Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Country Fairs in the Cariboo Chilcotin


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No Country Fair without its Country Music. Here we are at the Bridge Lake Fair, on the grounds surrounding the Community Hall. All the neighbours are here, and everybody knows everybody else. And the weather - perfect.

First Prize in the 'School Kid Art' exhibition - a Happiness Expressionist: birds are singing, butterflies are fluttering, the sun is shining and the flowers are blooming.

Handwoven, hand-knitted...looks like a hybrid between a mouse, a teddybear and a swiffer on steroids.

First Prize - flower arrangement made from blooms out of a home garden


Handmade jewellery: small wildflowers captured in glass

First Prize - detail of small decorative quilt. This one is made by my friend, whom I am visiting up here for a couple of days. It hangs in one of the bathrooms of her house.