Now, let's talk about farm animals. I love farm animals. At the Deltana Fair we found mules, horses, giant pigs, chickens, ducks, turkeys, yaks, goats, and alpacas. Owning alpacas is a dream of mine but they are real expensive. REAL 'spensive. Imagine adopting a child kind of expensive. Well that is a stretch, but not a real long stretch.

I got roped into the logging competition weeks before the event. Courtney announced that I would be her partner in the Jill and Jill sawing portion of the competition. Then Chuck followed by telling me we were going to enter the Jack and Jill sawing event as well. Flattered as I was, I am not one for trying new things in front of crowds of strangers. That sounds ridiculous. I mean who does like to try new things in front of total strangers? Who? Well, Chuck does of course! And I could not get him to understand my reluctance. In his mind, not participating would have been something only an agoraphic with a severe social anxiety disorder would consider. So in an effort of good sportsmanship, I got up there and did my best.

I threw an ax ya'll. I THREW an AX through the air at a large circular wooden target. I was afraid. I was scared I would let go too soon and send it flying like a baton, but only with two sharp edges that can split you open, and it would come down on my head. But, I didn't. I am still here to tell the tale. I didn't hit the target ANY of the times that weren't practice, but I participated. That's what counts.

Also, Courtney and I took second place in the Jill and Jill sawing competition! We sawed off that big chunk of wood in 19 seconds. Chuck and I did pretty good too. We didn't win, as there was a professional logger in the mix (in the white hat and white shirt below) and he and his partner (not a professional) sliced off their piece of log in less than 7 seconds! It could have even been a Deltana Fair record.


And the feature activity of the entire event was when Beezie rode a pony named Apache in 4 races in the big arena.


None of this would have been possible without our sweet friend Courtney. Courtney is the kind of girl who works hard for the benefit of others and expects nothing in return. She is a giver. The horses and direction all came from her and for that we are incredibly grateful.

We were there all three days of the event but missed so much. There was a beauty pageant with a focus on beauty from within. The winner was awarded a scholarship. We missed the parade and didn't get to see hardly any of the bands and individuals who entertained throughout the weekend. Kids and grownups entered art competitions, vegetables, flowers, and quilts were awarded ribbons, pies were eaten and auctioned off, churches performed moving skits, handmade baskets and similar goods were sold, and farm animals were auctioned off. It was a good fair.

The only thing I didn't see was a dance floor. Maybe I missed it. Or maybe I will have to put a request out to the powers that be so we can square dance next year. Ha! They'll probably tell me to build it myself. After all, I am a part of the community now. I'll have to start pulling my own weight around here.