I went back to Dallas for the weekend to visit my family, and we took a day to go enjoy the sprawling spectacle that is the State Fair of Texas. What a fun time! We stuffed ourselves with Belgian waffles and corny dogs, wandered through the Food & Fiber pavilion and the auto show buildings, watched belly dancers and bagpipers, hog handling contests and dog shows, Italian flag throwers and miniature donkeys. After 119 years, the fair still knows how to entertain!

I took pictures of some of my favorite quilts from the Creative Arts building:

And of course I had to go see the blue ribbon Mayhaw jelly that a family friend made. We had some with breakfast on Sunday and I can honestly say it was the best I've ever had.

A new addition in the last few years has been the garden train presented by the North Texas Garden Railway Consortium. It was so cool! Tons of tiny replicas of historic Texas buildings were built out of natural materials and nestled amongst three or four train lines that wound their way around the garden. A few of my favorite spots:

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