Day 331: One of the exhibits on my "must-do" list when I attend the Puyallup Fair is the floral exhibit. It is now housed in the same building as the grange displays. Dahlias occupy a full half of its space, the rest being devoted to roses, bonsai and other types of flowers. I do not know what goes into judging florals or what makes a prize-winning dahlia, but it seems to me that there is an inordinate number of blue ribbons here with an equal number of red second-place ribbons hiding behind them. Surely "first place" should be unique, or in case of a hard-to-make decision, a tie for first...not an entire rank of blue-ribbon blooms. Is this a case of "no child (flower) left behind?" And what must those poor second-placers must feel, to have been beat out by dozens...dozens, mind you...of others? I walked away from this exhibit feeling very, very confused.
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