tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2860476504120652781.post390730102613221484..comments2023-07-07T04:44:46.940-05:00Comments on Painted Maypole: Beggerspainted maypolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06446625015003854710noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2860476504120652781.post-85132099227580206142009-03-01T13:00:00.000-06:002009-03-01T13:00:00.000-06:00This is so funny. We teach our kids the same thing...This is so funny. We teach our kids the same thing in regard to gifts. But come the 4th of July parade we're pushing them at yelling at them to get out there and grab that candy! I can't imagine how much "worse" that would be with beads and stuffed animals. (Probably no pushing or yelling required,actually!)Louisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00984115229811752666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2860476504120652781.post-11371133815564180972009-02-28T22:31:00.000-06:002009-02-28T22:31:00.000-06:00But...you can never have enough beads, can you?But...you can never have enough beads, can you?JCKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04582581376724478366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2860476504120652781.post-88822730493941534072009-02-24T19:41:00.000-06:002009-02-24T19:41:00.000-06:00Sometimes we engage in these traditions for the sa...Sometimes we engage in these traditions for the sake of tradition. Forget the logic (once and a while.)Woman in a Windowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14747858840088922077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2860476504120652781.post-68627961465483437202009-02-23T12:15:00.000-06:002009-02-23T12:15:00.000-06:00I think, Biblically speaking, that there ARE times...I think, Biblically speaking, that there ARE times for wild abundance, that we're not supposed to restrained and unasking all the time.Beckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13953517447164263617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2860476504120652781.post-86327365371016937862009-02-23T10:36:00.000-06:002009-02-23T10:36:00.000-06:00I am glad you take advantage of the culture that y...I am glad you take advantage of the culture that you have in your great city! Your daughter will be young and excited about this for a brief period of time in the grand scheme of things and I think you're doing all of you service by letting yourselves enjoy this!Amy Yhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06303953793008491241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2860476504120652781.post-39998230504613962772009-02-22T20:12:00.000-06:002009-02-22T20:12:00.000-06:00How can you not get caught up in it, really. We No...How can you not get caught up in it, really. We North Americans have so little access to true Carnival and that's a shame. I envy your ability to be part of Mardi Gras.Madhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13416585771017767796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2860476504120652781.post-23983626192425101562009-02-22T14:27:00.000-06:002009-02-22T14:27:00.000-06:00:) It's my goal to make it to Mardi Gras someday. ...:) It's my goal to make it to Mardi Gras someday. <BR/><BR/>*sigh* Someday.Emilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14022976523785423847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2860476504120652781.post-84895737667489351802009-02-22T01:40:00.000-06:002009-02-22T01:40:00.000-06:00It is the spirit of celebration. PLEASE catch some...It is the spirit of celebration. PLEASE catch something extra for me so I can live vicariously through you. I miss Mardi Gras. Every day for the past two weeks, I have walked by a church that has a sign that says "Mardi Gras Pancake Breakfast Feb 24" and I think to myself, this is what I've been reduced to...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2860476504120652781.post-68530715111471674892009-02-21T15:06:00.000-06:002009-02-21T15:06:00.000-06:00PM - We had a similar musing last night. Every yea...PM - We had a similar musing last night. Every year, we get tickets to the stands at the Intercontinental Hotel for viewing Krewe d'Etat, Morpheus and Hermes - food, spirits, friends and screaming our guts out for cheap, sometimes-blinking trinkets. <BR/><BR/>I wonder what folks outside our madness think when they see the footage...<BR/><BR/>Oh, and I am sporting a nice mark on my head where a pair of heavy beads (with plastic parrots) clonked me - a well intentioned friend on the float hurled them my way, so I can't really complain. <BR/><BR/>Ah, the scars of battle...Ambassadorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10247275710520088564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2860476504120652781.post-77397227338728386512009-02-21T12:12:00.000-06:002009-02-21T12:12:00.000-06:00feel free to toss a few of those beads in the mail...feel free to toss a few of those beads in the mail to us. my kids LOVE bling :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2860476504120652781.post-17338876868867444892009-02-21T09:04:00.000-06:002009-02-21T09:04:00.000-06:00I am so glad you have that culture to immerse her ...I am so glad you have that culture to immerse her in. I wish we had something like that here. <BR/><BR/>We did get a king cake yesterday, and I thought of you.Chrissyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10149130500687247127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2860476504120652781.post-30783845243588211512009-02-21T01:05:00.000-06:002009-02-21T01:05:00.000-06:00funny how that happens, eh? And how does one count...funny how that happens, eh? And how does one counter it?Wayfarer Scientistahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07996334636311497271noreply@blogger.com