Morning with mom

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One of my all time favorite festivals of the summer.

Marigold days in Mantorville, MN

 I used to take one, two or all three of my kids to this, but I remember my Brice liked Marigold days alot, and he would for sure be with me every year. I taught him how to haggle the price down when he was about 8 or 9 and he got himself a "real cool" bat mobile (that his brother later lost a part of it)

He was pretty proud of himself, and so was his mama.

This year my mom came along, we had a good time as usual looking around, checking things out, getting idea's and people watching  :)

There are always lots of antiques

a fishing contest at the dam was happening

Crafts galore, This snowman was painted on a screen door....cute idea

Tents with sellers and their goods everywhere

I thought this was clever, they used childrens shoes to plant 

"Hen & Chicks" plant. So cute!

Pretty little bottles...

...and this super cool bike.  

A souped-up stingray with banana seat and high handle bars.

 Back in the day you considered pretty cool is you had one of these!  

Did you have one?

Back in the day

For just a few hours we felt like we were in another era from days gone by.

I'm always fascinated to see small fragments of how it was, back in the day

This weekend Mantorville celebrated "Olde Tyme Days"

It was fun watching (especially) the women all dressed up in their frilly dresses with 

umbrella's in hand  to shield them from the heat.

On Saturday they had the 1st annual 

Old Tyme Days Period Costume Extravaganza & Competition.

Dressed in White on a very warm day

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Not far from our car we saw a sign with an arrow directing us to a "Log Cabin"

As we headed down a grass path toward the log cabin we stopped to watch a blacksmith at work.

 It was fun to watch him pound and shape the metal into what he told us was a "steak turner"

 Coopers Log cabin from the late 1800's

The cabin was so cool. I love this kind of stuff!

 Just a few pictures from the inside

 Rick, checking out a few displays in the basement.

 The Restoration house

another home with many treasures from the past.

 Rachel, a high school girl from Mantorville,

 dressed the part, and was our guide at the Restoration house

 The original basement with stone floor

Old washing machines 

 Timber ceilings

I have never been to the Opera house in Mantorville but that 

will have to wait for another time

It's the 40th season of melodramas presented by the Mantorville Theater Company.

 This weekend there will be several productions of "She Aspires to Greater Things" 

These two lovely ladies posed for me as Rick and I passed by

They were a little shy, and said that their costumes weren't really that good

I thought they were great!

Today would hold many more fun events and competitions, It will have to go on without me,

 to hot for my liking  :)