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The first six pix are me watching folks waiting to watch the parade. Here two kids have a seat on the curb while their mother watches for the parade. I like their job better.
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Tatoo guy and his daughter take advantage of the shade as they wait for the parade. Turns out, they have quite a bond.
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Then tatoo guy strikes up a conversation.
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Then the conversation partner's daughter joins in.
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Meanwhile across the street, a family, the leader of which, is into piercings, similary awaits the parade.
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A man and I presume, his wife strolled up with a couple of fine looking, well-behaved dogs. He watched the parade, she and the dogs opted for shade.
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Behold, Miss Pink Tomato, 2014.
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Here's little Miss Pink Tomato barely making a dent the the carrying capacity of this big ol' pickup.
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U. S. Senator Mark Pryor doing the smile routine while his youthful entourage launch goodies toward onlookers
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Former Congressman Mike Ross, a democratic candidate for governor of Arkansas shows his stuff.
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My friend of long-standing, Greg Reep of Warren, drives the Ross pickup. Greg has been elected to everything but dog-catcher at one time or another in his home town of Warren.
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Asa Hutchinson, republican candidate for governor smiles and waves.
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Janis K. Percfull, a write-in candidate for the United States Congress from Arkansas' Fourth Congressional District hoofed it for the parade.
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Here is the Warren High School Lumberjack band.
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More band.
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Part of the brass section.
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More brass.
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Even more brass.
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And the drum corps.
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And the rythmic foundation.
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Miss Teen Pink Tomato, 2014.
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Miss Teen Pink Tomato, 2014, again.
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Tatoo guy and daughter strolling across the courthouse square.
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Methinks the daquiri part was disabled for Bradley County which is well, kinda legally dry. So to speak.
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Not your average Lower Arkansas courthouse square vendors.
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This gentleman an lady were grabbing some available shade when she saw something that raised her eyebrows.
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This little girls' father and tatoo guy knew each other and struck up a conversation. He did his due diligence as a parent and asked me what was I going to do with the picture. He was satisfied with the answer.
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Gubernatorial candidate Asa Hutchinson introducing himself at the "Celebrity" Tomato Eating Contest.
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Hutchinson gobbling a tomato.
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Mike Ross, also a gubernatorial candidate, wolfing down a tomato in the tomato eating contest.
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More tomato eating competitors in the "Celebrity" division.
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Tomato eating contestants in the Tomato Eating Contest "Pro" division.
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Another "Pro" tomato eater.
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And yet another.
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One of the vendors, who was in a wheel chair, brought her lion-trimmed Pomeranian to the event, who is sharing a moment with an admirer.
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The moment continues.
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One final pose.
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A family also brought their frisky American Pit Bull Terrier puppy along.
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The pup's "Momma" was well prepared for the heat with a tote bag full of goodies and bottled water.
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Part of the event was the Tomato Bow BLT Contest. Contestant teams set up BLT preparation stations. Attendees sample their creations and cast ballots for the best.
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BLT samples preparated by the "Baconator" team.
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The "Baconator" team.
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The Mad Butcher team.
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The 1 800 THE SPOT team.
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Another team and I am direlict in not getting the team name.
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The courthouse square in full festival bloom.
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The Jaws inflatable. Da-da; Da-Da; Da-da; da-da-da-da-da-da-, slurp!