doughnuts

It’s almost July, and the air is thick and sticky here. This weather reminds me of all the sweaty hours I’ve spent at fairs over the years. County fairs, 4-H fairs, my sister’s horse shows, State Fairs, arts and craft shows, etc. It’s always hot at those fairs, but it’s okay, because you can usually find someone selling mini-donuts! Nothing takes the “ugh” out of a hot, humid, Midwestern summer day, like a little bag of freshly fried, cinnamoned-and-sugared donuts. These are the perfect ending to a corn dog and lemonade lunch. Yum!

photo taken at the Calgary Stampede, by alau2

Well, I wasn’t going to miss an opportunity to have donuts, even if I was a couple of days late for the official Day of the Donut. Here are the tasty fried pastries I brought home. Since they don’t have holes, they may not be “real” donuts, but they were covered in icing and rainbow sprinkles, and they were delicious!

I’m sad to say I missed a major sugar event. April 16 (yesterday) was Day of the Donut, observed by flickr members around the world. Donut/doughnut shop meet-ups were held in cities across the globe, from Washington DC to Paris to Bahrain. Members gathered at their local bakeries, or celebrated alone with their favorite glazed, sprinkled, and frosted dough circles, in a show of international fellowship. When you think about it, the donut is a perfect symbol of friendship. It’s round and sweet, like a delicious hug!

Thank you to sugarfreak for sharing this photo under a Creative Commons license!

San Francisco members of the We Demand Donuts flickr group were especially lucky, because each of them received a free donut from flickr management-type guy, Matthew Rothenberg. Rothenberg even posted photos of the receipts for the 12 dozen donuts he bought for the group. The group had been hoping to make it to 20,000 members before the big day, in order to get their free donuts, but Rothenberg rewarded their efforts even though they fell short of their goal.

Donuts, making friends out of strangers. To quote Homer Simpson, “Donuts. Is there anything they can’t do?”