Photos: Nebraska State Fair

Heading to Grand Island

Loup River

Biwing cropduster

Gar

Spiny Softshell turtle (not to be confused with a softshelled taco)

Paddlefish

Rainbow trout and Smallmouth bass (aka Striper)

Catfish, bottom right, middle background

Gar

Hunter/trapper shack

Here you can give gold-panning a try.

Irrigation pivot

Milking station

-- and the end product.

Note the camel:  Yawwwwn...

This baby goat was bound and determined to harass the bigger goat -- butt her, play hopscotch on her back, chew on her tail, etc.  The big goat finally butted Baby Goat away.

Baby Goat is not to be deterred easily, though...

"Aw, com' on!!!  Let's play!"

Getting... so... sleepy...

Sooo...

... sleeeeee-------- zzzzzzzz...

So many beautiful quilts... it's too bad they have to overlap them for lack of space!

The Mosaic Sailboat quilt I made for Bobby got a 2nd-place ribbon.

Here's the Buoyant Blossoms quilt I made for my mother-in-law, Norma.

Best of Show

Pillow I made for Andrew and Hester to go with their Graceful Garden quilt

My Swirling Star Christmas Tree skirt got a 1st-place ribbon.

My machine-embroidered tea towels got a 2nd-place ribbon.

The coffeepot cozy I made for my sister Lura Kay got first place.

The doll clothes ensemble I made for Victoria's 8" Hannah Pepper doll got 1st place.

There are dozens and dozens of English sparrows taking dust baths in the warm dirt.

Free combine rides around the track.

Gaillardia, aka Indian Blanket

Droool...  😉

This big pink pig absolutely glistened and shone.  She was extra pink from what looked like sparkly blush.  She was also friendly.  Sooo... I petted her ----- and wound up with a hand positively dripping with baby oil.  😜😝

A pink sun and hazy skies from the wildfires to the northwest.

These two pigs were fighting and biting each other through the rungs.

Cattle truck preparing to pick up the cattle.

Smoky sunset

If you want to see videos of the model trains, a sheep talking to me, tractors, and a Big Pig Fight, and if you have Facebook, you can look at them here:

Videos from the Nebraska State Fair

The videos were too big to suit Blogger.  😏  Facebook, however, didn't seem to mind.