Harvest Festival

Last week we went to a harvest festival a few miles outside Little Rock. It was a little like the State Fair in that there was admission to be paid, then carnival-type food to buy, and other activities and things to pay for separately (with Harvest Bucks, just like ride/food tickets at the fair) but much more low-key and beautiful than the State Fair. Don't get me wrong, lights and garish rides and air-brushed t-shirts have their own kind of beauty, but this was more up my alley.

Jason spent some time showing Violet how to skip stones.

There was a banjo and fiddle (Pickin' an' Fiddlin') contest going on. We had great seats across the lake from the performers. We could hear the music perfectly but still sit in the shade to eat our food.

Violet didn't want any of the food items that were on offer for lunch until we spotted apples that were destined to be caramel coated. I think if she'd known that the caramel was an option she would've gone for that but, in her ignorance, she was perfectly satisfied with the gigantic (plain) apple. And some kettle corn later on...

There was a hay maze.

And a hayride, during which Violet offered me some kettle corn. We all ate a ton.

It was a lovely way to spend a beautiful Fall day.