Brent and I have been craving a good fall festival. Those of you who attend good festivals this time of year, know what I'm talking about. I needed a great selection of crafts, homemade foods that are over priced, cloggers, singers, farm animals, pumpkins - all the goodness that makes up a good fall festival. Brent and I both were a little sad when we realized we wouldn't be attending the infamous Prater's and Ketner's Mill festivals with the Whitakers as we have for the past 9 years now that we live in Nashville. We knew we had to find festivals of our own.
Last weekend I was doing a little online searching for a festival in our area and discovered a great festival that was literally right across the street from our apartment at the TN Agricultural Museum. This was a great festival and the weather was fantastic yesterday! This was a really neat festival - it showcased a variety of agricultural history including demonstrations and equipment that was used.
Here are a few pictures from the day...

This guy was making brooms - the good brooms that you can't buy in the stores anymore. Brent was surprised at the end product - he thought they were going to be like the "witch" brooms that were for decoration only.

The TN Wildlife Rescue group had a booth showing the various animals they had rescued because they had been injured. And no, that's not a bear's arm - that's Brent holding the eagle...
My husband LOVES country and bluegrass music, in case you weren't aware. He would have stayed at the festival for hours as long as the different bands were playing. You can see here in this picture he looks as happy as a kid in a candy store...

This guy was making chairs.

We didn't get the memo that we were supposed to dress up like Paul Revere...

This was an AWESOME demonstration showing a collie dog hearing sheep. It was really amazing how quickly the dog got the herd back up the hill. These pictures don't do it justice, but it was really neat!

My only disappointment was that we never found the molasses in the "music and molasses" festival. I was looking forward to it for our ginger snaps this Christmas. Ironic, huh?

Needless to say, we had a great time. We missed having all the Whitakers here to experience it with us, but we're hoping we can remember it for next year and make it a tradition.

The weather is FABULOUS and I hope everyone has had the opportunity to enjoy it.

Have a great week and happy fall ya'll !! (love that saying, we just need a bale of hay to paint it on..ha!)