Only in Bucks County: Eight years of Grange Fair

   My Instagram and other social media were flooded with photos of the Middletown Grange Fair over the weekend-- but in case you didn't get your fix-- or for those of my readers who don't live in Bucks County, I wanted to share the photos that I took. The Grange Fair is an annual five-day fair that supports anything and everything to do with 4-H clubs, farming, and agriculture. Pardon the iPhone-only photos (not bad though, right??) and pardon me for being a lil' tractor-crazy this year!

 

 

 

My rebel.

 

 

 Antique tractors ranged from 1900 to the 1970's

 

 

 

 

He was attracted to anything that had a running engine ;)

I was happy to go to this huge country fair, that to me absolutely SCREAMS Bucks County,

 for my 8th year.

 

A fully operational belt driven Corn Sheller from 1892.

 

 

DANCING DIGGERS!!!

 

                                  (Dancing tractors choreographed to loud music)

Wrightstown's smallest peppers

 

 "I consider the work of the 4-H Club in building character one of the finest undertakings

in all America." ~ Albert S. Goss, Master, National Grange, 1948


SEE YOU NEXT YEAR

 

Only in Bucks County: Our Very Own Renaissance Fair

Every Fall I notice big wooden signs for the Wrightstown Renaissance Fair spread throughout Newtown and Yardley. I never knew that the entire event was put on by the charming little Village Library to benefit the Library, so that in itself promoted me to grab the twins and go.


 

What a great job they did getting all the actors and actresses and props together to convert the Fairgrounds into a huge Mid Evil village! There was lots to see, color everywhere, and we really enjoyed being transported into a different time.

 

The admission fee was only $5 and so much was included. I would call the Wrightstown Renaissance Fair the perfect family excursion for parents with kids age 5 to 13. It's a fun family festival filled with history, crafts, interactive games, entertainment, and oddities.

 

 

 

                                                     You guessed it... Rat-a-pult.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is SO Juliet.

 

                                                          This is SO Michelle.

 

 

 

 

 

                        Shameless Selfie.

                                                       You really need to go next year!

Remember, all proceeds go to The Village at Wrightstown Library.

 

 

PS: The word "Renaissance" is really starting to look funny. I've spell-checked it about fifty times.

 



 

"Humor is the great thing, the saving thing.

The minute it crops up, all our irritations and resentments slip away

 and a sunny spirit takes their place.”

~Mark Twain