It's Aber Fair today ~ 102 years of never being rained out ~ and once again this small intergenerational community pulls together to create a family day of fun and friendship.
Over 80 light and heavy horses, pet show, children's races and face paints, horseshoes, tractor pull, a pie booth, an exhibit building filled with cooking and baking and preserves and handiwork and sewing; the curling rink filled with tables of vegetables and flowers and seeds and stalks; displays and children's entertainment throughout the fairgrounds; school displays and art & writing work; Old Tyme music and a pork and salad supper; and many a seat to sit or post to lean upon to visit an old friend or a neighbour you haven't seen for weeks or years. Fireworks at dusk.
During the long winter nights, Isabel dreamt up her contribution to this year's Fair ~ sponsoring a class for those aged 17 years and under called "A Good School Lunch".
The new class was a hit and ten aspiring lunch-makers packed their favourite foods in their lunch kits to compete for the honours. Sandwiches and muffins and veggies and fruit and yogourt in every possible combination and container.
Ah! Such satisfaction for Isabel as she hatched her idea at Wascana 70 miles from the Fairgrounds!
Old teachers never give up!
Did you miss this year's Fair? Mark July 24, 2010 on your calendar!
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