Random picture thread for Friday

$50 canadian carausel coin, 6 0z pure silver, gold plated finish

the future

Upgraded from the box

Stopped at the store to get a Coke and got this in change. Found a 107-year-old nickel and still no 2026 dime......
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GIANT ALASKA VEGETABLES AND WATER SKIING SQUIRREL HIGHLIGHT SEPTEMBER RETURN TO ALASKA STATE FAIR

Join in a day at the Alaska State Fair held in Palmer as visited at the beginning of September 2026.

Videos in the Playlist include the price winning Pumpkin grown by Anchorage's Dale Marshall at 1,436 pounds, a 102 pound Giant Cabbage with its blue ribbon, a water skiing squirrel, a new Bonsai exhibition complete with Bonsai making demonstration, Jostling Lumberjacks logrolling at the finale of the Fair's Lumberjack Show, Our own prize winning photos, and multiple songs by Award-winning Alaska Singer-Songwriter Robin Hopper.

Songs include her own "Combat Fishing" as well as Brian Jones' "Fur Rendezvous" and popular "Better Days Are Coming."

Also included are our own Prize-Winning photos from the Fair's photo competition. Mine a daring horseback rider from a prior fair event and Kay's "Kimono" Clad Smiling Siblings on their visit to Hakone Japan.

Link to Video Playlist of this week's September Day Visit to the Alaska State Fair:

https://www.youtube.com/embed/videoseries?list=PLNXspkfKfJU4

CONCURRENTLY TAKEN PHOTOS FROM THE DAY AT THE ALASKA STATE FAIR:

The Prize-Winning 1,436 pound Pumpkin and 102.6 Pound Giant Cabbage:

The Added Bonsai Exhibition:

The Water Skiing Squirrel:

It was COSPLAY Day at the Fair:

Then there was the obligatory Fair Food: Alaskan Oysters, Monster block of Alaskan Potato Curley Fries, and Denali Cream Puffs:

Alaska Grown Oysters:

Alaska Potato Curley Fries:

Denali Cream Puffs:

The Tree Train:

Our Division Winning Photos:

Mine taken at a prior Alaska State Fair Event:

Kay's taken in Hakone Japan of "Smiling Siblings:"

One More of the Mountain-Sized Denali Cream Puff