2017 MN State Fair

It's been a whole year somehow since I made a blog post.  I think about blogging often ... I just don't get down to editing all the pictures.  So, I decided to just make a post with some unedited pictures; these are from my 2 trips this year to the MN State Fair last month.

Just some of the highlights (there was, of course, tons of food!) ... Bigfoot for some reason hanging out on top of the custard stand; a couple examples of crop art; my mom's drink that was the same color as the duck pond LOL; alpacas; honey in every shade  of gold imaginable; succulent plant displays; lace, quilts & cross-stitching from the Creative Arts building; and the new giant ferris wheel making a spiral rainbow:

I'd like to get back to blogging, but I'm not going to make any promises because I know I've broken so many.  But I hope you enjoyed this =)

Thanks for reading.

~Colette 

MN State Fair 2011 (Part 2)

Round 1 was on a Monday Round 2 was the following Saturday & it was just me & Mom =)  We wandered around & it was even more crowded, but a really nice day - not to hot but sunny & lovely.  We tried a few foods we missed the first time around, and we wandered around inside of places like the grandstand & the creative arts building.

 

We still managed to try a lot of foods, even with only 2 mouths instead of 4 =)  ziplock baggies came SO in handy this round as well.  I don't think I took pics of everything, like stuff we had the first time around, but I got a lot more pics of other stuff.

 

Mom's Corn dog:

 

 

Sample of sweet potato fries:

 

 

More deep fried mashed potatoes for me - one to eat & one to take home LOL:

 

 

Lemonade - we decided this stand (near the horse barn) was not one of the best because of all the ice & the huge piece of lemon, meant you actually didn't get that much lemonade:

 

 

Corn on the cob ... best corn on the cob ever if I didn't mention last post, so sweet & literally dipped in butter:

 

 

More lemonade (since the first didn't last long!)

 

Mom fell in love with this adorable little house:

 

 

Cheese curds - from a different stand, orange curds instead of white & served with marinara instead of ketchup:

 

 

Chicken fried bacon with cinnamon maple sauce:

 

 

Some cool crafts from the creative arts building - lots of cross stitch which many of you know I love even though I rarely get time to do it myself anymore:

 

Little fairy-house display in the horticulture building:

 

Bonsai!:

 

Orchids:

 

Peaches & whipped cream crepe:

 

 

Another teriyaki chicken & egg roll:

 

 

& another deep fried cookie dough - this pic with a bit out so you can see the deliciously gooey center:

 

 

And there you have it =)  Going to edit & post my first Halloween look now - thanks for reading.

 

~Colette

MN State Fair 2011 (Part 1)

I really, honestly, almost totally forgot about these pictures.  I don't even remember right now what it was that reminded me that I still hadn't posted them ... but I though I should get them up, the last gasp of summer, before our current warm streak ends & winter looms.  Around this time last year we had snow!

 

Mostly I have food pics for you.  And I know how much you all love/hate the temptation LOL!  The first time I went it was me, Mom, Dad & Uncle.  It was kind of funny that as much as I like taking pics & sharing - both with you guys & with Grandma & Grandpa when I went to see them - they had to keep reminding me to get the food before it was gone - so that's why a lot of stuff already has a bite taken out!

 

Dad started it off with a hot dog:

 

 

I got bacon on a stick:

 

 

Uncle got a corn dog:

 

 

Lemonade to share around:

 

 

Corn on the cob:

 

 

Veggie Fries:

 

 

Hawaiian Ice:

 

 

Beer:

 

 

I loved the paint job on this motorcycle - although this pic doesn't really capture the duo-chrome green-blue, I want a polish this color!:

 

 

Water - like the best water ever, I remember I was so thirsty LOL:

 

 

There are so many cool things that weren't around when I  was a kid - did you guys ever get to play in this many bubbles?:

 

 

Kettle Corn:

 

 

More beer:

 

 

I think this was Coke:

 

 

Of COURSE - cheese curds:

 

 

Tied with one other thing for my favorite new food discovery this year - deep fried cookie dough.  Hell yeah, these things were as big as small fists!  Even I, with my huge sweet tooth, couldn't finish all 3 - luckily Mom had ziplock baggies:

 

 

Honey ice cream with sunflower seeds in it - better than I expected actually:

 

 

Snow cone:

 

 

Some gorgeous flower on display in the horticulture building:

 

French fries:

 

 

My dad with local meteorologist Belinda Jensen - as I mentioned on my Facebook page, we made it on TV in the background when she did the weather ... first time ever LOL even though we stop there just about every year while they're broadcasting live:

 

 

Pretzel ... my camera battery started dying at this point, so I had to turn of the screen & shoot blind ... which happens often enough that I've gotten pretty good at it =):

 

 

More lemonade & corn dog:

 

 

We had the coupon book this year & it was worth it just for this one coupon - buy one get one free smoothies:

 

 

My other favorite food discovery this year, deep fried mashed potatoes:

 

 

Fried apple pie & cinnamon ice cream ... I like the ice cream better.  I expected the pie to be more like old-school McDonald's fried pies were, and so although it was still good I was a little disappointed:

 

 

More beer & beer I think:

 

 

Strawberry lemonade:

 

 

Teriyaki chicken & egg roll - a weird thing for me at the fair, but the chicken was so tender & delicious I actually got it again when I went back:

 

 

So, that was the first trip =)  I also went back with Mom & I'm going to try & toss those pics up tomorrow ... better late than never!

 

Thanks for reading.

 

~Colette