Oh, right. N.D. IS part of the U.S.!

Day 6 of the great adventure, Performance Day 3

I really must let go of some of my preconceived notions. For various reasons I had it in my head that N. Dakota is full of pink people who ranch, and brown people whose land got snatched by the pink people for ranches.

I'm sure there's that dynamic, but there are also a lot of Somali and Bosnian refugees, and not far from our motel (Howard Johnsons) is an Indian restaurant (not counting the Chinese restaurant), so the color spectrum is a lot wider than I've been assuming.

We see a lot of children in groups in matching t-shirts of  loud and obnoxious colors (screaming yellow is prevalent, followed by ORANGE!!!) and the children tend to be of the rainbow variety. YAY VARIETY!!

Now, on to the Fair.

It was a bit less windy today but the humidity was definitely higher. Not so bad earlier, but as the day went on the inside of the turtle would get downright stuffy if we were staying still. (When the turtle is moving there's usually a good circulation kicking up.)

We shared our building with a crew of beauty pageant kids and baton twirler types. I have definite opinions of that dynamic, but I'm going to stay mum, cuz it's none of my business.

So, todays heartwarming story involves our beloved fairy princess A. She made her way over to a family with a young girl who appeared to have ALS. As she interacted with her the child began to shake less and less, and even actually focused intently, particularly on Anima's eyelashes (which are humongous, I must say.) She was able to touch A with a fairly steady hand and laughed when she got butterfly kissed by those lashes. The grandmother told Anima that this was the only thing the girl had focused on all day. Good going, A.

A. also took the time to speak with the girls little brother about his big wheel bicycle. (It's a good thing to single out any siblings for special personal attention.) It was a great moment for the whole family. Lots of pictures were taken and they'll have this to remember in the days to come.

We also had a talk with Kay's mother, and DreamWeaver Productions (Animals company) may actually get some additional bookings out of that connection. YAY!

We started late today - partly because we wanted to be there later, but mostly because we slept in. We are contracted to do 4 hours daily, and we are able to make our own schedule. So we break up the time in chunks.

At one point we got asked to go over to one of the livestock barns because some girls wanted to 'fairy dust' one of the cowboys. I didn't get to see him but A. says he was cute and hunky and took it with good humor. While she was doing that the wagon stayed at the entrance to keep from panicking the cattle (scared cows bad!). An audience built up quite quickly, so Hoolia entertained them with her edition of 'She'll Be Coming Round the Mountain', only she changes the words to 'She'll Be Coming Round the Fairground', and 'She'll Be Driving a Big Turtle'. The audience was amused.

Pictures were taken with a combine and a tank. These will be posted to Facebook asap.

Hmmm, anything else? she mused to herself. Nope, can't think of anything in particular. Three days down. Three to go. And then further West we go. WHEEEE!

Okay, Hoolia. Go to sleep now.

{Okay!}