todayiamadaisy | A Dream from the Night

A couple of years ago my mother bought a bottle of vanilla extract from the annual three-day Agricultural Show. Some sort of vintage brand. She was pleased with her purchase. So pleased, she has used it all. And that is why this morning found us at the first day of the Agricultural Show, on a mission to buy vanilla extract. I will spare you the suspense: we bought some. Mission accomplished.

We used to get a half-day public holiday for Show Day, and a half-day holiday for Race Day in May, but that was changed a few years ago to no holiday for the Show and a whole day for the races. After today, I wonder how long the Show will stay as a three-day event. Without the public holiday crowds, it was extremely quiet. Most of the animal categories are being held over the weekend, so they weren't there. The Ferris wheel was going round with passengers in just one gondola. I hope they do good business over the next two days to make up.

Just after the entrance was a portable blackboard with a notice chalked on it. WATCH OUT FOR TOOT THE MAGIC CLOWN WANDERING AROUND. That sounded like a warning. I didn't see Toot the Magic Clown wandering around, so perhaps he had been captured and subdued by then.

They had a sound stage outside, featuring different local acts. While watching the show jumping, we were treated to a cover version of Green Day's 'Holiday' as performed by a terrible band. 'This is the dawning of the rest of our lives. ON HOLIDAY.' Only it was a metal band, so he didn't sound happy about this upcoming permanent holiday. The way he roared it sounded more like threat.

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