Orange City, Iowa, Tulip Festival

Even though it wasn’t a bumper crop this year for tulips because of the weather, an ingenious child added some tulips on a sidewalk for the annual Tulip Festival parade in Orange City, Iowa, Saturday afternoon, May 18, 2013, generally draws a large crowd to watch the street cleaning and parade of costumes depicting the history of the people of the Netherlands. (photo by Jerry Mennenga ©