MEMORIAL DAY

It's a holiday weekend and parades abound. Dickie and I drove up to Healdsburg last evening to see what was happening there. It was quite an affair. We never did get the head of the parade, but we saw plenty of flags:





There were lots of horses, too, most of them with riders, but some of them pulling a variety of coaches:




I'm not sure who this fellow was supposed to be, but he looked mysterious:




There were plenty of old cars. This one struck my fancy:




Of course, the fire department was out in force. This vehicle may be a bit ancient, but it still cuts a fine figure:




Some of the horses were quite goodlooking. Here's a pair that looked especially powerful:




These mules struck my fancy, too. I think their ears are bigger than mine:




It's always great to view the costumes. These young beauties certainly enhanced the scene:



There were a variety of smaller animals in the parade, too. These dachshunds seemed to enjoy the show:




The military was there as well. This young Navy gal took the cake:




It was a great parade. Hope you saw one, too!




THE SUMMER OF WOODSTOCK

Last year the City of Santa Rosa, home of the late Charles Schultz, the cartoonist, sponsored the erection of Snoopy statues all around the town. This summer the theme is "Woodstock" and 76 statues of that little yellow friend of Snoopy have been placed in selected areas around town. Dickie and I sought out a couple of them the other day. We hope to find the rest as the days and weeks pass. Here's what two of them looked like:







ANOTHER QUILT

Dickie and her quilting buddy, Nadine Heppell, have been working away at a couple of new quilts. Both quilts look alike. Here's what one of them looked like spread out on our livingroom floor. Nadine and Dickie have entered it in a local Santa Rosa quilt show in the month of June. You can see it there:

ON OUR DAILY WALKS

We're still out there on our walking routine as often as we're able. We travel a variety of routes. One of them takes us out to the vineyards where I took the picture of the mustard plants back at the end of March. You can look at it again by scrolling on down this blog. The vineyards look quite different now. Here'e approximately the same scene as back on March 28. As you can see, the vines are leafed out and, though you can't tell it in the picture, the grapes are growing:



Something else we still see on our daily walks along the vineyard are the woodpeckers. I caught these two ignoring the "high voltage" sign the other day:



This young green-eyed damsel in the white dress got in the way of my camera lens the other day, too:



And that's it for May!