My Quest For The Blue Ribbon

In case you don't know by now, I really love photography. I mean I really, really, really LOVE photography, LOL. I've been snapping away ever since I got my new camera almost 2 years ago and have been lucky enough to capture some great shots if I do say so myself:) I got this bright idea to enter some photos in the Titus County Fair at almost the last minute. I read the rules and it said the photos had to be mounted on mat board. I didn't even know what mat board was, much less where to get it! Found out what it was and the hunt was on. Living in a small town has its disadvantages..everybody and their dogs must've had the same idea, because I could NOT find mat board anywhere. Poor Bill even went out on his day off to see if he could find me some..but to no avail. We finally made one more trip and found something called card stock. I mounted my photos and fretted over whether they would be accepted or not. The day came to turn them in and I handed them over to the lady, who told me that people had been turning in stuff mounted on all kinds of stuff so mine was fine:) After much anticipation, the first night of the fair finally came. My daughter, Grandson, and I met a good friend there and headed into the building to see all of the entries. The first one of mine I came to had a pink Honorable Mention ribbon on it (which they give to everybody who doesn't place). I expected Pink on all of mine, because after all, this WAS my first year to enter. Imagine my shock when my friend hollered from halfway across the room "Angie..YOU GOT 1st, BEST OF CLASS AND BEST OF SHOW ON YOUR DRAGONFLY!" No way..uh uh..is all I could say. I ran over there and it was true..the greatest honor I could ask for being a newbie was right in front of my eyes! Ashley took pictures of me while I stood there grinning from ear to ear like a dork, LOL. We moved on and found that I had gotten two more Blue Ribbons (1st place) and 2 White Ribbons (3rd). On the 6 entries, I had placed with 5 of them! Imagine that! I was, and still am, on Cloud 9....

I LOVE PHOTOGRAPHY!!