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Collected Item: “Virtual OC Fair”

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Virtual OC Fair

What sort of object is this: text story, photograph, video, audio interview, screenshot, drawing, meme, etc.?

Photographs

Tell us a story; share your experience. Describe what the object or story you've uploaded says about the pandemic, and/or why what you've submitted is important to you.

Finally found the perfect chocolate chip cookie! This was the year that I hoped would finally earn recognition in the Orange County Fair (California). Alas, it was not to be. How sad to get the email that the fair was being cancelled. But, like so many others, the fair decided to go virtual. While it's not the same thing, it was fun to pick a few pictures out and "enter" them online. We'll see if the online community likes the cookies and crafts. Seeing the cookies isn't the same as tasting them! Unique categories were created and included things like home office decor and bad hair! I entered Collin (age 6) in the improvising sports at home category - in May our family purchased a trampoline and set it up in the living room! This boy jumps non-stop.

Use one-word hashtags (separated by commas) to describe your story. For example: Where did it originate? How does this object make you feel? How does this object relate to the pandemic?

#virtualOCFair, #pandemicdasheshopesofwinning

Who originally created this object? (If you created this object, such as photo, then put "self" here.)

Dianna Sundell

Give this story a date.

2020-07-11
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