The Fair

I’m so proud to share this from THEKITCHENSGARDEN… Cecilia captures in photographs and words what makes our ‘small town’ so special… Barbara

The Kitchen's Garden

Every year our little local town, a small town with a big heart, hosts a local fair.

The Fair has been going on for more than 160 years now.  The side shows are deliciously gaudy and the food is inedible on the street,  but that is what it is all about and there is a whole hall filled with pickles and cakes and breads and vegetables for the judging ( I hope to visit them tomorrow) , but there is a charm and deep local presence that makes this a very special day.  The people who show their animals with such pride are also nodding with gratitude to a fecund  past filled with glory and vigor.  There is an iron clad connection straight back through almost 200 years of the very same event.  This is where small town America will not give up.  It has taken a beating but refuses to lie down…

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A Cullom Tradition

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When it’s August in Cullom it’s time for a Homecoming Celebration. Children have been waiting all summer for the Carnival to come to town, and regretfully know summer is about over and school will be starting soon.  Others are getting ready to show off their hard work at the Junior Fair, the Domestic Arts and Flower […]