Saturday, October 17, 2009

Day Two Hundred and Ninety: Long Live the Maple Leaf!


Recently I've been showing you a lot of pictures of autumn color in Lawrence and surrounding areas. Much of that color came courtesy of the maple leaves.

Today in Baldwin City the maple leaf was honored with its own festival.

Annual events at the Maple Leaf Festival - held this weekend because it is deemed the optimal maple-leaf-viewing weekend of the year - include a parade (featuring Miss Maple Leaf herself), many booths of artwork and handmade crafts, and plenty of food (as seen below).


Of course, the guest of honor made an appearance as well:


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