Monday, March 21, 2016

Faith And Begorrah In Ottawa

More shots from the St. Patrick's Day parade this past weekend, starting with the saint himself.


Crossing down into the Glebe, I took note of this dog marching with the parade. Other dogs were watching.


And here at the end of the route, at Lansdowne, I wanted a shot with Abbotsford House in the background. I'd caught up to the greyhounds from yesterday as they arrived.

36 comments:

  1. For these things and ... for others, you are unique. You do very well.

    Tomás.

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  2. I love they way St Paddy's day is celebrated over your side of the pond. They do it big

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  3. I notice through the years lots of dogs at parades. Don't know if the noise bothers them but I hope not.

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  4. Great photos! It must have been fun outing for the dogs :-)

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  5. Nice colorful shots of the parade again.

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  6. Lots of fun elements to this parade William, love the pooches :)

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  7. Marching dogs! Now that's a new one for me.

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  8. Great parade. Beautiful day for it!

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  9. I love the dogs participating in the parade!

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  10. @Tomas: thanks!

    @Bill: they certainly do.

    @Bill: I didn't notice it with these dogs.

    @Tamago: they seemed curious. Lots of tail wagging.

    @Jan: thanks!

    @Grace: they were cute!

    @Revrunner: I have seen that before.

    @Luis: it was a good day.

    @Norma: so did I!

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  11. The great variety of floats made this a very interesting parade.

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  12. Looks like there was a good turnout!

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  13. More amazing pics. captures the mood.
    MB

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  14. I love those red plaid kilts.

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  15. @Beth: especially the wrinkly one!

    @Red: and the weather helped- I've seen rainy parades.

    @Halcyon: there was, yes.

    @MB: thank you!

    @Sharon: they do stand out, don't they?

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  16. Reminds me of Chicago where they go all out for St. Patricks

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  17. They had Irish Wolfhounds marching in our parade!

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  18. We need more Irish people around here!

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  19. More great photos of the parade and I adore those beautiful dogs.

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  20. Great stuff, the Irish certainly know how to do a parade, wonderful...

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  21. @Cloudia: thanks!

    @Linda: there are a great many Irish descended people here in Ottawa and beyond, and so it shows itself.

    @RedPat: I looked for any of those in the crowd... the wrinkly one will have to do!

    @VP: when Irish eyes are smiling, they're up to something.

    @Tex: I did too. I hadn't photographed ambulances or fire trucks before, so I figured it didn't hurt to do both, giving a look at what ours look like.

    @Denise: they were all adorable. The two white ones, I figured, might be mother and pup.

    @Geoff: this one was a good one.

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  22. Great photos of this event. :)

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  23. What fun! Even the dogs are enjoying it. Great photos!

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  24. There was quite a variety in your local parade.

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  25. So, you had St. Patrick himself! And some very cute dogs, too.

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  26. That first building/house is painfully symmetric! I think a "house" theme for one of the theme days would be great.

    Janis
    GDP

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  27. @Linda: thanks!

    @Mari: thank you.

    @Kate: there was.

    @Kay: he looked the part.

    @Janis: odd... that remark is clearly meant for the next post. I wonder how it ended up here.

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  28. Intresting set of images. Love the dogs!

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  29. Thanks for taking me along to this parade, William. We attended the St Patrick's Day parade in Mystic, CT. It was a blustry and cold day with very large crowds despite the weather.

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