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| Harry & Gladys: Watermelon |
Each and every year, at the close of summer, the little town of Montrose, Iowa gathers together to
Here is an interesting tidbit......Did you know that my Grandpa, Harry Mitchell was one of the Watermelon Festival Founders? I did not know that until a couple of weeks ago, so you could imagine my excitement as I was painting my Grandpa in an illustration about the very festival he helped create! I couldn't help but think how "tickled" he might have been to see himself in this painting.
The Watermelon Festival is so much more than just a time to eat all the free watermelon you can, but it is really more of a "homecoming". The adults bring their lawn chairs and gather around the bandstand to listen to the free entertainment and just sit and visit with neighbors, friends, and old classmates. Meanwhile, the excitement of the carnival and all it has to offer, has the children buzzing at a much higher frequency.
When we were kids, we would really looked forward to the watermelon festival. We would plead with our parents to let us spend the night with Grandma and Grandpa so that we would be close to the festival. The Mitchell's house in fact was very close, we would spend our day running back and forth, begging for money to purchase more ride tickets and "yummy" carnival treats. Turns out this was part of their master strategy, give us just enough money, but not too much, so that we would need to check back in at the house frequently. Too think all these years I just thought we were really good at begging for stuff!
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