Life at Periwinkle: Fall Fair

Sunday, October 5, 2008

Fall Fair

Due to some boring technical difficulties I haven't been able to edit pics to put up on the blog but today I found the time to work around that problem.

I couldn't let the Powell River Fall Fair pass by without a blogentry.

(I just made that a word ! I like the way it sounds)

Especially as it has occupied so much of my time lately and therefore the other part of my excuse for not blogging.

The first Fall Fair was over 70 years ago and it is an important part of our community. It is hosted by the local Agricultural Association.

http://www.agriculturepowellriver.org/

For this year I think the best part was that our co-ordinator, Val, persuaded the City of Powell River to sponsor a free park and ride from the Town Centre Mall to the fair on a city bus as well as handy dart service to and from people's homes. So a big thank you to Val for the GREAT job she did as well as Mayor Alsgard and the City of Powell River for rising to the occasion and recognizing the need for accessible transit in our community...

..... (Gets down from soap box)

Here is our little granary wagon set up. You can see the community oven on the left hand side.

Here is a picture of the batches of bread and scones we made for the first day of the fair.

We sold them all and came home to repeat the process again for the next day.

Helene and I set up our fibre arts booth next to the granary. We had handwoven pieces, spinning supplies, knitted and felted items.The buns came along to help, (they always draw a crowd !) We were set up next to Manzanita and their lovely apple press. Sall and Saff liberated this apple before it got to the press.Here is Amber with her colourful hand dyed clothing for big and small people.