The suburb of St. Louis I live in, Kirkwood (Pop. 27,000) is known as the Greentree City. Every September, they have a three-day festival at Kirkwood Park called, not too surprisingly, the Greentree Festival. It has a bit of everything and is a fantastic family outing. On Saturday morning, they have the parade. For the past five or six years (or longer, I can't even remember), my T has been one of the open antique cars carrying City Council members at the front of the parade. This year was especially fun, since one of the newly-elected Council members, Nancy Luetzow, worked for many years as a Russian to English translator and I have known her in the St Louis translator community since the mid-1990s. When the mayor asked me again this year if I would participate, I said I would and specified that I wanted Nancy to be in my car. (I apologize for the picture quality. I had been carrying the camera in my pocket and hadn't noticed that the settings had changed.)
This is a photo of the parade from within the parade. The mayor is in the Model A roadster.
This is an attempt to take a picture of the car's reflection in a mirror-type window along the parade route.
I'll put Sunday's pictures in another post.
Today was the car show at the Greentree Festival. (I always put the car in as "Display Only" - the last thing I want or need is a trophy.) When I arrived, I noticed a Model A that had arrived a few cars before me, so I parked next to him. Fords have to stick together.
This is an overview of part of the show. (For those who spotted the fact that my top was down in the first car show picture and up in this one, see the note at the end of the thread.)
Typical view of the booths at the festival.
My grandson, Alex, about to throw a beanbag at a pyramid of cans to knock them over.
My granddaughter Sofia about to shoot a dart at a target to win a trinket. (Note: the contests for the kids were all designed so that everyone won something.)
Finally, the two grandtwins coming down the inflated slide.
Note on the top: The top on our T is rarely down. One of the few occasions when it is is this parade every year. Until this year, Anja has always helped me put the top down and then back up. She is no longer able to do that and I wasn't sure how to do it this year. (Yes, yes, I know... "One-man top." Forget it!) Our daughter Elisabeth happened to be coming by the day before the parade, so I taught her how to help put the top down. It was still down when I got to the car show today, but Elisabeth, her husband Pete and the kids showed up and one of the first things we did was teach her how to put the top up. She is now fully proficient in Model T top. That explains the disparity between the first photo and the second one.
All in all, a good day. (No rain, which made it an unusual Greentree Festival.)
Too funny. In the picture of my grandson about to throw the beanbag at the cans, you can see my son-in-law in the background taking a picture. My daughter just sent me his picture. This is the picture of me taking the picture of them....
Thanks for posting Dick. Searched like crazy and didn't see any of my cousins, oh well. Kirkwood also has a beautiful old Railroad Depot. all stone.
The depot is still in use with Amtrak.
George, do you have cousins in Kirkwood? Yes, the old station has been restored and is still in use for Amtrak trains.
Dick, yes, but they aren't into vintage machinery.
Geo.
Nice pic of the depot.
Thanks for what I took to be an intended compliment, George, but I "borrowed" the photo from a Kirkwood website. I have some photos of the station - at least one with my car in it - but it would take too long to find them. It is a nice picture. It makes a great background on the few occasions that a steam locomotive comes through.