After yesterday’s chilly wind, it was a relief to go into the Erath County Livestock Show and Junior County Fair arena. But the path between us and the County Fair check-in area was perilous indeed. With one eye on the ground and one eye on the look-out for raised cow tails, we threaded our way between nervous young showmen and -women on the left, and the rear ends of their Holstein heifers on the right.
We made it, unscathed, to check Eva’s poncho into the fair. We spoke to several of Eva’s friends from school, which is one of the very nice things about living in a rural area and going to small schools.
We ran a couple of errands around town and then watched cows parading around, back at the arena. They are so pretty, when they’re all clean with mohawk hairdos up their backs. And the kids looked nice in their white shirts. Some wore white jeans, too. Very brave of them, I thought.
At noon, the County Fair prizes were awarded. Eva’s blue and white poncho won first prize in the junior textiles division, where she edged out a pretty cowboy-motif quilt for the win. The judges liked her poncho so much, they awarded her the 2007 Erath County Youth Fair Grand Prize. We are very proud of her!
