{"id":14998,"date":"2025-09-24T08:04:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T15:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/?p=14998"},"modified":"2025-09-25T02:21:53","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T09:21:53","slug":"common-ground-fair-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/2025\/09\/common-ground-fair-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Common Ground Fair"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I went to the fair! Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. The weather was perfect. Lots of people, but there was a lot of space to spread out. I took photos. But it’s hard to share the experience — it’s so joyful and positive. I organized my photos into 3 categories – animals and kids, fiber-related, and music\/plants\/miscellaneous. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The vendors at the South Gate – such a beautiful day.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Plowing with oxen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The oxen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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She gave a talk about draft horses. “Fox” is the white horse behind her. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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These super handsome draft horses circled the ring while she was talking. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Fox<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Trimming the goat’s hooves<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A better view of the whole goat and how she’s restrained<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Only service dogs were allowed. This service dog in training had the nicest leggings! <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Kids – they were using electric sanders and screens; not sure what they were doing but they were instructed to press down hard, and that’s what the little boy was doing. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Girls carding fleece<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A lot of kids and young people volunteered to do recycling. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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I think some kids just spent the whole day sledding down this hill and rolling in the dirt. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The big hula hoops. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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“We ALL live in the garden.” <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I filmed a bit of the parade here: https:\/\/youtube.com\/shorts\/k5DdKhmSrYY<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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