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St. Patrick’s Day Parade | Alexandria event photographer

I really like parades.  It's like a huge party in the middle of the street that all your neighbors are invited to.  George was suspiciously quick in agreeing to come with me to the Old Town Alexandria St. Patrick's Day parade.  Turns out he just wanted to sit in a coffee shop and do homework (boring!).  But I had fun on the street. bagpipers piping drummer drumming in old town, alexandria people marching in old town alexandria little misses at the old town alexandria st. patrick's day parade Naturally, there were doggies. doggies at the parade in alexandria, va The one on the right was totally insane.  He's gear up and run full-speed (not much for this guy) and then get jerked back on the leash.  He'd recover and by then his walker had met up with him and he's run top-speed again. puppies at the st. patrick's day parade in alexandria, va crazy dog at the parade in alexandria, va people in the parade little girl in a truck in black and white bagpipers at the st. patrick's day parade   revolutionary war dress-up guys little boy at the parade in old town alexandria The cops ended the show, as always, but these guys had a whole motorcycle routine choreographed.  As you can see, the adults were quite impressed while the children seemed to be scared out of their wits. little boy with police cars in old town alexandria
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Washington B-Day Parade | Alexandria event photographer

I forgot all about the parade, so when I overheard the next guy getting his haircut mention it, I got all excited.  My ever-patient husband acquiesced and gave me approximately seven minutes of quality parade time.  There is perhaps an equation to describe these situations in our marital life.  One factor is my enthusiasm and the other is his reluctance.  There is some maximum "benefit to couple" relationship between these two factors that allows us to optimize our time at the parade.  Today, factoring in such things as cold weather, threat of rain, and remaining errands and chores, our time at the parade was approximately seven minutes. I don't mean to say that my husband is a buzz-kill, but I definitely represent the overly-enthusiastic side of the relationship, particularly concerning parades and the like.  Then again, I probably just like them because there are lots of interesting people to photograph. abe lincoln in old town alexandria parade kid and dog in alexandria george washington parade fire department marches in george washington parade baby in old town alexandria
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Zody

I'm not gonna lie, Zody and I had a difference of opinion.  He thought my entire life's energy should be spent hanging out with him, and so wanted to make sure I knew he was being ignored.  He did so with incredibly loud, high-pitched yelps.  He had this difference of opinion with everyone in the house.  See, we were deliberately ignoring him because he is a dog.  Now I'm a dog person.  I love dogs.  I love all dogs everywhere - ugly dogs, stinky dogs, little dogs, big dogs, hairy dogs, naked dogs - dogs dogs dogs.  I love them.  But me and Zody, we just didn't see eye-to-eye.  I'm sorry to say I was not a Zody fan. But I did go with my dad to walk him a couple times while I was at his house.  I took my camera along, too. And bonus photo: snails.  I feel like there are hardly any snails here on the East Coast.  Not sure why that would be, but I certainly remember snails everywhere as a kid.
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