Ellie and the animals

We took our little girl to the Hillsdale County Fair. Probably standard county-fair fare. We did hear over the PA as a team of draft (or draught) horses pulled 4,700 pounds a distance of 31 feet, 6 inches. That's a world record.

We saw, but stupidly didn't get pictures of, an absolutely huge animal over the sight of which I have yet to get. (That rule about not ending a sentence with a preposition gets cumbersome sometimes, no?) It was an 1,800 pound mule, about eight feet tall. His father was a Belgian Draught Horse. He was gigantic. I didn't know they made mules that big.

Here are some pictures we did get.

This bunny was as big as he looks. A Finnish Giant, I think his breed was. Enormous for a bunny. I think, stretched out, he was almost 3 feet long.









This sheep was trying to eat the stroller handle.

Ellie, by the way, slept through the whole thing.

We did get a picture of Ellie in front of a cow...but Tina has a sort of not-so-photogenic look on her face on that one for whatever reason. So I won't post it.