The New England Nomad, a blogger who takes lots of great photos, said I could reblog this post about Salem, Massachusetts. Salem, as I’m sure you know, was the site of a horrendous crime committed against innocent women perceived as different — the witch trials of 1692 to 1693. Not neglecting that dark history, Salem has also managed to turn its memories into a commercial and playful Halloween success. (We are a strange species.) Check out the fans who put on costumes and joined in the annual Haunted Happenings Grand Parade in Salem.
Posts Tagged ‘parade’
New England Nomad in Salem
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged halloween, New England Nomad, parade, salem, trials, witch on October 30, 2024| 3 Comments »
Happy Fourth
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged dog with flag, fourth of july, parade, summer on July 4, 2024| Leave a Comment »
Giant, Multigenerational Block Party
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged floats, new york, parade, thanksgiving on November 23, 2018| 2 Comments »
New York is the no. 1 Thanksgiving destination — four years in a row now. Crowds of all ages were ebullient despite the coldest Thanksgiving weather in 117 years. I really hadn’t taken in what a humongous block party the city would be.
I managed to get a few photos of Macy’s Parade participants getting ready and a Brunhilde dressing up just because. But it was impossible to get near enough to the actual parade to see the bands or anything not floating way high up. Folks in the know brought ladders. Next time, maybe.
The police, first responders, and other security experts seemed to anticipate every eventuality and the parade went smoothly. Besides huge sanitation trucks blocking streets, there were trash cans and mailboxes locked to prevent dangerous deposits. That’s what we’ve come to, Dears. Let’s just be grateful that human ingenuity continues to find ways to let us carry on.
Earth Day Festivities Bring Sunshine
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged band, banner, concord, drummer, earth, earth day, environment, float, massachusetts, Musketaquid, nature, new england, parade, postaday on April 26, 2015| 2 Comments »
It was still chilly on Saturday, but a great day for the Musketaquid Parade celebrating the Earth. Bands, stilt walkers, homemade floats, drummers, tables for environmental advocates of all kinds.
Does the boy with the “forest” banner whose dad is on a cellphone remind you of the picture book Sidewalk Flowers?
In the afternoon, I helped my 3-year-old grandson dig holes for strawberry plants. (“It’s gonna be a flower. It’s gonna be beautiful!”)
Paul Revere Rides through the New World
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged april 19, concord, parade, patriots day, paul revere, postaday on April 20, 2015| 2 Comments »
It’s Patriots Day. Actually, it should be April 19, but everything gets celebrated on Mondays now.
Concord is ready for its parade. In front of the library, the Boston Children’s Museum has posted the Midnight Ride of Paul Revere on wooden stakes. The grandstand is set up for the dignitaries. The vendors are out in force.
I picture Paul Revere coming back for the celebrations and wondering if his ride was for the freedom to buy cotton candy, fried dough, and Sponge Bob Square Pants balloons on a stick.
Kind of like the hobbits who had all the wild adventures coming home and being a bit nonplussed by the pedestrian preoccupations of Hobbiton.
Actually, I think the adventurers did think they had fought for the freedom to have pedestrian preoccupations.
The Glorious Fifth
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged children's books, citizen, fire truck, independence, island, little toot, parade, postaday on July 5, 2014| 4 Comments »
The tail of the hurricane socked us pretty hard on the Glorious Fourth, so the parade, the fire-police-and-rescue steak fry, and the fireworks were put off until the 5th.
Makes me wonder about how people felt on the 5th in 1776, realizing that they were in for it now. That it might not work.
The theme of this year’s parade was children’s books. There were at least two Cat In the Hat floats and two very differently conceived Hungry Caterpillar entries. I managed to to snap the Little Toot float — it’s always good to have a boat in an island parade.
This was Erik’s first Independence Day parade since he became a citizen, and the first that our two-year-old grandson really got into. He will need to brush his teeth especially well tonight. Only very sticky candy like Tootsie Rolls seemed to be tossed to the crowd.
An Actual Spring Day
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged boston, concord, earth day, greenway, lichen picture, Life Is Good, marathon, parade, postaday, spring, weeping cherry on April 22, 2014| 6 Comments »
It may get colder, but there’s no turning back now. It’s spring for sure.
Here is a greening-up roof garden maintained by a brilliant landscaper at work. The tree in the foreground is my second favorite of his twisty trees. The first favorite is behind glass, and when I try to snap it, I just get a picture of Suzanne’s Mom taking a picture.
In other photos: The wind was causing a cow balloon to pull against its tether. A bumblebee was one of 20 in my neighbor’s weeping cherry. See it at the top of the picture.
Orange jackets from yesterday’s happy Boston Marathon were lined up for a city tour. And in the Rose Kennedy Greenway, several organizations, including the Coast Guard and Life is good were volunteering for clean-up duty as part of Earth Day.
And speaking of Earth Day, you can enjoy a genuine earthy-crunchy Earth Day celebration in Concord on Saturday. The parade is always a hoot. Check out details here.
Festival!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged amanda gorence, Carnaval de Negros y Blancos, columbia, El Carnavalito, El Desfile Magno, epiphany, Fernando Decillis, Festival, parade, pho, photographer, south america on February 21, 2013| Leave a Comment »
I find lots of great links at Andrew Sullivan’s blog. Besides having an excellent staff, he seems to have half the world forwarding cool stuff to him. Otherwise, I probably would never have stumbled on Feature Shoot, which showcases work from up-and-coming and established photographers.
In one article, Amanda Gorence writes, “Photographer Fernando Decillis traveled to Pasto, Colombia for the elaborate Carnaval de Negros y Blancos, a five day festival celebrating the Epiphany that has been a tradition since 1912. …
“El Desfile Magno [the great parade] is a mind-blowing display of immaculately crafted floats made by incredibly talented artists. The artists are usually honored with this task through family ties and only after years of studying the traditional craft. … Decillis gives us a front row spot to the festivities, the artists and the giant masterpieces of Pasto’s celebrated tradition.
“Decillis was born in Montevideo, Uruguay. He is based in Atlanta mixing it up with a variety of advertising, editorial and conceptual work.” More, here.
Photograph: Fernando Decillis
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