The Fair! Part Two
Way back in August, Monday Aug. 17th to be exact, after leaving Conservation World Bev and I headed over to see the Butter Cow. I'm looking kind of bedraggled here; I think that's just how you get after walking around the fair. We then went to the Hobbies Arts & Crafts building and I should definitely go there first next time because I love to pore over the different displays of antiques. Here's an interesting collection of postcards from Cardiff, Illinois. The description was fascinating. A tiny Illinois town that sprang up in 1899 because of the coal discovery and then went away...
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