HAPPY ST. PAT'S DAY . . . A LITTLE EARLY

Who is that handsome little Irishman ?  Why that is Little Man Smith, the cutest leprechaun in town.
Today was Fort Lauderdale's annual St. Patrick's Day parade and we were there wearing our green and having a great time.  Ger, Aunt Ann Marie and I drove down to go to the parade with Smith and his parents. It was Smith's first parade and except for the one fire horn he loved the whole thing. The parade was much different from the ones we were used to up in Miller Place, NY. There were limited fire engines, (only about 10) and very limited Girl and Boy Scouts. Without fire engines from all the towns on Long Island and a massive amount of scouts Miller Place wouldn't have had a parade. Ft. L did much better! There were the policemen at the beginning of the parade doing tricks on their motor cycles, soccer teams kicking, lots of bag pipes and drums playing, some woman's gym that was not going to get any new members from the look of the group on the float, (WOW,  those were some really BIG butts!) and there was even a garbage truck. My personal favorite was the women's roller derby team who were wearing some REALLY interesting outfits but could skate like anything. Oh Yea,  and the Star Wars group complete with Darth Vader wearing a balloon hat!

Now that is just something you don't see every day!
The day was warm and sunny with a light breeze and beer concessions on every corner.  What more could and Irishman want? Or a Floridian for that matter.