Wednesday, May 02, 2007

Sparkleberry Fair



This past Saturday was the Sparkleberry County Fair in Northeast Columbia. (Anyone know what a "sparkleberry" is? I'd like to know.) Despite the heat and lack of shade, we had a nice family time. (I suppose anytime I get to have a chocolate filled crepe for lunch is a good time.)



Anyhoo, the boys enjoyed bouncing around on the inflatables, riding the ferris wheel and choo-choo train, and gorging themselves on funnel cake (Justin included).

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

see http://www.duke.edu/~cwcook/trees/vaar.html

scw said...

I never denied that my husband is a geek. Gee.

Anonymous said...

I don't think Mr. Sparkle is your husband. See for yourself:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UarUzMv3nYI

Anonymous said...

http://www.usna.usda.gov/Newintro/sparkle.html
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The U.S. National Arboretum presents 'Sparkleberry' holly, an improved deciduous holly for the landscape. 'Sparkleberry' produces a striking and long-lasting display of brilliant red winter berries on large plants of upright form. Planted at woodland's edge or in a massed grouping, 'Sparkleberry' will add sparkle to your landscape! 'Sparkleberry' is a female selection and requires a pollinator for good fruiting. A male selection of the same cross, Ilex 'Apollo', was released as a pollinator for 'Sparkleberry'.

Finally all my years studying science have paid off........I knew this!!!!