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a black and gray long-haired yorkiepoo sits at a desk in a university classroom. a piece of paper lays on the desk in front of her, her paws propped up on the desk as if she's bracing herself. there are students in the background hunched over and working on paper in front of them. the pup looks at the camera with a concerned side eye. she's realizing she probably should have read some of the homework before eating it.

This is Clio. She did not study for the test today. Also does not know how to read. 12/10 (IG: paspastotoro)

Husband has been impatiently waiting for replacement parts to his table saw to get it ready to give to our nephew. The package arrived today and he was so excited it finally arrived he said “it’s just like Xmas!” with a little kid grin. LOL

Farm Aid Partners with the University of Minnesota to Host Pre-Events Ahead of Farm Aid 40 Farm Aid and the University of Minnesota will gather farmers, partner organizations, University of Minnesota students and the public.

We are thrilled to announce that Bob Dylan is joining the lineup at Farm Aid's 40th anniversary festival on Saturday, Sept. 20!

That’s a travesty. That’s one of my absolute favorite songs! I hope you immediately played it for them and forced them to listen.

That style has been around for a while, but not sure when it actually started.

A golden retriever with text above saying “Pet a Dog”, and “Gilbert” below by Lyra Totten-Naylor of Plymouth.

There were 2 other tributes I’m aware of - here’s another Gilbert, and Julie Blaha did some amazing flowers that were made from onion skins, and also rhubarb and corn fibers made into cordage! I can’t find a photo of those unfortunately.

Anne Boleyn is by Wendy Brozic

My Chagall Dream by Jeanne Morales of Minneapolis— a woman in a gown appears to fly over Minneapolis landmarks like First Ave, the state fair giant slide, the Hook and Ladder, in seeds and grains, some painted.

Ceci n’est pas un corn dog by Amy & Steve Saupe of Saint Paul. A corn dog and French text (this is not a corn dog, after Magritte, in small natural colored seeds

MN State Fair crop art 2025 thread:

1. This year, the Minneapolis Institute of Art sponsored two prizes, so there were lots of entries inspired by fine art. These are the two winners:

#cropart #seedart #mnstatefair

Yay! So glad you loved it!

Yes, that’s me! I was chuckling to myself the whole time I was making it!

🤣🤣🤣

I liked it, but probably wouldn’t get it again. It would be more shareable in a dish, but I’m assuming they wanted to push the “look! It’s beer in a cone!” visual.

Minnesota State Fair people: Crop Art has a line. Follow the rules. Don't be a jerk. And if you make our amazing crop art supervisor cry, you should probably be kicked out of the fair.

A man wearing a collared shirt with his back to me that has an excel spreadsheet printed all over it and it says: “ Ohh…this calls for a spreadsheet”

A close up of the font name on the man wearing a collared shirt with his back to me that has an excel spreadsheet printed all over it and it says: “Geeksoutfit”

One of the best things about the #mnstatefair (other than #CropArt obs) are the shirts that people wear to the fair. This guy has probably waited all year to wear his excel spreadsheet shirt! Even the font name is awesome: Geeksoutfit. LOL

a child looking down at a golden retriever named Samaria resting in their lap. the child pets the dog's face.

a person holding a child on their hip crouches down on the sidewalk to pet a golden retriever on the head.

a child wearing all gray sits on a yellow curb. a golden retriever lays on the sidewalk next to them, and rests their head in the child's lap.

A group of 6 LCC K9 comfort dogs arrived in Minneapolis yesterday in the wake of the latest mass shooting. The organization deploys comfort dogs following tragic events. The dogs wore their "please pet me vests," offering love and comfort to those processing this heartbreaking tragedy. 15/10 for all

I love this more every time I see it.

A man sits behind a table filled with vegetables showing people how to use the Swiss Peelers he is selling at the Minnesota State Fair.

The Creative Activities building had a pretty big update this year. They moved a bunch of vendors out of the annex and I was wondering where Larry the guy who sells Swiss Peelers every year ended up. Found him in the Merchandise Mart building! Glad to see he’s still around. He’s a legend!

#msf

I’m actually still chuckling about “gopher-themed”. It makes me think you can have a “gopher-themed” bedroom or something. LOL.

Doesn’t everyone know about Fairchild and Fairborne? Maybe they aren’t Minnesotan so that’s why?

Me either! I can see it now that they mentioned it, but had no idea before.

Here’s some of my favorite crop art from this year’s Minnesota State Fair

I saw that! Super excited for you!!

Image of the Crop Art area at the Minnesota State Fair in 2019. There is a large metal sign holding 2 yellow signs. One says “Faster Lane in second row near the benches and the other says “Slower Lane close to exhibits.

Marta isn’t on bluesky. They did the slow and fast lanes many years ago in 2019. It didn’t work super well. This year there are a couple of people helping people with the lines and moving them along. From my perspective doing crop art demos, it seemed to be working well so far this time.

Door to the crop art area showing signs that say “slow lane” and “fast lane”.

They added another lane. One is the fast lane and the slow lane. Seems to be helping!

Line of people looking at crop art displayed on the walls. Some different seed examples are on the table in the foreground.

I’m demoing crop art today in the Ag-Hort building. Stop and say hi!

#cropart #seedart #mnstatefair

If you aren’t using the MN On a Stick app for your State Fair planning yet, start now!

A guy developed it for funzies last year and it is a bazillion times better than the State Fair’s app.

1/2 submissions for #cropart this year at the #mnstatefair. Muffin going down the Giant Slide. #seedart #bluey

Cole made a MN State Fair feed, check it out!

Cole created a crop art feed a few days ago. Not sure if it’s picking up everything, but it helps!

bsky.app/profile/did:...

Seeds and plant parts used:
Black Beans
Black Lentils
Navy Beans
Mung Beans
Canola
Brown Flax
Pearled Barley
Yellow Mustard
Grits
Yellow popcorn
White Quinoa
Wild Rice
White Pine Needles
Birch Bark
White Onion Skins

@mnmilkman.bsky.social made this!