A couple of weeks ago it was time for Jo to get some cow petting in. As any regular reader of this blog knows, Jo gets a bit twitchy if she goes an entire year without petting some farm animal - with cows being her favorite. So we saddled up our bikes and headed over to the WI State Fair. We watched the usual cow judging, which we fully admit that even after eight years, or so, of watching them judge cows we still can't pick the winners out of the line up. But we always like to see the kids handling their cows and the occasional cow that decides to handle their kid. Also got to see some goat judging this year in which we remain as mystified as to what qualities a good versus great goat has - much like in the cows. Thank goodness there is someone out there studying how to judge all these farm animals. We took in the exhibit barn, because we love to see all the things people are trying to sell - although I miss the ginsu knife demonstrations of my childhood. And the 4H barn of crafted goods was always an interesting stop as there are some seriously talented youngsters out there creating amazing works of art. We opted out of taking any rides - the scientist in me just isn't convinced that all those whirly rides set up just for this two week period are actually securely anchored sufficiently (even though there hasn't been an accident in all of our time here) and actually didn't partake of too much of the fair food this year. We even skipped our usual bacon wrapped tater tots - mostly a combination of expanding waistlines and our tummies not feeling 100% that day.
Later that day we headed over to Madison to make sure our condo was still standing and to enjoy some theater on Saturday. We did check out our community garden plot that we share with Jo's sister, Kathy - who I should point out has been diligently caring for this year. We were able to harvest some cucumbers, green beans, and onions for Jo to enjoy the following week as I did some traveling.
A couple of weeks ago it was time for Jo to get some cow petting in. As any regular reader of this blog knows, Jo gets a bit twitchy if she goes an entire year without petting some farm animal - with cows being her favorite. So we saddled up our bikes and headed over to the WI State Fair. We watched the usual cow judging, which we fully admit that even after eight years, or so, of watching them judge cows we still can't pick the winners out of the line up. But we always like to see the kids handling their cows and the occasional cow that decides to handle their kid. Also got to see some goat judging this year in which we remain as mystified as to what qualities a good versus great goat has - much like in the cows. Thank goodness there is someone out there studying how to judge all these farm animals. We took in the exhibit barn, because we love to see all the things people are trying to sell - although I miss the ginsu knife demonstrations of my childhood. And the 4H barn of crafted goods was always an interesting stop as there are some seriously talented youngsters out there creating amazing works of art. We opted out of taking any rides - the scientist in me just isn't convinced that all those whirly rides set up just for this two week period are actually securely anchored sufficiently (even though there hasn't been an accident in all of our time here) and actually didn't partake of too much of the fair food this year. We even skipped our usual bacon wrapped tater tots - mostly a combination of expanding waistlines and our tummies not feeling 100% that day.
Later that day we headed over to Madison to make sure our condo was still standing and to enjoy some theater on Saturday. We did check out our community garden plot that we share with Jo's sister, Kathy - who I should point out has been diligently caring for this year. We were able to harvest some cucumbers, green beans, and onions for Jo to enjoy the following week as I did some traveling. 
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