SONOMA COUNTY FAIR

YESTERDAY I WENT TO THE COUNTY FAIR WITH A GOOD FRIEND WHO WAS HARD TO LOCATE AS WE HAD DRIVEN TWO CARS. HE IS A SPIRITUAL MAN LOOKS AND TALKS LIKE MY HUSBAND'S DECEASED FATHER. HE IS A FATHER TO ME AS I NEVER HAD A FATHER AFTER I WAS 18. HOWEVER, I DID HAVE MY UNCLE NEARBY WHO HAD NO CHILDREN AND HE WAS LIKE OUR FATHER FOR YEARS AS WE DEVELOPED INTO OUR TWENTIES.

IN ANY CASE WE HAD A GOOD TIME AND THE WEATHER WAS JUST FINE. WE WALKED ABOUT 4 TO 6 MILES AND LOOKED AT ALL TYPES OF EXHIBITS. THE HALL OF FLOWERS WAS FULL OF LANDSCAPING EXHIBITS. THE THEME WAS GRAPES AS WE LIVE IN THE WINE COUNTRY. IT WAS BEAUTIFULLY LANDSCAPED AS COVERED WITH ALL SORTS OF GRAPES AND MOSTLY NON NATIVE PLANTS AND TREES. WE CHECKED OUT SOME HISTORIC GRAPE PRESSING MACHINERY AND SOME HISTORIC HOUSE FACADES.

WE VIEWED THE HALL OF FLOWERS THERE WERE ALL KINDS OF TEENS AND ADULTS WITH TATTOOS WHICH ARE BECOMING POPULAR! WE WENT INTO THE EXHIBIT HALL WITH ALL KINDS OF PRODUCTS AND I STOPPED TO DISCUSS SOME PHILOSOPHY WITH A JEWELRY SELLER FROM PERU. WE TRIED OUT SOME ERGONOMIC BEDS WHICH SUPPORT YOUR NECK AND BACK VERY WELL AND LIFT UP YOUR LEGS SO THAT YOU CAN LAY COMFORTABLY. THE OTHER THING IS THAT THEY HAD A GREAT NECK MASSAGER THAT HELPED MY NECK. HOPEFULLY I'LL GET ONE SOME DAY.
MY FRIEND DECIDED TO TRY A 30 MINUTE ELIMINATOR OF TOXINS FROM THE BODY BY IMMERSING THE FEET INTO WATER AND USING AN ELECTRODE ATTACHED TO THE ARM. AFTER IT WAS DONE THE WATER WAS BLACK. IT WAS AN UNUSUAL PROCESS AND HE FELT LIGHTER AND MORE ENERGY AFTER THIS - I GUESS HE NOTICED A DIFFERENCE OF SOMETHING TAKEN OUT OF HIS BODY.

I STOPPED BY A BOOTH THAT WAS DEMONSTRATING COOKWARE AND MAKING SALADS. I STOPPED PET THE BABY ANIMALS - GOATS, PIGS, MULE, LLAMA, A WOOLLY SHEEP, SHEEP, A DEER, AND WATCHED A GAL FEED A BABY KANGAROO.

WE VIEWED THE ARTIST'S EXHIBITS WHICH HAD FOODS, PHOTOGRAPHY, AND CHARCOAL DRAWING, SCULPTURES, KNITTING, SEWED ITEMS, AND PAINTINGS. A NEAT EXHIBIT WAS THE CARVING OF VEGETABLE SIN THE SHAPE OF ANIMALS! WE MISSED THE CAT AND DOG SHOWS, BUT SAW MANY FARM ANIMALS.

WE BOTH HAD SOME ICE CREAM AND I WAS QUITE EXHAUSTED FROM TALKING ALL DAY AND WALKING WITH MY FRIEND AS WELL AS GETTING MY CAR BATTERY JUMPED. I CAME HOME AND TOOK A COOL SHOWER ATE A BIG SALAD AND LAID IN BED WITH MY LEGS LIFTED UP. THEN FED AND PUT MY CATS TO BED.