Yesterday we spent practically the entire day at the Minnesota State Fair.  One of the themes of the day was animal fashion statements. Get the nerve of this horse wearing Anna's top. This one looks like a throwback to the sixties. And here's a cool dude among some fashion-challenged friends.  Tomorrow, the sleeping theme.

The answer to yesterday's question, why is the one side of the Geese V longer than the other Snow Geese V, as tgjohnmaz said, there are more geese on the longer side.

The faces I saw in the Evil Log, look at the far end of the log where the two horns stick up and in front of that you will see a dragon head complete with the right eye, and, in the foreground where it begins to go out of focus is a face...eyes, nose and mouth.

A few more shots I picked up yesterday:

Haldeman Pond Reflection
Young Bull (They're only buttons now, but give it time.)
Protective Mother
Pretty Maids All In A Row

Okay, I'm going to give this another go to see if I can get the hang of this thing.

On our way back from Glacier National Park on highway 85 in western North Dakota I stopped to take a late-afternoon picture of this prairie cemetery. We've probably driven by this cemetery a dozen times over the years and I've always sworn I was going to get a picture. This time I did.  I had to dodge cowpies as the cemetery was surrounded by open pasture.  This cow was watching me closely. I made sure there were no bulls among the cows.  I also eyed the barbed-wire fence to see if I could hurdle it in a pinch.  On the way back to the car I saw these sunbeams shining down on the golden fields. Whoever said the prairie isn't pretty?

You can do it at a trot
You can do it at a gallup
You can do it real slow so your heart don't palpitate
So don't be late
Do the Puyallup

So goes the infectious jingle of the Puyallup Fair in Washington State. For the last few years I have visited the fair clutching my Nikon and soaking up the wonderful absurdity that abounds there.
One of my favorite parts of the fair are the collections that people accumulate. For example here is someone's collection of figurines playing the flute.
One of the oddest collections is Eldon's obsession with bread bag fasteners.
Some are lucky enough to win first prize
There is a great diversity of livestock there such as this chicken and a more patriotic breed
There are also cows and informative signs to teach us about livestock.
Sometimes people do very creative things with produce.
Yes much of the food has an air of magic about it as can be seen in this photo which I call fantastic sausage.
The people watching there is great too. Here are a few shots of some:
The Critics
Strangers
Playin' for Froglegs
Fun wih Gun
and finally The Carny