canada Day celebrations.
This month, we spent the day at the Dundas Plowing Match and Agricultural Fair, which is, as their webpage touts, a “down home, real country fair.”
We enjoyed ourselves immensely. Highlights included:
Watching a pig scramble, during which excited children herded pigs into a tunnel.
Watching pairs of oxen plough with old-fashioned single ploughs.
Riding in a horse-drawn carriage.
Listening to a “wife-hollering” competition, in which women stood at one end of the field and yelled across to a judge at the other side with their best call to get their husband home for dinner: “Donnie, dinner is ready!!” Points were awarded for high decibel levels and creativity: “Ditch your wife and come on over to my place for dinner!” was the blue-ribbon winner.
Here I am, waiting for the competition to begin. I could have joined in, but I chickened out at the last minute.
Watching tons of plowing competitions and pretending to join in the fray.
We also met a number of interesting and inspiring characters.
We were excited to meet a local organic farmer who shared some of his experiences with us. We snacked on his delicious organic broccoli and tri-coloured beans all afternoon.
A whole day’s worth of entertainment (or a month’s, in our case) for a $6 admission fee. My kind of lovely day!
Now, I send my sleepy, over-sunned self into bed, because tomorrow we’ll begin re-shingling the other side of our roof.
ooh, I’ve been looking forward to hearing how this Agricultural Fair was, ever since you told me you were going! I guess this being a ‘ploughing match fair, it did not feature dozens of varieties of chickens, which is what I really enjoyed at the Coombs Agricultural Fair, here in BC. You would be amazed at the different colours, shapes sizes, and feather-types that are what are known as: chickens! love, mom
moments later – oh, I linked to the Fair, and I opened the Poultry page, and yes, they probably did have lots! Hope you got to see them! love, mom again.
Too Fun!
Yes, we saw lots of amazing chickens! Some with the most fantastic feathery “hats” and feathery “shoes”! They were incredible. Lots of beautiful other birds, such as ducks and geese and doves, too.
Some day I hope to have chickens of my own!
That is too funny. When I got the ad at our house, about this event, the first and only person that I could see attending it was you! and you went!! Thanks for the pictures…I went as a child but haven’t been since then. I wish you had of joined in the wife hollering contest, sounds like fun!