And then LOVE rolled by

As a native of Benham Kentucky, past Rose Parades were viewed on my parents' black & white television.  Obviously, therein was the problem in seeing the color of the roses.

During our recent vacation to Pasadena, CA to visit our son & daughter (and grandson),  I rambled on down to catch a glimpse of what I'd been missing all those years during the reign of a black & white TV. 

Of controversy this year, the float of the wedding cake featuring Danny & Aubrey who exchanged wedding vows during the parade.  This was a first ever event - a gay couple atop a styled wedding cake floral float on Colorado Blvd in Pasadena, CA.  Oddly enough, none of this seems out of place.

Often times the photographer may catch first time ever historical events.  The photograph is a visual record of the event; not an opinion of the photographer, one way or another.  If photographers allow personal opinion to interfere with their muse, then the art is lost.  Life comes to us in all forms, and on this particular day,  "LOVE"  rolled by with two grooms and a wedding cake.

"... We are resolved into the supreme air,
We are made one with what we touch and see,
With our heart’s blood each crimson sun is fair,
With our young lives each spring-impassioned tree
Flames into green, the wildest beasts that range
The moor our kinsmen are, all life is one, and all is change..."
Oscar Wilde, We Are Made One With What We Touch & See