Maricopa County Fair! ~ 17 April 2010

Maricopa County Fair! ~ 17 April 2010

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From April 17, 2010

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These are photos taken in 2010 on the night we went to the Maricopa County Fair. You might recall the last time we went to the fair, at least the last instance where I have photo/video evidence, was in 2007.

2007 Maricopa County Fair! ~ 13 April 2007 

Mini short vid. → https://youtu.be/65MbH2q0XW8

Playful edit with the vid, photo, & flyer. → https://youtu.be/9AXuZ1Mrnio

Unlike in 2007, this time I did take a few more photos. As you can tell by the photos that I took, the bright lights against the dark night, particularly those of the various Ferris wheels, are what caught most of my attention. 

Audio: "Coin Chaser" by from Joel R. Steudler's Epic Royalty Free Music Collection Vol 2 for which I acquired the license.

#NoTanDiarioChronicles #FerrisWheel #MaricopaCountyFair

Maricopa County Fair! - 2007

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Taken April 13, 2007

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Maricopa County Fair! - 2007

These are the couple of photos that were taken when we went to the 2007 Maricopa County Fair. The intent was to take plenty of photos, however, if memory serves me right, I ran out of battery and didn't have spares.  The flyer was downloaded from their website. The mini video, which I have previously uploaded on its own, was taken in error as was attempting to take just the photo of the Ferris wheel, which is what you see following. Once inside the fairgrounds I was able take just one more photo. 

The mini video on its own: https://youtu.be/65MbH2q0XW8?si=ee3E7UjsErhJUys0

When I originally blogged about it: https://elkirbster.blogspot.com/2007/04/maricopa-county-fair.html

So to make this video a bit more fun, you'll see the flyer, as originally downloaded, along with the mini video and the two photos, as originally taken, and then repeated them with after playing with some effects on them. The background photo is also playing with its colorization and by far one of my favorites.

Oh in case you want to know, I use Camtasia for the majority of my quick photo/vid collages. I use a quite old version of it, Camtasia 9 to be exact. At some point in the future I might upgrade to a newer version, however since I mostly use it for these type of photo and vid collages, no rush on upgrading.

Audio: Rodeo Show by The Green Orbs from the YouTube Audio Library.

Morning...

It's a gorgeous day on Phoenix. Clear skies with a little bit of cool wind. Perfect for the cup of coffee. All outdoor events today will enjoy a just marvelous day.



I wasn't expecting to wake up as early as I did. I went to sleep around midnight. I normally get up at around 4am, but that's when I go to bed at my normal time. Since I was out yesterday at the Maricopa County Fair. I missed my normal bedtime. So I expected to wake up at around 7am, however my roommate and his friends stayed up all night so from time to time I was awakened by their loud noise and I ended getting up at around 5:30ish am. I took a long shower to wake up. Since I was up might as well do some things I wanted to do.



Off I went a few minutes before 8am to the Downtown Phoenix Public Market. It's a quaint little market that springs up on Saturdays 8am - 1pm. There are vendors of local produce, mostly family owned farms. A few arts and crafts vendors, a hand made soap vendor, one farm fresh eggs vendor, and various fruit, vegetable, and herb vendors. It was my first time going. I got some gorgeous on-the-vine tomatoes and some very luscious looking green tomatoes, and some peppers that I will be stuffing with cheese, yum. I almost purchased a pepper and tomatoe plant, but I knew it wouldn't survive my care. I have managed to grow basil, cilantro, parsley, dill, marjoram, chives, and thyme on my kitchen window sill. In actuality my dill, thyme, and chives aren't doing so good. So before into fruits and vegetables, I should get a handle of growing my favorite herbs first. My best looking herb right now is basil. Its aroma is delicious in the kitchen. One vendor was selling tamales and breakfast burritos. They even had vegan burritos. Awesome!! I'm not vegetarian mush less vegan and I might never be, so I got a chorizo burrito with spicy hot salsa. It was delicious.



After the market I went to Starbucks for a regular coffee to have with the burrito Picked up some espresso beans covered in dark chocolate. I love them. I'm going to keep them at work in the event I need a pick me up on any given morning.

Hope everyone has a great morning!!!