By Geoffrey Dean
For the inaugural post of “Sketches” from the Twin Cities, after our move there last month from Salt Lake City, here are some scenes from the 2017 Minnesota State Fair. I will let the photos and videos tell the story, with minimal help from my aphoristic captions.
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| In the Agriculture Building: Prizewinning pumpkin (775 pounds) |
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| In the Agriculture Building: Peppers of many colors |
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| In the Agriculture Building: Bonsai |
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| In the Agriculture Building: Phalaenopsis orchids (still life with cow) |
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| In the Agriculture Building: One of several limericks developing the seeming improbable orchid/cow theme |
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| In the Agriculture Building: Some things you can do with corn |
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| In the Agriculture Building: Putin’s (corn) dog |
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| In the Agriculture Building: Sock monkey… |
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| In the Agriculture Building: On a prizewinning scarecrow... |
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| In the Agriculture Building: With multiple monkeys |
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| We stopped for a snack at Sweet Martha’s |
| Kazual |
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| Gopher |
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| Monkey Maze |
| Twirling Touristic Rodents |
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| The Giant Wheel |
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| I almost tried the fried cheesecake… |
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| Mother and child listen to Oboebass, a local duo |
| Oboebass |
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| Orange snow plow |
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| Bandaid art at the art exhibiton |
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| Celebrating the First Amendment |
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| They’ll put anything on a stick here (their website has a list) |
| Gondola |
| Copyright © 2017 by Geoffrey Dean |
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