Old Threshers

We had a really great Old Threshers this year. There was a torrential downpour Wed night and Thursday morning and some light showers on Monday morning. And there were some high winds the rest of the time. But, hey, it's Iowa at Threshers time! Temperatures were otherwise very mild, with cool evenings. The ground dried pretty quickly so there wasn't much in the way of swampy areas on the pathways (some in the parking areas!). Sales were very good and I heard that this was true for a lot of the vendors.
John and JT got to be with us for the whole of Threshers, which was really great. We have to be in the booth most of the time but Dad or I got out with him a few times a day. Dad took him to eat at the church tents about three times and he really "chowed down". My mom was there for three days this year. Grandma Weyer and Judy were there from Tuesday evening until after the show ended on Monday and Stephen and Carolyn came every day. John W, Cindi, and Nathan were there for the weekend. So it was a nice group of us.
As you can see, he got to carve with Grandpa twice. This is just a short clip. He and Grandpa were carving and in one of the videos JT is saying that he's making a spoon to hang up. In one of the photos you can see that he was briefly holding the spoke shave by himself. Nathan also made two spoons!
It was pretty obvious how happy JT was to see Nathan. Oh, my, maybe he'll be a tackle for a WI team someday! He just loved Nathan right off his feet. :-) They had some fun in the huge sandpile that Thresher's makes just for the show (doesn't sit out long enough for cats to find it :-).

There were train and trolley rides. John J has some great train and log village photos. No carousel rides this year as JT seems to be really leery of them right now.


Elizabeth was home from Fri evening till Sunday afternoon and I was really, really happy to have her and two of her good friends dress up on Sunday! The costume closet hasn't been busy enough the last few years. In the sandbox photo, JT is wearing one of his Dad's/uncles' brown shirts. I made the blue one for him this year and got suspenders from Kalona.


Also in a photo in the slideshow you can see Grandpa's new toy. The jeep still works and JT learned to drive it pretty well. It even went outside one morning. :-)
I was happy to get some new dolls from some of the antique dealers. The one in faded pink is a 1955 Madame Alexander straight leg walker which I was thrilled to get for $15. The one in the center is a new ceramic doll which was left from the doll convention held at OT this June. The paper dolls are left from older conventions and one was given to me by the curator of the OT doll museum and president of the club. The doll in plaid is, I believe, a Roberta walker from the 50's which I got for $4. I love a good bargain and these certainly were!