A Philadelphia New Year's Tradition

The weather was perfect for the Mummers Parade in Philadelphia yesterday.  That still didn't entice me to go though.  I was so comfy in my house and had a lot of cooking to do aka a 22 lb fresh ham, ha, so Tony took the camera down and got some pretty good shots with our d5000 and the 35mm lens.  I did some work on them in Photoshop Elements, maily cropping and added some effects on Picnik.  I think they came out pretty well considering he couldn't get quite as close as he would have liked.  If you're not familiar with the mummer's tradition, you can read more about it here:
Mummers Parade-Wikipedia

“ Here we stand before your door,

As we stood the year before;Give us whiskey; give us gin,

Open the door and let us in.

Or give us something nice and hot

Like a steaming hot bowl of pepper pot!”