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| Erie Canal Bike Ride at Sunset |
We enjoyed a wonderful worship service today. After church, President Petraitis asked to speak to me. He extended a call to serve in the Primary 3rd hour to help with the music. When I asked if I would be playing the piano or leading, he said “yes”. I spoke with the Primary president later in the day and she basically said I would help out when needed. This next week I will come in the 3rd hour and play. This will help me see how things work here. It’s a little different when there are so few in the Primary. I hope I can be of some help.
In the evening we invite the new missionary couple, Dale & Julie Bond over for dinner. We served steak, mashed potatoes, corn on the cob, sliced tomatoes. They are a delightful couple and will be moving into Barber’s apartments in a few weeks. We invited Barbers to join us for strawberry shortcake afterwards and had another joyful conversation.
August 31st—Friday - NY State Fair
We went with Lindsay’s to the NY State Fair today. It was a pleasant outing with excellent, cool, cloudy weather and lots of fun things to see and experience. Here is a list of a few things we did
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| Adorable girl with her cow |
* Poultry Building: roosters, geese, ducks, hens, rooster cock-a-doodle-do contest,
* Birds of Prey
* Horticulture Building: potatoes, bees, honey, maple syrup, shoe polish, landscaping, gladiolus contest
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| I remember my brother-in-law, George Stoddard with a similar bee hive in their home. |
* Car rolling demonstration by the State Police
* Beef Building: hay throwing contest (Ray 2nd place), no Herefords today
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| 2nd Place, only a few inches behind the winner |
* Cow birthing building: no cows quite ready to deliver
* Feeding the Giraffe
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| Not quite the Out of Africa experience but lots of fun with my dear fried, Karen Lindsay |
* Sand Sculpture -- All things New York
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| Can you sense the dimensions of this mountain of sand? |
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| Front of the sand sculpture |
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| The details were amazing |
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| I had to chuckle at the little footprints crossing the stream. I'm sure some mother was scolding a little one who crossed the barrier to get a better look. |
* Lunch: Prime Rib Sandwich & Lemonade
* Johnny Cash impersonator Concert (I remembered that I never really liked his music.) We didn't stay very long
* Water Rescue demonstration by the State Police
* Dairy Building: ice cream, butter sculpture
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| A life size butter sculpture that rotated. Kept inside a refrigerated glass case. |
A perfect ending to a great day at the Fair
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| one giant elephant ear to end a great day |
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