Acorns to Oaktrees » alameda county fair http://www.oaktrees.org/blog Neefer Sews, Crochets, Crafts, Swims, and Blathers about Kids and Her Stuggles with an Eating Disorder Fri, 02 Jul 2010 19:46:20 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Last of the fair pix http://www.oaktrees.org/blog/archives/6907 http://www.oaktrees.org/blog/archives/6907#comments Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:43:38 +0000 Neefer http://www.oaktrees.org/blog/?p=6907 Fun at the FairFun at the FairFun at the Fair

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]]> http://www.oaktrees.org/blog/archives/6889/feed 0 Young California Building at Alameda County Fair http://www.oaktrees.org/blog/archives/3054 http://www.oaktrees.org/blog/archives/3054#comments Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:42:49 +0000 Neefer http://www.oaktrees.org/blog/?p=3054 This year, Chunguita and Pulguito both entered items into the fair. They were on display in the Young California Building during the fair.

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Won’t someone make a cake like this for me for my birthday?
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One of the free craft activities was making horses.
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]]> http://www.oaktrees.org/blog/archives/3054/feed 0 Alameda Fair http://www.oaktrees.org/blog/archives/2414 http://www.oaktrees.org/blog/archives/2414#comments Sat, 04 Aug 2007 17:54:54 +0000 Neefer http://www.oaktrees.org/blog/?p=2414 Some time ago, we went to the Alameda County Fair. We go every year. The weather was fabulous this year. It was cool enough that we could stand in direct sunlight. That’s not always possible. It gets brutally hot.

Slide at the fair by pbo31
Chunguita and Pulguito’s favorite
ride. Photo by pbo31.
Alameda County Fair by pbo31
Swings, another favorite
Photo by pbo31.

The first thing we do when we get there is to head over to the kiddie carnival. The kids’ very favorite ride is the slide. I didn’t get a good photo of the slide, so I’m showing you pbo31‘s. Another favorite is the swing ride. I can’t fit all my womanly goodness into the kiddie one; hrumph.

swing ride
I managed to take one with Chunguita in it!
I’m pretty pleased with myself.
kiddy rollercoaster
Chunguita loves the rollercoaster.
Pulguito, he is not so sure.


Pumps
false sea onion
False Sea Onion

While we waited for Jack to show up, we visited the antique farm equipment. My pictures were not noteworthy, probably because I have such a good time examining the equipment. However, I was impressed by how high Chunguita could get the pump to spray water.

And we wandered around in the agricultural/garden displays. I love this false sea onion. I wonder if I can grow one.

pulguito pumpkin
We watched this pumpkin grow. It was at the community gardens in Livermore.


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