4th of July at the County Fair!

What could be more American than that?

The theme this year was Marin County's agricultural heritage.

There was an exhibit of photos from the 1920's by the first agricultural advisor.

There was a wall of photos by Art Rogers from Pt. Reyes Station, many from his "Yesterday and Today" project.

And some that just documented typical Marin County yuppies.

David, you will remember Art Rogers, from meeting Jim Scanlon (RIP), and hearing about "String of Puppies" the Art Rogers photograph of Jim and his wife and the six puppies they were fostering, which was appropriated by Jeff Koons for a "transformative" work of art. (He told the sculptors to make the puppies blue, and that is why Jeff makes the big bucks, and Art doesn't.)

Clo was at the fair:

You remember Clo from her billboards.

There was the usual assortment of fair food:

Linda and Lydia got themselves beer and gyros.

We checked out the commercial vendors - Kitchen Craft cookware and Qi-Kong massage:

The garden exhibit:

There were all the usual 4-H projects:

Wine making:

Chickens:

Goats:

Llamas:

And even this animal that I didn't recognize.......

A quick trip thru the origami exhibit,

the fine arts building with the bonsai,

and another fair is in the books.

We will look out our bathroom window tonight and see if we can see the fireworks.