"The past is a work of art, free of irrelevancies and loose ends."~Max Beerbohm

These are just a few of the images I took from the Fourth of July parade in Orleans. This was my first time at this parade. Even though I've lived in Brewster for almost three years now, I've always stayed pretty loyal to my home town parade in Chatham, and to be honest, I don't think any other parade will ever compare.

There's just something about that small town feel in Chatham that you can't get anywhere else; knowing most of the people on the floats or bumping into old classmates and friends that you haven't seen in years. I didn't know anyone at the Orleans parade and definitely didn't recognize anyone on any of the floats either. But I don't think any town on the Cape is or will ever be as close knit as Chatham was while I was growing up. To not know the people around you by name would have been unthinkable back then. It was comforting in a way too. It was home.

"O years, gone down into the past, What pleasant memories come to me. Of your untroubled days of peace, And hours almost of ecstasy. "
~Phoebe Cary