Just when we thought it was safe to sit down and eat breakfast, another parade came strutting along with its drums banging. This time it was the Vietnamese community celebrating Asian Heritage Month.
For the other parade, see yesterday’s post:
Bye bye baby Buddha
I figure some of the marchers probably had to run home and change out of their Buddhist duds so they could get into their Vietnamese outfits and be in both parades.
There was a strong military presence at this parade. It was like 1970 all over again except that the Viet Cong weren’t invited.
They also had the Ottawa Fire Department band, a bunch of geezers in red shirts. They could really play.
This man just looked like he was having fun in his silly hat.
Young man with a lot of flags.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again… I love my neighbourhood. I love how you can just be eating breakfast on a morning in May and two separate parades go banging down your street.
After that we headed out on our bikes to see some of the races, but we were too late. Only a few marathon stragglers still had to cross the finish line.
Here’s Judy down at the line.
And that squinty character, that’d be me.
Bye for now!
A year ago today:
Pic 474
More cute ducks
May 31, 2009
5 Comments
Hye! Is this the first time you’ve ever appeared in your blog fully recognizable? I don’t recall every seeing a photo of you in it before. If this is your first appearance we should commemorate it somehow — maybe have a parade or something??
Hi XUP. I think I’ve been in here before, but that doesn’t mean there shouldn’t be a parade. It’s always a good time for a parade!
Robin, I’ve been enjoying your pics for a while now – 1st time I’ve seen your picture. I have no idea why, but for some reason I had assumed you were younger? Maybe you’re just young at heart?
Hi Derek… thanks for surfacing :) It took me awhile to figure out how to reply to your comment, which I think you intend as a compliment. So thank you.
On reflection I’d like to say that I think age is an irrelevant concept. Young isn’t better than old, old isn’t better than young. Each has its points and its problems. For example, I wish I could be as healthy as I was when I was 25; and I’m glad I’m not as stupid as I used to be. Anyway life is a journey and all the sights are worth seeing.
(signed, some squinty old geezer)
Robin, yeah it was a compliment – sorry for that not being clear. Your pictures are fantastic – I really enjoy the wide variety of subject matter. The age thing was just a minor comment.