Goin' Home

I went to the Fairgrounds yesterday to pick up my entry 

in this year's fair. The Indiana State Fair ended Sunday night 
after the last bulb on the carnival was turned off.

I walked through the carnival area to visit another area 

of the grounds. It was amazing to see how quickly 

people had cleaned up their stuff, folded their tents, 
and left town. The grounds are already so tidy

you could almost say that the Fair had never been.

 I saw a couple pair of giant fiberglass bears that seemed

as though they were dancing. While they may have

looked as though they were dancing with glee,

I was amazed at how the entire carnival ride had 
been folded into itself to ride on a trailer.

It must be a pretty unique field of engineering 
to make a carousel or a roller-coaster fold 
into a small enough wad to fit onto a truck.

Horses With Jobs, Part 2

I've been involved in another project lately, 

so haven't taken as many pictures as I would like. 

I did take the time Saturday to participate

in the Indiana State Fair's Plein Air Day.

Not that I'm a "plein air" kind of person --

my temperment isn't suited to that sort of work.

I ended up with a brightly colored depiction of 

a carousel, another version of "horses at work."

The gaily painted steeds on the merry-go-round carry 

children of all ages in never-ending circles with

flashing lights and pulsating music from 

an electronic calliope.

  

I bet that would make even the most

jaded pony turn into a fiberglass hors d'oevre

with a giant gold toothpick stuck

between  its withers.

You rock it, carousel cayuse!