A less-than-comfortable looking Allis Chalmers G tractor in the 2007 BBQ Days parade in Belle Plaine, MN.
An Allis Chalmers 185 tractor in the 2007 BBQ Days parade in Belle Plaine, MN
A Ford 841 tractor in the Belle Plaine, MN BBQ Days parade.
A Farmall Super C with a mounted two row planter at Belle Plaine, Minnesota’s BBQ Days parade a few years ago.
A parade wouldn’t be complete without Shriners in tiny cars.
The Albert Lea Tigers marching band was a featured unit during the Sauerkraut Days parade in Henderson, MN. Their impromptu performance around 8:30 AM somewhere near my house got me out of bed and out to clean up the previous evening’s backyard party remnants.
Small towns have the most interesting festivities. This is one of the units I witnessed in the Owl Parade — an early evening parade that is described as Henderson, Minnesota’s version of Mardi Gras — a part of the city’s annual Sauerkraut Days festival
A whole flock of Goldfinches take a break on a small tree alongside the banks of the Minnesota River.
Even hummingbirds get hungry and this one decided to take a break at a local hummingbird feeder.
Wrestling in the streets? Check. Part of the Owl Parade during Henderson, Minnesota’s Sauerkraut Days festival held the last weekend of June each year.
Sometimes you have to stop and smell the flowers.
This is about as close as I’d care to get to a wolf. He probably thinks I’d make a damn tasty snack.
Could it be a Honey Badger? Probably not.
Bird!
Ah, the rare suburban cougar in its natural habitat.
