DAY 13: Photojournalism style today. I was on the road at 6 a.m. to the Farm Progress Show outside of Decatur, Ill. I got to the grounds a little after 9 a.m. I've never seen so many farmers packed into one place. I was wondering if I would find a butter sculpture cow on display when I happened upon Decatur sculptor John McClarey working on a statue for the Abraham Lincoln bicentennial which will be in 2009. Mr. McClarey told me where this finished bronze work will be on display and I knew I'd surely remember and did not write it down. Yes, I forgot, but I do remember it will be at the site of one of Lincoln's famous debates. If you've seen the nine-foot statue of Abraham Lincoln in front of the Lincoln Library and Museum in Springfield, well, that's one of McClarey's works, too.
In the coming days I will be posting a few of the other shots I got at the show. I planned to stay almost the whole day at the show but I gotta tell you, the heat got to me and at 1 p.m. I had to escape to my air-conditioned car. This was my first trip to the Farm Progress Show and I enjoyed it a lot and got many good pictures.
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