Can't believe it - 2008. I can remember hoping all our computer and data wouldn't crash when we went into the new millennium 2000 and here we are 8 years later.
We spent our morning enjoying the Tournament of Roses Parade. This is an amazing parade which has been going on for the last 119 years. Every single item on the decorated floats must be original plant material, nothing artificial. They use rice, grasses, tree bark, sesame and poppie seeds as well as every flower you can imagine. We wonder how they think up all these new things every year. There were over 20 million blossoms used, 90 different types of roses alone and the creators had to take in mind the weight of the glue to attach these so the float chassis and drive capabilities could still function properly. There was about 12 different horse entries, 20 bands, incredible decorated floats with everything from a seascape to animated Honda that turned into a rocket ship and thousands of the most beautiful flowers. Great parade.
I got a tripod for my camera for Christmas and am loving it, so you'll see more of me in the blog now. We took our decorations down today.
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