North Georgia Fall Fair

Have you ever had one of those moments...the moment that stops time for just a second? Slams you in to whatever memory you are creating either rushing you backward in time at warp speed halting on a memory that shares the same smells the same sounds, same emotions? Or perhaps shoves you forward into an uknown abysss that you make less uncertain by creating little skits of how things could be in the future? It's rare actually - to be engulfed into one of these moments - engulfed because so many of your senses recollect that time of the past (or future). For me, that day occured on Sunday. We went to the North Georgia Fair. This is the 60th year it has been open and although it has kept up with the times. the underlying current is still the same. The same fair from 1992 or 1986 or 1975 or 1967. It's all the same fair, just keeping up with the times, changing the faces, a bit of the music and some of the styles....that's about it. There are a few locations in my life where time stands still. The Fair is one of those places. It's so exciting to so because you know what to expect - a deep soul knowledge that takes you back into levels of excitement you felt when you were a kid! You walk around and the swirls of smells all together - cotton candy, roasted nuts, crappy hot dogs and popcorn......with a slight touch of stinky animals from the south end of the fair where the petting zoo part is...it just brings such a happy feeling. It was so amazing to be there again...to experience it all again, and this time, to let my babies experience it all for all the cheesy goodness that is is, eternally.