New York State Fair, Hungary, etc.
August 31, 2012
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| Family and holiday...Happy Labor Day! | |
Greetings, Family and Friends,
Hard to imagine it's Labor Day weekend, signaling the end of summer (in MY mind!) The children are back in school next week to start their scholastic year... happy day, Moms!!! The great New York State Fair is also one of the harbingers of summer's end. Our family comes down from Canada to enjoy it with us... the food, the rides, the eye candy...
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| This is a sight that made me smile...a usual sight in the cow barn... the farmer staying beside his "family" for the duration of the Fair... sweet! |
Darcy's ART and SOLE POSTCARD CHALLENGE this week invited us to travel and experience HUNGARY... virtually, of course! Interesting things about the country... it's the home of the Rubik's Cube- remember that? The ball point pen and holography was also invented in Hungary. One of the oldest countries in Europe, it also has a sizeable population of Roma (gypsies,) boasts the world's largest geothermal cave system, is home to the Mangalitsa, delicious-tasting piggies! Whereas most popular breeds of hogs are raised for meat, these hogs (also raised for meat) are extreme lard-type animals. This means they provide high-quality fat that's more unsaturated than normal pig fat so it's healthier... also very marbled, juicy, flavorful meat. In addition, they're really cute with curly hair. Finally, Hungary produces a very well known and loved white wine. Here is my book page, postcard message and postcard-
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My "etc." this week is about blog art challenges... my usual obsession! First up is the COLLAGE OBSESSION blog challenge centering on MUSHROOMS...
INSPIRATION AVENUE's blog challenge declared one of my favorite themes... windows and/or doors. I was dreaming about the most beautiful colors of our upcoming Fall days.....
Finally, THINK MONDAY-THINK ATC wanted to see art based on words with more than one meaning... I thought of so many, but settled on two...
That's it for this posting, folks. Thanks for checking in... hope to see you again!! Enjoy these final days of summer (or whatever season you're leaving behind for another year.)
Hugs,
abbyj
Nice trunks! Glad you got that in there! And great stuff from the Fair pics.
ReplyDeleteWow, what a lot of wonderful pictures and art in your post. Loved the photo of the farmer sleeping by his cows! Your Hungarian postcard is great. I have never seen a pic of those pigs before, but I do love the Tokay wine! Valerie
ReplyDeleteAbby, you sure have been busy again with all those photos and collages! Your mushroom collage is very lovely - and mushrooms really makes one imagine who might be living under them. Great piece!
ReplyDeleteI went to Budapest about 8 years ago and loved it (had wine, but didn't see any wooly pigs). It's also been years since I've been to a State Fair. The fly piece is nice, but I really love the trunk piece. Love the colorful window. I always enjoy visiting your blog.
ReplyDeletewoolly pigs yummm bacon & a sweater :-p
ReplyDeletexoxo
like your piggies. another great blog, great photos.
ReplyDeletewoolly pigs?? who would've thought! Love your impressions of Hungary. M
ReplyDeleteGreat woolly pigs. Smashing blog work.
ReplyDeleteJen x
OMG I neeed a curly pig, hahaha adorable. Not sure I could eve eat bacon again tough if I actually owned a piggie.
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