We went to the fair and our expectations were not high. My eldest is as cautious as his mother and experiences the pull of fun rides + the fear of them being too much. My youngest is not crazy about crowds and is less crazy about not touching either me or her daddy. There appeared to be approximately one billion people at this tiny county fair, and after the first half hour of whining, clinging, food-begging, bathroom lines, and expensive tickets, I was ready to pack it in.
Something changed. The crowds shifted a bit. We went inside a building to look at prize-winning vegetables and crafts and herbs. We bought snow cones and cotton candy. The kids tentatively went on a couple of rides. We bought candy apples and settled into the stands to watch the costumed horses. The kids relaxed and laughed and gleefully shouted out who they'd pick to win the contests. When we left, it was grey and cool and the lights were brighter and suddenly we didn't really want to go and decided the fair was actually rather nice.
See you again next year, fair. Maybe I'll even get to free lens from the top of the ferris wheel. (Who am I kidding, I'll be trying to convince myself I won't die.)
Something changed. The crowds shifted a bit. We went inside a building to look at prize-winning vegetables and crafts and herbs. We bought snow cones and cotton candy. The kids tentatively went on a couple of rides. We bought candy apples and settled into the stands to watch the costumed horses. The kids relaxed and laughed and gleefully shouted out who they'd pick to win the contests. When we left, it was grey and cool and the lights were brighter and suddenly we didn't really want to go and decided the fair was actually rather nice.
See you again next year, fair. Maybe I'll even get to free lens from the top of the ferris wheel. (Who am I kidding, I'll be trying to convince myself I won't die.)
Click on through to the always amazing Heather Robinson to see what she's been seeing through her (detached) lens this month.
http://heathermrobinsonphotography.com/2015/09/28/freelensing-september-2/