. . . as long as it's the St. Patrick's Day parade in New London.
Because, right?
I'm not much for military-might. But the Coasties?
Oh, we here in New London love the Coasties.
Okay, okay, we love the Navy, too . . .
. . . oh, and look! These guys. We love these guys, too.
But mostly . . .
. . . we love the family with which we watched the parade . . .
. . . I tried so hard to make this kid smile . . .
. . . close. So close.
. .. and then his sister walked -- nay, marched -- by.
And then?
Our most beloved State Rep Mr. Chris Soto marched by, too. We are lucky to have this man working for us in Hartford. He is good, good people . . .
. . . plus? He can do an Irish jig.
The Green Street contingent. The zero-degree weather scared away the masses. Did the weather scare us away?
As if.
Because we had a trombone . . .
. . . and a non-tuba.
Wouldn't this kid's mom love this photo?
The Hibernians, godblesstheirsouls.
. . . and the Hibernian's girl. Only in New London do you get half-a-head-a-cabbage as a parade treat . . .
Don't you think for one second I didn't serenade the Scarecrow as she walked down the street . . .
I could while away the hours,
conferrin' with the flowers
Consultin' with the rain.
And Dorothy? With the shoes?
And Toto too?
And Toto too.
. . . must be the pony.
Bye-bye Parade . . .
. . . and hello Mr. Dibble!
Look at these two -- adorable, right?
I mean, can you stand it?
Frankly, the adorableness abounded . . .
. . . aw . . .
. . . aw . . .
. . . aw . . .
. . . aw . . .
Top O' the Mornin', y'all.
3 comments:
Love, love, love! Such great photos. I think this might be the best parade day post yet!
And what a lovely sunny day!
Yay for the Irish, and New London, and all of the paraders, and The Dutch, and all of your people.
xoxo,
beth
Yay for a fun day! Looks sooo coooold. Stay warm, sister
Xo
Jacquie
Love seeing all the locals, great pictures Billy, glad you didn't all freeze to death.....love mom
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