This weekend is the 41st Annual Pike Road Arts & Crafts Fair.

The weather looks promising, and I'm covering the fair for our section. Along with loads of exhibitor's booths, the organizers promise good food (including "mocha cakes," their signature confection) and two special displays: the Central Alabama Model A Ford Club will exhibit their 1920s autos, and the Kelley Bartlett Conservancy will have a Birds of Prey demonstration.

I used to go to loads of these kinds of fairs growing up. In Northern Virginia, they had these all over the place in "horse country." My mother, quite the artist, made high-end decorative duck decoys and would have a booth in the arts section. We'd hang out all day, and I'd run around fetching snacks and meeting all the other artsy craftsy people. I remember being fascinated by watching some grandmotherly types tatting, making lace for table linens and dresses. From one thread, a huge tablecloth. I also remember all the children's distractions, pet-a-farms and of course... all the food.