Rupert Fall Fair

Last weekend: Gorgeous fall weekend in Wakefield. Cosmos in the goose garden.

Went to the Rupert fair, first fortifying ourselves with Pogos from Dominos hot dog stand in Wakefield.

Then drove over to the Rupert Fall Fair. There were lovely horses 

Cowgirls in competition

At the end of "canter, walk, smile, turn, gallop" they all lined up to be judged. 

Like any good fair, there was a petting zoo featuring a shy potbelly pig.

There were teamster races, this is a 9 year old boy competing in the kid teamsters. (This kid's not in the union- originally, the term meant a person driving a team of horses.)

His grandfather was in the men's.This was a timed event, in one part, he had to get the horses to back up the cart between 2 posts, which looked pretty hard. 

The judging of the vegetables. Next year we should enter, our veg are way cuter.

Back at our farm, we picked this riviere des patates the next day, with 4 adults and 4 kids helping; also harvested carrots, beets, onions, parsnips, turnips, tomatoes, squash- all washed and laid out to dry. A large amount of work made light by many hands, even small ones.

No question, we would win the embracing carrots prize

And probably the prize for best carrot back scratcher