I was a bit late for the annual Roanoke City Parks & Rec Easter Egg Hunt which is always held in my Wasena neighborhood, so I camped out at the (abandoned) RR tracks and shot a few frames of the kids as they left with their parents and played a bit on the tracks.

Here’s just a few shots, not the usual EXCITEMENT associated with this event but the kids were obviously having a good time still.

Adults don’t always know how to play….

I love the community spirit that events like this help foster. Roanoke City is such a great place to live and this is just one example of why.

Next year, I’ll be early!!

There seems to be no doubt in my mind that the most exciting thing downtown is the H&C sign. I LOVE it. Enough to stand out on the middle of Williamson Road for an hour taking several time exposures last year.

But this perspective of the sign may be little noticed unless you happen to look up while dining at the Green Dolphin Grille.

Thanks to my friend Melanie Turner for pointing out this view, which is really awesome. I hadn’t really done much with this shoot until today when we did a little correspondence. I wanted to show Melanie what a great eye she has, so I sent her this shot, which of course, she inspired!

That was a great day of shooting in downtown. I was even lucky enough to catch the building superindendent for the Atelier, who was gracious enough to let me up on the roof so I could get this awesome shot. I LOVE this SIGN!!

A day filled with “eventness” !! Parade at noon was LONG this year, and COLD and WINDY…..kind of seems like a tradition. Headed down with Paula, James and Becky…

then next door neighbor Jim showed up a bit later…

and it was a great parade, Roanoke style. Then after the parade we had lunch at Paul’s where you can get the best value in Roanoke. A Gyro Platter which includes a Greek Salad, gyro and fries for only $ 4.75. AWESOME!

Caught this sure sign of spring on the way to and from the house…

Then down to the City Market where the great controversy is brewing over the Center in the Square project to take over part of the vendor stalls. Found this cool dude at Walter’s Greenhouse stall…

Then we met up with Pam and Stork for a beer tasting at the Jeff Center which was pretty decent. Bowl with and a Cheesy Western at the Texas Tavern before we headed back to the Jeff Center for the Second Wynde concert.

Then….as if we hadn’t already done enough…..off to The Green Dolphin where Bebop Hoedown was playing. They sounded great.

Now, I’m beat and have to still finish painting the living room. Will be SO glad when the upstairs project is over. But the floors look great and we should be able to move back in by Tuesday.

Here’s a few more parade pix. Later!