This is what the back of my car looked like after our recent shopping holiday in Bellingham! Don’t we all look pleased with our purchases–my Mom on the left, DD in the middle, and me on the right. My Dad took the picture.
My Dad was impressed with how well I could pack the back of that car–there were no air pockets between items. At the bottom of all that was 6 place settings of my Fiestaware dishes! The deal was so good, my Mom bought 6 place settings for herself too!
These pictures were taken of the free grandstand show. These are the two teams that brought in the flags from the US and Canada while the national anthems of both countries were sung. 
These young girls did a synchronized performance on their Haflingers.
The NW Washington Fair is home to 9 Six-horse draft hitches. The night we watched this performance, 8 of the 9 hitches were in the ring at the same time doing a “free drive”. 
One of the highlights of the grandstand show is always the Crazy Eights. These are teams of 8 ponies each. Once all teams are in the arena, the announcer lets them move around the area in a “free drive”– which is done at full gallop.
In all the years that I have seen this performance, one team has never run into another or gotten tangled up with another. It is quite something to watch.
He was able to get this horse to lay on his back–not something a horse will normally do.
Of course the highlight of our day at the fair was seeing Randy Travis’ concert!
After looking at all the quilts, we went exploring. These gorgeous hanging baskets were everywhere at the fair and everywhere in downtown Lynden. Of course two other “flowers” got into the picture–my Mom and my DD.
This is my Dad in John Deere heaven!
This is a Partridge. I wonder if he was looking for his pear tree?
We try to get to the Lynden Fair each year. This year, we decided to make a mini holiday of it and we booked a motel room in Bellingham. We headed south across the border on Monday and spent the entire day shopping.
On Tuesday, we headed to the fair in Lynden. First stop once we were inside the fairgrounds was the quilts.
There were a few gorgeous pieces made from 30’s reproductions.
These leaves looked real!
I think that this shade of purple must be FAB purple! This was a gorgeous Trip Around the World.
This piece was loaded with buttons and beads. It must have been heavy!
This piece was also heavily embellished.
What struck me about these next two bright pieces is that they were so perfectly flat and square!
Christmas redwork.
Redwork Santas.
I hope you enjoyed the quilt show!
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