I LOVE A PARADE

Today was the Palm Springs Pride Parade.
It's just like any small town parade anywhere in the USA.
Only this happens to be Palm Springs that is now about 50% retired gay and lesbians.
So we have a quick little parade complete with two marching bands, politicians on the backs of convertables and even beauty queens.  (Well with some of these girls, beauty is debatable!)
The whole thing took only an hour and then we all went to brunch!

At lunch I got a call from my parents as they were returning home from my great Aunt Grace's funeral.
Didn't know that what I wrote about her in this blog was going to be read at her memorial!  Honored and a little shocked.  I guess from now on I better make sure everything I write is REALLY GOOD!  LOL

Coming home from my friend Tim's house this evening I had a very good cry in the car.  I know, probably not the best place to do it but sometimes we really don't choose when to finally feel our feelings.  Wish I could have been in KY but grateful that my words were there instead.  And with that life goes on.  Looking forward to an upcoming trip to San Francisco in a few weeks.  Look for more pictures.

Here are a few highlights from today.

This one is for Uncle Charles who can tell me by glancing what make and model and year this is!

Mr. Cleve Jones helped to organize this year's March for Equality in DC.

Founder of the Names Project:  Aids Memorial Quilt.  Worked under Harvey Milk.

Matthew's mom, working tirelessly so that no other parent ever has to go through what she did.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder!

I gotta get to the rodeo this year!