On Sun, 22 Aug 2010 23:40 -0500, "Stan Halpin" <[email protected]> wrote: > I just put together a quick gallery from shots taken the last two days. > > http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p228893311 > > Background: Parkville Missouri is a small town near me, in the shadow of > Kansas City. The powers-that-be in the town have long been aggressive in > promoting the town, and there are at least four festivals each year: 4th > of July, Parkville Days, Oktoberfest, and Christmas on the River. July > 4th and Christmas on the River involve fireworks, all except the > Christmas on the River involve a carnival plus a number of vendors and > organizations doing their thing. Our church had a tent and I spent some > time there this weekend, but also much time wandering and watching and > shooting. The site is a park on the banks of the MIssouri river. Click > the link for a taste of a hot summer's weekend in a small town in > America's heartland . . . > > stan > >
A really nice documentary and an interesting insight to American colloquialisms. I can work out what 'Texas Tater's might be and I could even have a stab at 'Corn Dogs'. But 'Funnel Cakes'?? This one made me grin: http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p228893311/h2cdd1f9d#h2afd7a17 Cheers Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Send your email first class -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
