WEEKEND FUN

LAST WEEKEND A SMALL GROUP OF PEOPLE PULLED WEEDS AT THE CHURCH AND CLEANED UP THEIR FRONT GARDEN. SINCE THE WINTER WAS RAINY THERE WERE MANY WEEDS. THEY SAID THEIR SYCAMORE TREES WERE DISEASED AND WILL HAVE TO BE CUT DOWN.

WE SPENT OVER 2 1/2 HOURS SWEATING IN THE SUN AND WORKED HARD. WE MET EACH OTHER . THEIR WERE FOLKS OF ALL AGE GROUPS - FROM 20'S TO 70'S. I DISCUSSED HOW THE ROSE PARADE HAD ENTERTAINED THE PREVIOUS DAY. ONE GROUP OF TEENS RODE THEIR BICYCLE IN THE PARADE . THEIR FLOAT HAD A RAMP AND THEY STOPPED. THE TEENS RODE THEIR BIKES UP THE RAMP AND DID VARIOUS FLIPS. ON GAL FLIPPED AND AN ADULT CAUGHT HER BEFORE SHE FELL OFF! THE PARADE ENTRIES WERE HIGH SCHOOL MARCHING BANDS AND SOME BAREFOOT POMO DANCERS HAD NICE FLICKER FEATHER HEADDRESSES. THERE WERE AZTEC DANCERS AS WELL WITH MANY LONG FEATHERS. THEY HAD SOME OLD ENGINES THAT MADE LOUD NOISES WITH THEM. SOME CLOWNS WERE PASSING PASSED OUT CANDY FOR KIDS. A BIKING GROUP HAD RECLINING BIKES AS WELL AS OFF ROAD AND NARROW TIRED BIKES. I MET A LADY FROM GERMANY ABOUT MY AGE AND WE CHATTED DURING THE PARADE. THERE WAS AT LEAST ONE HORSE GROUP WITH FANCY SADDLES AND BOOTS. A GIRL SCOUT TROOP HAD FANCY COWGIRL BOOTS. THERE WERE SOME ACROBATS. SOME YOUNG GIRLS WERE DRESSED UP IN CONVERTIBLES AS MISS SONOMA COUNTY. THERE WERE MANY FIRE ENGINES AND MANY U S TROOP CARS. SOME FLOATS HAD SMALL BANDS ON THEM. IT WAS HARD TO COMPARE TO THE ROSE PARADE IN PASADENA.