send in the clowns

Happy Friday ladies and gents. Hope your weekend is full of love, laughter and plenty of clowning around.

{image from anadelmann's photostream}

Oooh, I just love a parade

The fair came to town and with it the annual Ventura County Fair parade.

Ian and I sat among the cactus to watch—the same place I used to watch the parade from when I was a kid. It was once the front yard of my dad's dental office. Now it's the stoop of our home.

We watched the clowns...

... and admired the shoes of the Shriners.

There were tractors and cowgirl hats... and, of course...

... marching bands. Oooh, I just love marching bands.

In between parade floats, I read my pie book. I'm planning on baking a summer pie tomorrow, maybe strawberry raspberry mint or blackberry silk. I also read an interesting recipe for a champagne grape pie, but what I bake will depend on my farmers' market finds. Any pie suggestions?

{the parade photos are by me, Mia B., and the photo of me is by my hubby, Ian C.}