One more Tulip Festival blog

Hey, can I get away with posting a few more fun pictures from the tulip festival? I took over 200 pictures and some of them are actually kind of cool. I filled up a whole CD when I copied them. The last thing that we enjoy about the festival that the regular guys miss is the community worship service on Sunday. The 12 churches in town gather together in Windmill park and worship together. Every year one of the pastors from a local church preaches, and one or two of the churches 'host' the event. By that, they provide the music and any special. This year the pastor of the Baptist church preached and it was wonderful! He took his message from Luke 18 and preached about the Pharisee and the tax collector. You remember the story...The Pharisee stood up in the temple and thanked God that he wasn't like everyone else, a sinner. Especially he wasn't like the tax collector. While the tax collector beat his breast and confessed his sin before God. The pastor's message was very appropriate for a community like ours. How Pharisee like we have been perceived. Justly so, I'm afraid. His message was very pointed, yet diplomatic. Something I cannot neglect to take to hearT

Company in town

Well the town is all spruced up for company. The new windmills are spinning in the park, sod laid, flowers planted. The tulips aren't in such good shape, but it matters not! Visitors are still here by the gazillions. (just witness the parking nightmare on our street) The straatmarket is lined with food stands and game places. There are even a couple of new foodstuffs to try. (cheesecake on a stick?!) I got my need for a funnelcake out of the way tonight. Thank goodness. It wasn't as good as I thought it should be. The local kids had their ride night on Wednesday and now look like they've been doing this festival all of their lives! I don't feel quite like the tourist that I did a couple of years ago, but still, I took tons of pictures, sat in the sun and enjoyed the parade two times. (4 more to go). This is like the beginning of the summer season, and it's all laid out in front of us!

Tulip time

Well, I can't resist a post or two about tulip festival. This year looks to be a lot like a stem festival as the tulips were really hurt with the hot windy conditions the past few days. There's still a few left for visitors, but i suspect most of ourvisitors will be disappointed in what they see. So I took quite a few pictures while the tulips were in full bloom for everyone to enjoy. I will be taking more during the festival, too. This is our fourth tulip festival here in town and I haven't tired of it yet. I enjoy being able to eat junk food every single night. Love those pffertjes, artburst, the POD and every single parade! So there will be plenty more pictures to follow.