Columbus Photos win at the county fair!

This is my 4th year entering in the Waukesha County Fair. Even though I am exhausted, I still enjoyed every minute of it. My mum got me interested in doing baking and canning, and also photography. We even took a pottery class together, and entered some of our things. This year, I decided to do a bit more than normal. I entered 38 items into the fair. 21 of those items recieved prizes (although not as high up as I would have liked LOL). However, I did recieve my very FIRST Reserve Champion award for my wheat bread, so I am VERY pleased with that!

The judges were pretty tough this year, and some of the categories were very large, especially in photography. When Public Enemies was filming in Columbus, I decided to take some black and white photographs of the streets, and the judge must have liked them! I entered 3 separate pictures of various parts of Columbus, and each of them won something. Even though I wish I would have won first place (hee hee), I got 2 seconds, and a 4th for the pictures. Even some of the crowd commented on how nice the town looks.

I had a couple "flops" with my baking, including : Chocolate Chips Cookies, Scones, and Cloverleaf rolls. They didn't place at all. I was a bit bummed out, but you can't win them all. :)

Here is the list of what I won today at the County Fair:

Pumpkin Bread - 4th Ceramic Swirl Plate - 2nd

Banana Bread - 4th Ceramic Square Bowl - 2nd

Strawberry Jam - 4th Ceramic Rounded Bowl - 2nd

Applesauce - 3rd Ceramic Etched Plate - 1st

White Bread - 2nd

Apple Butter - 2nd

Dehydrated Fruit Mix - 2nd

Dehydrated Apples - 1st

Wheat Bread - 1st + Reserve Champion

Photos

Columbus Street View - 4th

Sunset small view - 4th

Sunset Large view - 4th

Little boy with glasses - 4th

Little boy on drums - 3rd

Columbus Street Signs - 2nd

Columbus Street Corner - 2nd

Series of 3 photos of bridge - 1st

Next up....STATE FAIR.....judging is tomorrow for photos, and next week Thursday for the foods. I entered 2 photos, but I will have to wait till next week to find out if I won or not.

Here are some pics from the fair:

It's canning time!

A line up of some bakery waiting to be judged

My poor old scones...they didn't win, but they should have! They were Orange Cranberry!

My winning wheat bread! 1st place, PLUS Reserve Champion!!

Once the food has been judged, some of it is cut up for everyone to enjoy!

The animal Photo that did NOT win....how can you not love this pic?

One of my Columbus pics that won!

I will try to put up the other two pictures of Columbus that won as soon as I can get my computer working right. It just won't let me upload them for some reason.