Off Topic: What my crazy family in Texas did on a fine Saturday morning

Posted on Apr 28 in Off Topicby NikaPrintText Resizer Text Resizer

Update: A photo of Myra is today (5-11-07) on the MSNBC site’s “Week in Pictures,” fourth pic in the slideshow.

Air of the dog - on MSNBC - Myra flies

 

 

My mom and my sister each have these little chihuahuas. They also live in San Antonio, Texas, where every year at this time, the entire city parties for weeks during Fiesta.

Today was the annual Fiesta Pooch Parade.

I knew there was going to be some sort of trouble a few weeks ago when I heard this odd plan to float the dogs. They sat down and calculated how many balloons they needed to float each little dog. My mom sewed a special harness for each, even with a zipper to snug them in.

There is a contest at the start of the parade but my mom and sister got there too late as they were dealing with trucking the balloons down to the parade site.

(Associated Press caught this image of my sister’s dog, Myra, in her costume. [AP Photo/Eric Gay])

When they got there and floated one dog (too many balloons popped for the other one to float) they were literally swarmed by professional photographers, videographers, TV cameras, and just people off the street.

They had a load of fun, Myra loved her perch, and they were all simply stunned by the attention.

Now they are wondering what they will do next year!

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