Happy Mardi Gras!
Today is Fat Tuesday! Mardi Gras is in full steam today! Texted my cousins to see if they were out in the crowds enjoying the festivities and parades. My two female cousins said they were staying home watching it all on TV. Sadly, this is true for lots of the older generation. Getting out in those crowds is fun, but a bit much on Mardi Gras day... best for the young!
But this is a photo of another cousin and his wife and 2 grandbabies enjoying one of the day parades earlier in the week. This is how we all celebrated Mardi Gras growing up... put the kids up on a high latter with a seat so they can see well and the krewe on the floats literally aim the beads at them. Same is true if the kids are in strollers. The strollers get bombarded.
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Here in Texas, it's cold today... not terribly, but cold... 41 F. I lit the fire and plan to go sit there in a few minutes. Just returned from having lunch with a friend at Cappuccino's Italian Bistro. The coffee was really good! And of course the company was too! It's great to get together with someone you grew up with and reminisce about places, events, and people you've both known all your lives. Recently we both celebrated our 50th wedding anniversaries, so I got to see pictures of their celebration with family down in Louisiana. Sounded like they had a really nice time... even though the weather didn't co-operate (I think it was cold and rainy that day). But the pictures were great and will be a wonderful remembrance of the occasion.
Hope everyone out there is staying warm. We're probably in for a bit more cold winter weather... so hang in there.
Here are 2 pictures I found on Pinterest that I thought were gorgeous (could be photoshopped?... but still gorgeous).
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and...
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| black kitten |
Oh... and remember that tomorrow is Valentine's Day! But it's also Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Lent... so if you're giving up Chocolate for Lent, it could put a damper on your Valentine's Day.
But Happy Valentine's to everyone!!
Happy Valentine's Day to you!
ReplyDeleteMmm, cappuccino. Now I want one. :-)
Fat Tuesday...Shrove Tuesday. I never thought to have pancakes, ought to have remembered!
Enjoy the warmth and cosiness of your fire. We definitely could use that here, it's been freezing here today. SO looking forward to spring!
Hi Kim, hope you are staying warm... and hope you get your pancakes!(How about pancakes AND cappuccino!
DeleteThat is bad timing -- Lent starting on Valentine's Day.
ReplyDeleteI know... and do you realize that Easter and April Fool's Day is also falling together? I saw a cartoon that said, "Easter is April Fool's Day. Tell your kids to find the Easter Eggs... and then don't hide them!"
DeleteHappy Valentine's Day to you! That's funny to think of beads being tossed at strollers. I've never been to New Orleans, or to a Mardis Gras festival. -Jenn
ReplyDeleteThe kids in strollers or on top of ladders get the most beads and trinkets! Mardi Gras is fun... the parades and balls and celebrations start way before Mardi Gras day. And the day parades on the weekends are best for kids. The celebration downtown is too crowded for children, best for young adults... we use to tie ourselves together with ropes when we were college aged to keep from getting separated in the crowds.
DeleteI spent Fat Tuesday traveling back home from Florida. It's quite a shock to the system to go from sweltering to freezing, but I'm glad to be home. Happy Valentine's Day to you and your loved ones, Rian. :-)
ReplyDeleteSo glad you're home safe and sound... and that you had such a good visit with your sister.
DeleteMardi Gras looks like fun, but I don't like to be in the middle of big crowds. I'm sure it is my age. Those are two beautiful cats! Happy Valentines Day!
ReplyDeleteHappy Valentine's day. I always said some day I'd make it to Mardi Gras. Still hasn't happened. Where is that bucket list?
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