The Big Ex: in to the barns...

More shots from our local agricultural fair.

This time, I venture into the craft barn and wander around the 'other' barn in search of the elusive chainsaw belt buckle I saw there years ago...never to be seen again...



If you don't know who this guy is...you don't know Lunenburg County (hint: he calls in to the CKBW birthday line ALL the time)


I'm often tempted to break the glass and devour the delectable treats within the display case...


How's this spread for a sample of rural zeitgeist?


So THAT'S where those t-shirts come from!

What's on This Weekend? Planked Halibut...2nd Attempt!

This weekend will be the 2nd attempt for the Conquerall Bank Fire Dept. Planked Halibut supper. As you may have noticed, we had a lot of rain last Sunday, which doesn't make an outdoor fire for cooking the halibut possible. Hopefully Danny boy frigs so they can get the fires raging and the halibut planking....

Breakfasts

August 29,
Petite Riviere Fireman's Breakfast
Petite Riviere Fire Hall
8-11 a.m.
Full menu.
Adults $6; children 5-12 $3 under 5 free.
Information call 688 2356

Bill and Dawn Teal have retired from heading up the breakfasts at the Petite Riviere fire hall. We would like to thank all those people that gave so generously when called upon for donations and help. Thank you to the rest of the breakfast committee of Allan and Fran Richardson and Timmy Oakes for their support and help. We wish the new breakfast committee good luck and hope they have as much fun and success as we have had in the past seven years. Bill and Dawn.

August 29,
Breakfast at Royal Canadian Legion #23, Lunenburg,
7:30- 11:30 a.m.
Adults $6; ages 5- 12, $3.
Takeout available for pick-up $6.50.
634-4215

Suppers

Sunday, August 30
Conquerall Bank Fire Hall
Conquerall Bank, NS
4:30-6:30
Planked halibut, mashed potatoes, coleslaw and all the fixins on the table

More shots from The Big Ex...one pic sorta NSFW

I think I caught this couple 'mid-fight'....


And the award for most offensive shirt spotted at The Big Ex goes to.....this guy!
I did a double take when I saw this shirt! Quickly dug out my camera and snapped this shot...
Wow, he actually 'chose' to wear this shirt outside....in public....


Watching the horse and wagon rides...


This guy might be my new hero...
Brill cream lives and breathes at The Big Ex!


I guess there's a reason you didn't mess with 'greasers' back in the day...this guy still looks like he could mess me up!

Return to the Big Ex..

Wow, time flies when you're having fun! Hard to believe it's been almost a month since I took these shots at our local agricultural fair: The Big Ex...




....a mole...


This guy LOVED the camera...few could resist his siren's call to whac a mole....


I mean, look at him! He was born to be a carny.....

More Big Ex shots to follow tomorrow

Hurricane Bill shots & planked halibut supper update

First, an update on the Conquerall Bank Fire Dept. Planked Halibut supper.

Not surprisingly, it was cancelled this past Sunday due to the weather. It has been rescheduled for:

Aug. 30th I can only assume for the same bat-time, same bat-channel...

Now, for a couple Hurricane Bill shots, taken at Cherry Hill beach, Sunday afternoon:


I tried to get people in the foreground to give a sense of scale...needless to say, the waves were bigguns!


Is that Mount Fuji in the distance?


....nope, just a big ass wave...

What's on this weekend? PLANKED HALIBUT!!!!

Please excuse the formatting issues in today's post!

Get yourself down to the Conquerall Bank fire hall on Sunday 4:30-6:30 for their annual Planked Halibut supper. It is not to be missed!

Oh, and this stuff is going on too...

Breakfasts

August 22, 7:30-10:30 Newfie Breakfast, Chester Basin Legion. Various menu selections. Take-outs available.

August 22, Saturday, Firemen's Breakfast, United Communities Fire Hall, Cherry Hill, 8-11 a.m. Adults $6; 5-12 years $3.25; under 5 free.

Suppers

Roast Beef Supper at St. Barnabas Anglican Church Hall, Blue Rocks on Saturday, August 22 beginning at 4:30 p.m. Adults $10, children 512 $5, under 5 free.

Blueberry Supper, St. Jerome's parish hall, West Caledonia, Saturday, August 22, 4:30-6:30 p.m. Serving delicious homecooked foods and fresh blueberry desserts. Adults $9; children $4.

SSIM burnout competition: last of the shots

Wow, one night of shooting turned into over a week of posts! Hope you enjoyed 'em...


A typical scene throughout the night, crowd enveloped by an acrid cloud of burnt rubber....I thought it smelled pretty gross, though a lot of the folks in the crowd seemed to like it. Different strokes...


This guy was responsible for that cloud of smoke, here he tries to pump up the crowd for cheers..Note his blown left rear wheel, good stuff!




I liked the light that was being cast on these guys hanging out....not the shot I was looking for, but close...


I like the way her arms lead your eye into the shot...

That's it, folks, next batch of shots will be from The Big Ex!

SSIM burnout competition, Free For All!

Too bad a lot of crowd had thinned out by this point...because the Free For All portion of the burnout competition was where it was at.

Basically, burn rubber 'till the tire(s) explode.

Ah___yeiah.






This guy could not contain his excitement...I mean, look at the cloud of burnt rubber surrounding him...what's not to love?!?

SSIM burnout competition, 4 wheeler drag race shots!

Last puff of smoke from the truck class of the burnout competition


Next year I'll have to get more shots from the lawn tractor drag races....they looked bad ass!



Finally had some luck with panning, got some nice speed blur effects in these 4 wheeler drag race shots:

SSIM burnout competition, and the beat goes on...

I wonder if this guy drives around with little tires on the back all the time? You never know when you'll need to do a burnout.....


No shortage of characters to shoot...


Classic


Another classic.

SSIM burnout competition: Rear Wheel Drive Class...more, more!

Did someone steal Magnum's whip? Call the po-po, yo!


Good thing the horses weren't in that barn...pee-yoo! Now you see the truck...


Now...nottasomuch.

SSIM burnout competition: Rear Wheel Drive Class

This guy was happy to roll around in the wet, burnt rubber on the pad...actually, all the guys in the 'crew' seemed to have big grins on their faces, they must like burnouts or something..^_^


Even though it turned out blurry, I like this pic...hands on hips seemed to be the posture of the day...


The crowd wanted more growl and less 'whine', and they got it, first with this sweet burnout from a Chevy Nova Rally.


Ah___yeiah.

Still more SSIM burnout competition pics...

Something epic must've just happened, judging from the hands on mouths...


The old guard coaches the yung'uns...


'nuff said.

2 posts in one day, what the deuce?!?

Had to post these two 'merican brake burn pics from the 'ole Bolton Notch Rd...courtesy of my cousin down in Vermont, thanks man!: