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MN State Fair Junkie, Crop Artist and Maker of Things.
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Don’t miss out on the MN State Fair tickets one day sale! Tickets are only $15 dollars and only available to purchase today, Tuesday, Nov 25. Best ticket deal for the 2026 MN State Fair! #MNStateFair
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!
November 25, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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When the Aurora App has no idea what amazingness is happening in the sky tonight. LOL.
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!
November 12, 2025 at 5:27 AM
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The wind and my neighbors outdoor lights are definitely a pain in the ass - but I’m still having a great time running in and out of my house and seeing how the Aurora Borealis is changing over time.
Aurora Borealis with green and pink streaks looking to the west at 8:57pm CT Aurora Borealis with red streaks now overwhelming the green looking to the west at 9:21pm CT
November 12, 2025 at 3:44 AM
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Checking in from the south metro:
Looking to the west, the night sky is awash in green and red swashes of light! Looking to the east, the night sky is awash in green and red swashes of light!
November 12, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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Aurora Borealis from the south metro, this is looking to the west. It was very faint when I first went out, but is now definitely visible with the naked eye, but the camera certainly helps.
Night sky lit up with red and green lights with tree silhouettes in front of them.
November 12, 2025 at 2:41 AM
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This is the best creepy Halloween song and @thecurrent.org plays it every year to my utter delight.

I have memories of sitting next to a little record player at my friend Corrine’s house and us playing this over and over and over again.

It's definitely a perfect song for Halloween!
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.
October 31, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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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.
A golden retriever with text above saying “Pet a Dog”, and “Gilbert” below by Lyra Totten-Naylor of Plymouth.
September 3, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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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 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”
August 29, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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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
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.
August 28, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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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.
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.
August 23, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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They added another lane. One is the fast lane and the slow lane. Seems to be helping!
Door to the crop art area showing signs that say “slow lane” and “fast lane”.
August 23, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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I’m demoing crop art today in the Ag-Hort building. Stop and say hi!

#cropart #seedart #mnstatefair
Line of people looking at crop art displayed on the walls. Some different seed examples are on the table in the foreground.
August 23, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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Here’s a clear sign that the fair is busier than normal. The Star Tribune ran out of chap stick for today?! Saw this sign just before 1pm.

#mnstatefair
Black printing on a blue sign at the Star Tribune building saying “Out of Lip Balm for today! Please check back tomorrow.”
August 21, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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Here’s my second piece I made for this year’s fair, it’s a Fairchild x Drake meme mashup.

#cropart #seedart #mnstatefair
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.
August 21, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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I made 2 pieces for Crop Art this year, and here’s the first one. My favorite radio station @thecurrent.org is celebrating its 20 year anniversary this year!

Seeds used:
Black Beans
Black Lentil
Hulled Millet (painted red)
White quinoa

#CropArt #SeedArt #mnstatefair
A black circle with black, red and white letters that say “the current: 20 years of music”
August 21, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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Like others crop artists I love being in the room and listen to people talk about the crop art. I also love creeping on people taking photos of my pieces and then try to take photos of them taking photos of my pieces. LOL. Very meta and very fun at the same time 2/2

#CropArt
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.
August 5, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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I’m not sure why I didn’t just make this highly niche meme yesterday.
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”.
August 4, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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Working on my crop art piece and I didn’t like how the boundary of 2 different seeds wasn’t lining up very well. I was almost done, but decided it annoyed me so much I ripped the offending parts out and redoing it.

This is the crop art way.

#MSF #CropArt #SeedArt
A gif of the Mandalorian saying “This is the way”.
August 4, 2025 at 12:57 AM
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Crop Art problems #497

I usually take progress photos of my crop art as I’m working on it, and tonight this little sneak thought it was a treat for her!

I had to grab it before she got her paws (and teeth) on it. She has no appreciation for art.

I was unamused.

#MSF #CropArt #SeedArt
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!
July 19, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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It me.

#cropart #seedart
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”.
November 21, 2024 at 4:59 AM
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Here’s the third piece of crop art I created for the MN State Fair. Cobra Chickens are Everywhere was made for my friend @birdchick !

#cobrachicken #seedart #cropart #mnstatefair
November 16, 2024 at 8:54 AM
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Here’s the second piece of crop art I submitted to the MN State Fair. This is for one of my fav local bands @Durrymusic !

#cropart #seedart #durry #losersclub
#mnstatefair
November 16, 2024 at 8:54 AM
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I submitted THREE pieces of crop art this year. Here’s the first. Fairborne is 40 this year, so had to celebrate him in crop art!

#cropart #seedart #mnstatefair #fairborne #fairchild
November 16, 2024 at 9:02 AM
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Day 1 of the 2022 Minnesota State Fair is in the books. I submitted two pieces of crop art this year. Here’s the second piece I submitted. It’s a mashup of GOOTS and Untitled Goose Game. #cropart #seedart #GOOTS #MNStateFair
November 16, 2024 at 9:02 AM
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Day 1 of The Great Minnesota Get-Back-Together is in the books. I submitted two pieces of crop art this year. Here’s the first piece I completed, Maybell Eequay’s Mushroom Frog (with permission). #cropart #seedart #MNStateFair #MushroomFrog
November 16, 2024 at 9:09 AM