** Picture of the Day 3 **

[goopysolelady]

First Hat Ceremony and the Brahmadora Adventure officially begins...

 

[klmall]

sunset in Pagosa Springs, CO

 

[kimmar067]

 

[goopysolelady]

Continuing the "Brahmadora Adventure" with a HAPPY BIRTHDAY wish for DD.

 

[klmall]

One of those beautiful cloudy mornings with the peak still covered in snow

 

[goopysolelady]

A Brahmadora memory we'd all like to forget! The dreaded mask in the Texas heat were NOT fun!

 

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[klmall]

The one ride at Universal Florida that I never got up the nerve to ride.

 

[goopysolelady]

Pretty much sums up the evening; a lot of tears, a lot of love and a reluctance to leave the stage for the last time. She sat at her Directors feet and told her...."I can't ..." ...

 

[goopysolelady]

From tears to smiles tonight at the Brahmadora Banquet where her squad was named "Top Squad" of the year! She looked stunning in her "Brahma red" dress and mask following the "Masquerade" theme:

 

[goopysolelady]

Best ever...the smiles on their faces watching the eclipse! Back in Bellville, we were in the midst of a thunderstorm during the event ; it got really dark with the help of the cloud cover! DH videoed the event from Temple, Texas with DD & DGD's...one of the photos we took from the video...and back at home...

 

[boBQuincy]

Not much of an eclipse in FL so we came out towards Goopysolelady's area (Dallas, not really that close). Clouds and sun on and off all morning then it got mostly clear in time for some serious darkening. Find a place with totality for the next one, it is worth it!

 

[goopysolelady]

Not much of an eclipse in FL so we came out towards Goopysolelady's area (Dallas, not really that close). Clouds and sun on and off all morning then it got mostly clear in time for some serious darkening. Find a place with totality for the next one, it is worth it!

Awesome! It DID get "seriously dark"! Read a quote today in the Houston Chronicle from a retired Japanese auto executive who chases total eclipses. He also commented on the darkness, especially if there's cloud cover saying, "The utter darkness under thick clouds feels like the end of the world"! I briefly had that moment when I looked at this photo taken on my phone! (PS...you were "only" about 3 1/2 hours from me but I understand Dallas had some pretty good viewing!) It was pretty eerie!

 

[goopysolelady]

Directors show their love :

 

[klmall]

sailboats and the sunset

 

[goopysolelady]

Pensive moment before final show and then time to "put the stage face on" :

 

[goopysolelady]

Always an audience favorite...the "Daddy/Dora Dance"; this years theme was "Music throughout the ages"...

 

[klmall]

view from Grandfather Mountain in the Smokies

 

[goopysolelady]

Prom 2024; the very last of the FUN activities until graduation!

 

[klmall]

Prom 2024; the very last of the FUN activities until graduation!

Love the dress and those gloves!