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Chase Doty, 5, dressed painted like a pirate, watches his mother, Jennifer Doty paint Scarlett McKendrick's face. The 7-year-old goes to school at Highlands Grove Elementary School. Chase said his sister painted the pirate on his face at the 42nd Annual Bloomin' Arts Festival, but he went back to other artist's for more paintings on his cheeks later.

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Who is keeping who warm here as Debbie Wroten and 6-month-old Nathan hug each other in the student art tent Saturday at the Bloomin' Art Festival. She was helping her son Alan, 5, find his painting in the booth. Adam is a little too short to be seen here but he was just beside her.

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Becca Godwin dances to the music Saturday at the 42nd Annual Bloomin' Arts Festival while her mother, Anne Price, gives her all the help she can.

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Lynda Jackson from Winter Haven looks over the display Saturday at the 42nd Annual Bloomin' Arts Festival. She liked what Garden Treasures was displaying and was considering buying something for her house in Georgia.

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Linda Marino of Lake Wales looks over the quilts Satuday at the Bloomin' Arts Festival. The quilt show was on the second floor of the Polk County History Center and featured 40 artists from around the country.

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Savannah Olinger of Bartow looks at paintings by Polk County students as monkey looking a little like Albert Einstein is on the other side. The painting, which was made at Harrison High, was marked as not being for sale. It was one of hundreds on display at the 42nd Bloomin' Arts Festival held downtown Bartow. For more photos from the Bloomin' Arts Festival, see Pages 6-7.

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Hearts were stiched into this quilt on display at the quilt show in the Polk County History Center over the weekend during the 42nd Annual Bloomin' Arts Center.

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Bob Anderton mixes the kettle corn Saturday at the 42nd Annual Bloomin' Arts Festival on Main Street in Bartow. Southwest Kettle Corn, owned by Bob and his wife, Carol, enjoyed plenty of sales Saturday with their warm kettle corn on a day when the temperatures stayed in the 50s.

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Playing publicly for the first time in about six years, Ariel Godwin, a former resident of Hamilton, N.Y., and now a Bartow resident, played his folk music Saturday afternoon at the Bloomin' Arts Festival. He was giving away copies of his CD, Cross Creek.

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Joyce Rosa made this anniversary quilt for she and her husband Don. It was on display at the 42nd Annual Bloomin' Arts Festival. The quilt display was on the second floor of the Polk County History Center.