The 164th Agricultural Fair will have opened by the time everyone is reading this week’s column. Hours are 10 am to 11 pm, and there will surely be enthusiasts who plan to spend the entire four days visiting every exhibit, observing every judging, attending every event, playing every game, and riding every ride. Oh, and eating at every food booth along the way.
It looks like the weather will be good. There may be a sprinkle on Thursday, but probably not, and it should cool off nicely. The weather map said daytime temperatures in the 70s.
Sydney Smith, who designed this year’s fair poster, will be signing posters for a couple of hours every day, so check the times in the paper, or on the Ag Fair website. It’s a charming poster this year, so expect long lines.
If there were a category for a mycology display, I would surely win the blue ribbon. My yard is full of every kind of mushroom and fungus imaginable. Some are quite colorful. Others have interesting shapes, or have decorations on their caps. I do wonder what they all are, and really should learn about them.
If you take a break from the fair, the library is offering a book talk with Heather Abel, author of “The Emilys,” Friday, August 14, 3:30 to 4:30 pm. Saturday, 3 pm, come to a concert featuring “Great Ballads and Classic Jazz Standards.” Next Wednesday, August 19, 4 to 5 pm, the Paul Thurlow Sparkestra will perform, with Paul Thurlow on piano, Benham Robinson on drums, and Nancy Jephcote on an electric five-string viola.
The Memoir Book Club will meet on Thursday, August 20, 5:30 to 6:30 pm. Sign up at wt_mail@clamsnet.org.
The Climate Book Club will meet on the library porch on August 30, to discuss “Human Nature: Nine Ways to Feel About Our Changing Planet,” by Kate Marvel. Copies are available on reserve at the library. There is also an interview with the author to watch on YouTube.
Our Abby turned 7 last week. The years have gone by so quickly. I still have the photograph that Lisa Hayes took of me holding Abby when we first saw her at the shelter. Her 7-year-old graying face is still beautiful to me, and her fur still curls and ripples down her back. She is the most perfect puppy.
