A lot of pictures

I went back to the Fair on Wednesday. The carnival rides were set up and ready to open for the evening.

The most intimidating ride is called the Joker. It spins on two axes to vary the g-force.

It was game night in the horse arena. In the contest shown below, the winner was the rider who kept an egg on a spoon the longest.

The fair features lots of animals. This bunny was especially photogenic. 

Wednesday was hot and muggy and all the animal bars had lots of fans.

There was pig judging in the show arena. I took several pictures and this one was the best.

The dog act was still doing performances. This dog climbed the wall to grab a target. Once he got it, he did not want to let it go.

Rensselaer schools will be in session soon. Some of the seniors have claimed parking spaces and are painting them. I will try to remember to go back in a couple weeks and see the finished results.

The new building at Genova now has walls. It is difficult to get pictures because the property is surrounded by a fence.

Earlier this month there was only the iron skeleton.

Construction has begun on the new warehouse for the electric department. On Wednesday these jacks were in Columbia Park across Vine Street from the construction site.

On Thursday they had been placed in the construction site. This seems to be a building for which the roof will be constructed first. Then it will be raised and the walls will be constructed. That is how the addition to Indiana Face Masks was done, and also a building on SR 114 between Pleasant Ridge and Hanging Grove.

On Friday morning Walmart had a ceremony to mark the end of their remodeling. Most of the people attending were Walmart employees.

The remodeling resulted in new floors, new signs, updated bathrooms, a new customer service area, more room for groceries and electronics,  and new facilities that will be used when on-line grocery shopping rolls out in a few weeks.

The people cutting the ribbon were employees who started with Walmart 28 years ago when it opened in Rensselaer.

As part of the grand reopening Walmart was giving customers a cupcake.

I saw this deer in Weston Cemetery. It stood about 20 feet from me and let me take its picture.  After I passed, it went back to grazing.

The grain in this field was harvested a couple weeks ago and the stalks were left to dry. The straw has finally be bundled into big rolls. 

Biplane rides have begun. They make a distinctive sound, unlike other prop planes.