Actually the clown in the car from the previous post was the official 'balloon lady' and I was told that she is something of an institution at these events. Clowns and institutions, hmmm. There’s something in that combination of words that is worrying. Doctor, I don't want to talk about the clowns right now, okay?
Anyway, as I was saying, because things go in circles, there just had to be a carousel, and there just had to be a cute girl and her mom riding it, and they were nice enough to let me photograph them. I was already in the process of taking pictures of the ride itself. Look at that face.
Now look at these faces.
One of the things that fascinates me about carousels is the look in the animal’s faces. I see things there that are not all nicey, nicey. I see panic, and fear, and sometimes other emotions. The people riding the ‘pretty ponies’ are oblivious to that fact. Odd, isn’t it?
The bonus round at the Port Perry Fair:
There was actually a 2nd carousel there as well, this one in miniature.
And I spent a while talking to it’s creator, Gord Fraser, about carousels and other things. I told him that I really liked his work. I also, of course, spent more than a little time photographing the wonderful menagerie of animals that he had carved, painted, and set in place, like this dragon...
... stork
... tiger
...goat
...and camel.
But you can also see in the pictures a number of other animals that he had done a remarkable job on as well. Way to go Gord.
Pretty cool, eh?
All the photographs in this and the last posting are mine by the way.
