Farewell, 2011!

I'm going to end this year album with the first shot I took on the last day of the 2011 fair. I saw this woman in the parking lot (read: grass field) just as we were getting out of our car and heading toward the fair. Beautiful! She told me she's been dressing like this for a long time, and is known as the flower lady--and that she's a nurse for HeadStart when she's not growing flowers on her farm, Heartfelt Farm in Cushing. That's a true rural Maine lifestyle.

So she's got the wacky flower-trimmed hat, the classy red cardigan over the green tank, the swingy full paisley skirt, and the rockin' red cowgirl boots. And she looks divine. I also later saw her take off her hat and she has the most lovely silver hair down her back. I want to be her when I grow up.

Her partner, with his wide straw farmer's hat and leggings, looks pretty great, too.

But sadly....this is my last photo from this year. I hope to have more next year, but in the meantime, if any of you have photos of great Common Ground Fair style, please let me know.

And I'll start counting the days till next year's fair.