BLUE HILL – You can smell the Blue Hill Fair before you get there.

When the wind is right, the mingled aromas of doughboys and onion rings, french fries, cotton candy and sausage drift out onto Surry Road and draw you into the fairgrounds.

And just as each booth has a different scent and a different taste, the entire fair appeals to different tastes in other ways. It provides something for everyone. A steady stream of fair-goers poured into the fairground, drawn not only by the attractions, but also by the fine Labor Day weekend weather.

“You couldn’t ask for better weather conditions,” said fair president Rob Eaton. “Good weather helps everybody.”

The weather certainly has cooperated this year. What little rain there was came late in the day after most of the events had ended.

“That was perfect,” Eaton said.

Some note that dry weather means dust on the midway, and complain good-naturedly that you either get dust or mud depending on the weather. And yet they keep coming back.

Sunday traditionally is the busiest day of the fair, and this was a “good Sunday,” Eaton said.

Some on Sunday were first-timers to the fair and headed first to the livestock area and went looking for “good food.”

Others have been coming to the fair for years.

“Tradition,” said one man as he hurried toward the entrance. “I’ve been coming here for 45 years.”

And as many different people there are, each has a different favorite thing.

“French fries.”

“Ice cream.”

“Familiar faces.”

“The show animals. They’re really wonderful.”

“The John Penny Band.”

“Rich Charette.”

“The fireworks.”

“The rides.”

“The Gravitron.”

“The food; that’s why we come. And the animals.”

The fair will wind up today with a full day of events beginning at 8:30 a.m. with the dairy goat show in the livestock area, There are farm animal events scheduled including oxen pulling, a horse show, llama demonstrations and harness racing. The traditional livestock parade on the racetrack is set to begin at 11 a.m.

The Labor Day entertainment will be country singer Collin Raye.

The fair will close the gates at 10 p.m.