Don’t go to the Puyallup Fair with me.

I’m that person who wants to go to the photography exhibit and check out every last photo, and then I have to go see the quilts and afghans.

I know the fair is usually about the rides and livestock and pig races and scones, but for me, it’s not The Fair if I haven’t checked out the handiwork that some individual created meticulously out of scraps of fabric, a labor of love that’s sometimes misguided and horribly dire in its outcome.
The thing of it is, I love to take pictures,  to sew and to crochet, though I don’t get time to do the last two much, and I soak up all kinds of inspiration from what I see.

Unfortunately, it takes me time to get inspired, and in terms of the kid, that’s time that could be spent on kiddie rides after getting sugar and fat overloaded.

Maybe I’ll take a day to go alone this year? â€" Jessica Corey-Butler

Puyallup Fair

When: Through Sunday, Sept. 23
Where: 110 Ninth Ave. S.W., Puyallup
Admission: Adults $10; students (6-18), $8; seniors (62+), $8, 5 and younger, free.
Parking: $8 Monday-Friday, $10 Saturday-Sunday
Public Transportation: Pierce Transit, 253.581.8000
Information: 253.841.5045 or www.thefair.com