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MN State Fair Junkie, Crop Artist and Maker of Things.

An image of a sculpture made of butter in a large refrigerated case of one of the dairy princesses while behind that is the sculptor carving a new princess at the Minnesota State Fair.
Meme featuring Julia Roberts and Hugh Grant that says: “I’m just a girl, standing in front of a lot of seeds and plant parts just wanting to make crop art with other people who know what the hell they are doing”.
Meme featuring Julia Roberts and Hugh Grant that says: “I’m just a girl, standing in front of a lot of seeds and plant parts just wanting to make crop art with other people who know what the hell they are doing”.
Surprised Pikachu meme made as crop art. This is all painted and natural colored seeds.
Image of a Red-headed woodpecker from the Sibley Bird Guide. It has a completely red head, black back and large white patches on its secondaries and rump.
Male Red-bellied woodpecker. Uniformly barred back, with red nape. They have very difficult to see red wash on their belly.
National Weather Service Twin Cities message stating that the annual tornado drill happens today April 16th, at 1:45pm and again at 6:45pm. It’s a great time to practice your readiness with your family!
A screenshot of the 2025 Minnesota State Fair Crop Art Rules with the highlighted section saying: Crop parts shall be those specimens grown and propagated in Minnesota.
A snapshot of the 2025 MN State Fair rules stating that “Due to the number of entries, all entries may not be displayed.”
Fan holding up a piece of crop art they made in the new season 5 of the TV Show Hacks.
Meme from the TV show Letterkenny showing Squirrely Dan holding a beer and text saying “That’s what I appreciates about you”
Sign in the cooler where the Princess Kay winner and all the finalists have their likeness carved out of a 90lb block of butter.
Image showing the normal box of the 4 stick 1lb package at the top of the photo, and the 1/2 stick 1 lb package just below it. Both packages look exactly the same, except for the half stick badge callout in the bottom right corner of the box.
A dark green t-shirt that is screen printed with a unicorn with an ear of golden corn as its horn, standing in front of a field of corn.
Image of Fairborne (one of the gopher mascots) holding an entry ticket that says “Minnesota State Fair” and the text says: State Fair Tickets Flash Sale for one day only Tuesday, November 25th! Tickets are only $15 dollars today only. Discount tickets will jump to $17 on December 1st, and at the gate price is higher, it was $20 for the 2025 fair. Best ticket deal for the 2026 MN State Fair!
Screenshot of a message from the Aurora app saying: The NOAA has forecast a low chance of seeing aurora, but users have reported sightings nearby. You should keep an eye on the sky if it’s clear. And the skies have been popping most of the evening!
Aurora Borealis with green and pink streaks looking to the west at 8:57pm CT
Looking to the west, the night sky is awash in green and red swashes of light!
Night sky lit up with red and green lights with tree silhouettes in front of them.
Screenshot of my phone’s lock screen showing the song that’s currently streaming on The Current app. They play this song every year and I love it. It shows the album cover for the band Bloodrock with the song title D.O.A. The album cover is all red and black and looks like blood is dripping down from the top and starting to cover the 6 band members.
A golden retriever with text above saying “Pet a Dog”, and “Gilbert” below by Lyra Totten-Naylor of Plymouth.
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 man sits behind a table filled with vegetables showing people how to use the Swiss Peelers he is selling at the Minnesota State Fair.
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.
Door to the crop art area showing signs that say “slow lane” and “fast lane”.
Line of people looking at crop art displayed on the walls. Some different seed examples are on the table in the foreground.
Black printing on a blue sign at the Star Tribune building saying “Out of Lip Balm for today! Please check back tomorrow.”
Art is broken out into 4 quadrants. Upper left is Fairchild looking down with a disappointed look on his face and his hand up to the upper right square that says “other state fairs”. The lower left square shows a happy Fairchild with a smile and pointing to the lower right square that says “Minnesota State Fair”. There is a 5th place yellow ribbon.
A black circle with black, red and white letters that say “the current: 20 years of music”
Image of a yellow peg board wall showing a piece of crop art that is round and says “Cobra Chickens Are Everywhere” with a Canada Goose head in the middle. There is a person holding up a phone taking a picture of this same piece. This is made with Black Beans, Mayocoba Beans, Red Beans, Lentils, Pumpkin Seeds and red onion skin.
Meme of the Mandalorian looking into the distance with the words “This is the crop art way” across the bottom of the image. This is a play on the Mandalorian phrase, “This is the way”.
A gif of the Mandalorian saying “This is the way”.
A white squirrel is on the concrete stoop outside my side door looking at my in progress crop art piece for the Minnesota State Fair as if it is a special snack just for her!
The baby hippo Moo Deng peeks from behind a tree with text at the bottom that says “When someone says literally anything about crop art”.