“Parades, parades, and more parades – and an engagement”
Okay – I’m finally catching up to those missing Mardi Gras weeks. Our house is so close to the parade route, that it was hard to pass up an evening of parades.
This will mostly be a pictorial blog, as I didn’t capture the specific parades and floats for many of them, and don’t remember now for sure. Let’s start with some of the amazing floats:
I always love to see the Budweiser Clydesdales and wagon. Such majestic beasts:
The flambeau walkers are a rarer sight in parades these days:
The kids arrived for the second weekend, and of course Will had some appropriate shirts and outfits:
Nyx and Muses are two of my favourite parades. The girls caught the fancy hand decorated purses from Nyx, and Molly caught a Muses shoe from the second to last float:
It was funny to see our local weather forecaster, Margaret Orr, in the Head of Muses shoe:
Here are some shots of the groups, including Campbell’s purple wig:
We worked hard to catch camo rain hats for everyone. Good throws as it rained heavily that night.
Buttercup made her first appearance on the parade route, preparing for the full parade route on Mardi Gras day:
Friday, February 9th, was a very special day. Campbell and Molly got engaged by the Tree of Life in Audubon park. It was a bit of work for Campbell to get away from the group and take Molly for a walk by the tree. He passed up on the first attempt – a couple were getting married by the tree. Shortly after, we received this lovely picture and were ready to appear from our hidden vehicle with a champagne toast. Denny and Anne showed up shortly after.
The group enjoyed a celebratory drink and snack at the Columns, continuing our Friday Happy Hour tradition:
Here’s the proud future father-in-law with his awesome future daughter-in-law:
Here’s a picture from their early dating days:
Diana and I met Gary, one of our Board members, at Commanders Palace briefly on the engagement evening. They invited us to join for dinner, but there’s only so many times in a short period that you can eat there, and we had all the parade excitement to return to.
Wow – I’m committing to myself again to never get this far behind with updates.
Coexist peacefully, with patience and kindness for all!