... ate the little green plastic basket of strawberries in the car on the way home. They were crunchy not with sugar, but with dust. Delicious anyway.
It was very windy and dry for our visit.
Highlights:
Strawberry shortcake; chocolate-dipped strawberry kabob; corn-on-the-cob.
Gunfighters who were convincingly dressed and with real, droopy mustaches. Obviously enjoying their act and the chance to perform exaggerated death jerks during the pretend shoot-out.
There were these giant, wooden rocking horses wearing real saddles.
A couple of really excellent bands. One jazz/rock/blues. One a group of very young and accomplished mariachi musicians, girls and boys.
In the distance was a water tower painted to look like a giant strawberry.
A stuffed, bright red strawberry mascot roamed the festival posing for photo-ops.
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There were the usual carnival rides and games.
We noticed that the new live prize to take home is a ferret! Last time we went to a fair in England it was goldfish. I think the ones we ended up with were all three named Amy and lived with us for quite awhile ...
* The smaller-than-usual, homegrown Poteet berries were wonderful. Wonderful.
Heila, I would like to run your Poteet Strawberry Festival photo in the next edition of the Texas Almanac. I will run your credit line as "Photo by Heila; newcomersdiary.blogspot.com" and I will send you a new Texas Almanac 2014-2015 when it is published in the fall. The Almanac will be useful in your travels. Please send me your mailing address at ElizabethAlvarez@TSHAonline.org.
ReplyDeleteThank you! Elizabeth Alvarez, Texas Almanac editor.