Charlotte's Web in real life!

Today is the last day of the California Mid-state fair.  Dave and I are going for one last corn dog and a glimpse of the animals who were not auctioned off.  You can imagine how disheartening it is for the young 4-H'ers to not have a bid for the animal they painstakingly raised just for just this moment. 

Jamie Perry is one of the young woman helping me at the B&B who explained to me how all this works. Her son Clayton raised his piglet and was one of the fortunate ones to successfully auction off his for $1,100. That's a lot of $$$ for a 12 year old.  She did not say how much money went to getting it to market, only to say he did well. She couldn't bring herself to attend the auction.  She considered that pig a member of the family. 

If the B&B and wine biz don't work out, I guess there is always livestock.