Did you watch parades early Thanksgiving?

 I did. Decided that having been asked out for dinner, I didn't have to cook a feast for one. Therefore, a light breakfast and lunch, and could sit and take photos of our local (Asheville) parade, as well as 2 channels of the Macy's Parade.

If you could care less (like I have many years) you can skip to the end. It might be interesting to see the last performer. Talking about the aging population...

Our local news anchorwoman and weatherman. Channel WLOS

There's something more intimate about a man singing and playing a piano on a float right in front of you!

I love closed captions, except when they block off other things. Here's an aerial view of the Santa Claus float as it passes the news cameras at that corner.

Santa and Mrs. Claus, and I don't know about the balloon unicorn!

And to be able to say hi back to the Clauses too!

Then there's the huge crowd in New York City!

A Facebook friend in Tallahassee had a daughter, a band leader in her town in Florida, who played picalo in the Band Leader's Band here.

I haven't seen whatever Baby Yoda was featured in, but I like the idea!

This is as close as the TV and iPhone camera could get to seeing the Radio City Rockettes kicking together!

The Seasame Street float had many of the usual pals.

A really good band from the Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School, from Florida. They had a shooter incident a few years ago.

You may like Santa at the end of a parade these days, but I'll go for Cher. Speaking of how elders are able to keep on performing! (born May 20, 1946)

Today's quote:

“What can we gain by sailing to the moon if we are not able to cross the abyss that separates us from ourselves?”

 —

Thomas Merton