Tractor parade

We drove down to Meadow with the grandparents to the Threshing Bee/Tractor Parade on Sunday. It was an opportunity to see the land where Grandpa spent "the dirty thirties." The house was no longer standing, but there was an old building where Grandpa said he slept during the summer. We saw the stone foundation of his grade school, and the quarter of land that his uncle bought for $80 in 1936. He enjoyed the day and our company. We stopped at The Sugar Shack to get ice cream on the way home.

I had to shake my head over the lack of "farm safety" during the parade. Check out the little girl in the loader. Each tractor had about three kids hanging on the back, standing on the bar behind the driver.

There was an antique dealer selling the cutest little cut glass salt and pepper shakers. She had old-fashioned cooking utensils, pottery, jewelry, and linens. To me, the prices seemed very reasonable. I didn't buy anything, but enjoyed looking. The farmer pointed out an old barber chair (not for sale) that was the same kind as one we saw on American Restoration last night. That one was bought for $500 and after restoration, sold for $6,500. Who knows what is in the old buildings on the farmsteads nearby?