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My hibiscus just bloomed!

 

My 1000th Post! Dutchess County Fair food

 Yum!  Fair food!  When I started this blog 4 years ago, I never thought I'd still be doing it!  ( And I've almost stopped on several occasions)   But I'm still plugging along & I hope my faithful readers are still enjoying it.    My 1st few posts were about the Goshen Fair so it's only fitting I do another fair to mark this milestone!

A friendd & I went to the Dutchess County ( NY) Fair yesterday--she'd never been & I went about 25 years ago!  It about 1 hr. from where we live, so not a bad trip.  The fair runs for 6 days-Tues-Sun.

Had to scope out the food as we walked around.  We knew several friends would be there , so we looked around for them first...all the while looking at all the food choices......

Had a delicious waffle cone with butter pecan ice cream from this vendor--no calories in fair food, right?

Ended up with a roast beef sandwich with horseradish for lunch--ate it before I could take a photo!

Here's the most unusual food item we saw--spaghetti & meatballs on a stick!

Pretty Posies

I have a  garden that is finally developing into a pretty one!  The black eyed susans are filling out & the echinaceas are blooming!  have a great day!

Baby Robins

Last night we went to a hunting club that Alan belongs to for their monthly meeting & dinner.  Sat out on the porch beforehand & were told to look up in this hanging flower pot.

 In a nest in the flowers were these adorable baby robins!

The mother was flying around, so we didn't stay around there for very long.  And please know that I used a zoom lens & cropped the photos on the computer--I wasn't as close to them as it looks!

The Other Bison

A few photos of the rest of the herd...many people still coming to try & catch a glimpse of the baby white bison! 

 The flies around them are crazy!

 Our road has lots more traffic than usual!

Homemade Ice Cream

Had some crushed strawberries left over from a batch of jam so I decided to drag out the ice cream maker & whip up a batch of strawberry ice cream.  Looked for an eggless recipe online ( don't you love being able to look for stuff on the internet?)   Got all the ingredients & voila!  it's made!  And it is yummy!

Two More!

 I think these are # 15 & 16!  Above is a photo of strawberry-pineapple jam and below is jalapeno jam

I only have 2 left to make from my original list, but only think I'll get the strawberry made.  the last one would have been jalapeno jelly, but really don't feel like dealing with the peppers again!  Gotta start working on my photos!