MEXICAN ACCORDION

Sampling more old Cinco de Mayo and People’s Parade pix to fill for last weekend’s rainout. The lettering on the instrument says Monterrey. I wish I had an audio recording.               

NOT SO FUNNY

But where are the clowns?
Quick, send in the clowns

Don't bothеr, they're herе.

Going with more old People’s Parade pix because of Saturday’s rainout. The crew of scary clowns always shows up.           

 

IF IT WEREN’T RAINING SO MUCH

One of our best annual photo ops got washed out yesterday. The first part is the People’s Parade, where anybody can sign up, dress and display as they will and march down the street in one of our funkiest neighborhoods. The area is also the center of our Latino population and the venue for the Cinco de Mayo festival. It’s a minor event in Mexico, celebrating a victory over French colonial forces, but lots of Americans use it as an excuse to swill tequila in public. St. Louis sure does.

But it rained all afternoon and evening, leaving me without days of material. I’ve been shooting these events for years so I can bring back some old favorites.                         

SISTERS OF PERPETUAL INDULGENCE

                

An order of nonconformists, to be sure. The sisters turn up at many events and I’ve photographed them lots of times. Their liturgy is a little, um, uncertain. I confess I don’t know exactly what they are doing at Earth Day,

Big annual photo op today if it doesn’t get rained out and my spine holds up.                 

DURABLE FLOWERS

Back at Earth Day. This woman’s creations were bright and cheerful, perhaps not natural flowers but made of durable cotton. I would have loved to buy some, but we’re in the phase of life when we are trying to have a lot less, not more, stuff in our home.