Tag: State Fair

• 2024 State Fair

  There have been a handful or less years where our family has not gone annually to the Great Fair. It has always been a staple for the Alsman Family since before I was born. There was just no question we were going to the Fair each year. Of course, most of us also were in…

  Garnetjewel

  August 20, 2024

  American Heritage, Extraordinary People With Common Sense, Family

  childhood, Dairy Barn, family trips, Grandpa, grandparents, Grays Brothers, influence, memories, pork tent, snacks, State Fair, Swine Building, Taste of Indiana, together, tractor rides

• The Indy Sky Line

  In the past two weeks I have been to Indy twice. Earlier in the summer though we went to the Zoo, but I do not remember seeing the skyline like this. In all the years I have been to Indianapolis as a child visiting the various hospitals and even when we said goodbye to Uncle…

  Garnetjewel

  August 19, 2024

  American Heritage, Bible Reflections, Spontaneity At It’s Best

  American History, articles, battered, battle, Betsy Ross, Britian, buildings, creation, Europe, Founding Fathers, Founding Mothers, George Washington, God, government, Harper’s Monthly, heart, hollywoodized, Indy, Mel Gibson, music, myth, persecuted, pous, skyline, State Fair, Teddy Roosevelt, The Patriot, Veterans

• Talk About A Long Weekend…

  Last Thursday I had several ideas plucked from the day’s headlines in my mind. However, technology or rather God, had other thoughts on my priorities for the day. It ended up being quite a day though. Since I wasn’t able to use my laptop, phone or smart TV the way I wanted to I had…

  Garnetjewel

  August 12, 2024

  Spontaneity At It’s Best

  cabinets, concept, decisions, dry sink, friend, God, hair color, headlines, hutches, necessary, potential, Somewhere In Thyme, State Fair, tangets, technology, Thursday

• A Busy Week

  Goodness! Besides keeping busy with some cleaning and reorganizing a project has also been forefront on my mind. The tractor is coming together nicely. What’s funny is that these tractors are more intricate than even the planes I have made. This is why they are so special to make for my loved ones. The time…

  Garnetjewel

  August 7, 2024

  American Heritage, Spontaneity At It’s Best

  busy week, classmates, cleaning, fabric, memories, pizza, reorganizing, special, State Fair, stitching, Taste of Indiana, time constraints, tractors, wings

• Taste of Indiana: Fair 2023

  Last Thursday was such a beautiful day to be outside and walk around the fairgrounds. I came prepared; Mom and I have not been walking all summer long for nothing. Yet while my feet had been ready, it was my head and stomach that I was uncertain how they would perform in these circumstances. The…

  Garnetjewel

  August 15, 2023

  American Heritage, Family, God’s Timing, Spontaneity At It’s Best

  Apples, Dairy Farms, delicious, duck jerky, food, pickles, popcorn, pork burgers, products, State Fair, Taste of Indiana

• Reassuring Texts

  Yesterday was a good day. However, this whole restricting my time on my laptop and my phone is too difficult. I got through the entire day without having a bad migraine while at the State Fair. I purposefully stayed off my laptop until after we got home sometime after at least 5 pm. Each day…

  Garnetjewel

  August 11, 2023

  God’s Timing, Spontaneity At It’s Best

  devices, feelings, migraine, nausea, State Fair, texts, time

• Today’s Report…

  I awoke feeling good this morning. I felt so good I overdid it. I spent too much time on my screens I got nauseated and had to sleep lay down for a few hours. Afraid to even eat at first… still not sure if food helped or the laying down helped more and the water.…

  Garnetjewel

  August 9, 2023

  Spontaneity At It’s Best

  batch, computers, devices, Indiana, laying down, migraine, nausea, reason, salsa, State Fair, Tomato Juice, tomatoes, walking

• The State Fair

  My Grandpa Freddy always had our family up to the fair it seems like that first week it was open. It was a family tradition that lasted literally double digit years. Then in a flash we stopped going and it had been several years. It was a right of passage each year. Our last holiday…

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  August 8, 2023

  American Heritage, Are These American Ideals Gone?

  city men, Dana Andrews, homemade pickles, Indiana, Jeanne Crain, love, midwest values, State Fair, the musical