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June 02, 2006
You know you are from a small town when...
Your Memorial Day Parade lasts 5 minutes! Okay, we are going to round out the weekend with more pictures!
This is taken in front of my parents house. This parade happens every year. They always go down my parents street. Here is Grandma Geek with little Geek. Papa Geek is sitting on the steps. My chair is empty because I am taking the picture:
My Mom would kill me if she knew I put that picture up of her. She usually doesn't make that face. She's cute. Okay so if I sit in that chair and look to my right this is what I see:
How exciting! Here comes the parade!!!!
Here is a picture of the veterans from my home town (which is the purpose of the parade right?):
I think the guy in the blue shirt was my science teacher in highschool. That makes me feel a little old....I don't think he was a a WW2 vet though....
Okay next up is the high school band. Now the band always seems to stop playing music and start playing the drums whenever they get to my parents house. NOT THIS YEAR!!! Woo hooo!!!!
What would a parade be with out the cute little girl scouts?
Or boy scouts
And FIRE TRUCKS!!!!
And more FIRE TRUCKS!!!!
There you have it! The 5 minute parade. Oh and I also saw the airforce jets fly over. I love that!
Knitting content begins now.....
These hat's are the best tv knitting I have ever done. And I'm gonna make more.
Specs:
Pattern: 1 skein Noro hat
Yarn: Noro Kueryon
Needles: Size 8 US Circs and DP
Posted by beth at June 2, 2006 12:24 PM
Comments
How cute! Where do your parents live?
And look at you...just knitting away at those hats!
Posted by: Christie at June 2, 2006 01:28 PM
Great parade! When we lived in upstate NY, the parades were pretty short as well :)
Posted by: diana at June 2, 2006 02:44 PM
It looks like you had a great time. You're lucky your parents live so close. I really miss mine on the holidays.
I love your hats. What are you going to do with them all? Can I get the pattern from you?
Posted by: Julia at June 2, 2006 03:03 PM
That looks like a parade from my town! Ahhh! Small town America at it's best. Great hats!
Do you know why there are always firetrucks in the parades that we go to?
Because we are hot.
hahhahahaha!
Posted by: Carol at June 2, 2006 04:26 PM
I love your whole Geek family! and your hats are pretty cute too!
Posted by: Karyn at June 2, 2006 10:28 PM
Hey my husband plays guitar and is learning the banjo. Ok you are too funny. Our parade is actually smaller than yours..it may take even less time than 4 minutes. I have some cemetery pics of our band and some veterans on my blog. We don't see Elvis in our fires but we see our dog in the oddest of places, icing on a cake, pie crusts and so forth.
Hats are beautiful, love the colors.
Posted by: onaridge at June 3, 2006 10:16 AM
what a great parade! so cute.
i think my town probably had a parade but i didnt' know about it.
Posted by: maryse at June 4, 2006 07:51 AM
"Not a WW2 Vet"
That's is toooo freaking funny!!!
Posted by: Jon at June 4, 2006 09:40 AM
Those hats look great! I think I'm going to have to get me some Noro. I've been resisting, but the call is getting too strong...
Posted by: Sheepish Annie at June 4, 2006 06:14 PM
great shots of the big parade....woo hoo....mr. tom looks thrilled with the whole thing
luv the hats....very kool colors
Posted by: lemon at June 5, 2006 01:08 PM
Ooh! I love parades! You know why? Because I loooove marching bands. I think it's because I remember watching my brother in them before he dropped out of band because he thought it was uncool. I have great memories of Christmas parades and marching bands playing Jingle Bells and stuff. Yay!
Posted by: Stacey at June 19, 2006 12:44 PM
