OT - Happy Mardi Gras

The party's over...........but it was great while it lasted.

Kate T,
South Mississippi

"John A." wrote in message
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Happy Mardi Gras everybody!

You can watch some of the parades here...
http://www.nola.com/paradecam/

JA - New Orleans Expatriate

Yesterday a bunch of us wore our Mardi Gras beads to Jazzercise,
then to our weekly coffee and bagels get together. When I got to
the Bagel Shop I added my traveling crown ... the one I wore in
Houston. The bagel workers asked if it was my birthday or
something. I said, "No it is Mardi Gras!" They were polite but I
could tell they thought is was weird. Hey some folks just don't
know how to have fun!!
PAT in VA/USA .... thinking of taking the crown to the quilt show
too!

"Kate T." wrote:

The party's over...........but it was great while it lasted.

Kate T,
South Mississippi

From: dogsnus

We decided to pass up the big city parades partly due to the weather ......

DH and I were in New Orleans for Mardi Gras and the weather WAS chilly and
rainy on both Monday & Tuesday. We have friends on the Krewe of Bacchus so we
go every few years. We didn't watch any of the parades those days as we had
gotten a ton of beads at the Bacchus Ball.
The bad weather didn't stop the partying on Bourbon Street either day tho'!
We had dinner at a restaurant on Bourbon Street Tuesday night an you could
hardly hear yourself think for all the noise! I got lucky earlier in the day
and got a *great* string of beads from one of the guys in the Krewe of Elvis.
It has a medallion with Elvis driving in a pink Cadillac!!! CiaoMeow ^;;^
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PAX, Tia Mary ^;;^ Queen of Kitties
Angels can't show their wings on earth but nothing was ever said about their
WHISKERS!!
Nothing is complete without a few cat hairs!

From: dogsnus

..... I came home and put the beads on the dogs ....... This is actually on
topic, because I was wondering
if anyone here has made a Mardi Gras quilt? ........

I have two HUGE bags of beads -- most of them from the Bacchus Parade
that I saw *inside* at the Bacchus Ball. I go through them and save the ones
that are nice or have medallions and the "regular" el cheapo ones I give to the
kids at Halloween! My house is *always* a hit because the kids, regardless of
age, like getting those cheap, tacky Mardi Gras beads!
As for a Mardi Gras quilt -- I keep thinking about it. I have made several
things to wear out of specific Mardi Gras printed fabric and have a bunch of
leftovers I could use. It also helps that my favourite colors are purple and
green -- have *loads* of those in my stash! A judicious addition of gold
metallic Mardi Gras prints would be just the ticket! We won't be going to
Mardi Gras next year so maybe I should mae a quilt instead!! CiaoMeow ^;;^
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PAX, Tia Mary ^;;^ Queen of Kitties
Angels can't show their wings on earth but nothing was ever said about their
WHISKERS!!
Nothing is complete without a few cat hairs!