A top winner in the Home Arts clothing division at the Santa Clara County Fair was a wired vest with green and red LEDs, the three buttons reading “2, 4, 6”. This was a signal that we were still in Silicon Valley despite the surroundings of homemade jams, flower displays, and many wonderfully designed and stitched quilts. The bobbin lace demonstration was fascinating since I had never considered how it was made. I have crocheted lace, but never seen the setup of pillow, bobbins, and pins that are the tools of a bobbin lace maker. Over in the livestock area we saw pig after pig after pig. After a while, the pigs, most were sleeping, started to look the same, as did the sheep. But the goats were full of character and spunk as they stuck their noses out between the bars, hoping for food. And the cows? Cows are big. And the ones bred for beef are even bigger.