Let's back up....

Between mine and my fathers health situations, Mardi Gras and my not smoking (which is probaby the real culprit here) I have been a little spacy. I have written about my bitches and complaints but I have something really great to write about now.

The Sunday before the last week of Mardi Gras gets rolling is the best parade of all, Barkus! Every year there is a theme and this years theme, fittingly, was the ultimate in queer natural disaster, The Wizard of Oz. Give it a little twist, make it the Wizard of Paws and you've got yourself a parade. Jeff and I had talked about walking our two boys but there was no way I could walk the whole route so soon after leaving the hospital. I took a chair, found my friends Michael and Dillon and settled in for a great show.

It's really a fantastic parade and because it's so early in the parade schedule the attendees are all locals. It's not limited to dogs though, I saw two miniature horses and a few birds this year. Going along with the theme, a friend of mine saw me and said "shouldn't you be dressed as the tin man..." Get it, without a heart, Ha Ha!

Anyway, it was a great day, there were great costumes but this fellow here is absolutely the cutest cowardly lion ever...



Okay, so here's a couple more special pups and such





And a special horsie!