The flower of Midlife sifted through faith, family and heaping helping of southern fried chicken.

It was looking a lot like Christmas in Madison during the Bicentennial Holiday Parade.

Now my family, all except teenage son who was too tired (too kewl) to go, scurried downtown to stand across from the Courthouse to view the festivities.

It was turning dark ~ and I couldn’t really tell what my camera was doing. It wasn’t doing much. But here is some of what I captured.

As always..the parade started with our most excellent fire department.

This is a firetruck, in case you can't tell.

Very cute children from primary school. In case you can't tell.

Local celebrity Burns Warfield driving Chick-fil-A mobile.

Ghostbusters.

Mark Wilson, Morgan County High School Principal

Diana Blanton

 If you don’t know her, you are missing way out. Just don’t too many people clamor around her, because that wouldn’t leave any room for me. And my needs are always most important.

Here come the Clydesdales. Just picture them crashing through the snow. See how fast they’re going….

And of course no Christmas Parade would be complete without..

Mr. and Mrs. Claus

I guess I better practice a bit more before Macy’s next Thanksgiving.

So signing off from across from the Courthouse for another year.  Too bad I couldn’t capture all the spectacle a bit better….But here’s wishing you a merry season from Madtown, Georgia wherever you are sitting in front of your computer at moment.

Aspiring photojournalist J. Miles. 

This looks like a bell.

That is when the phrase seeing stars came alive for me. From that moment on, I could identify with Looney Tune characters whom got bonked over the head with a mallet and had a galaxy swirling about their noggin. I was very young — and that is where my memory ends with the Pinel’s bell.  (That rhymes. How nice.)

Blogging about the Madison Fitness Triathlon last Friday made me think. Why not blog about Madison more often? Why not add another category to my Monday blog content?

Madtown Monday.

Now here’s the deal. I shall post a picture with some clues and the first one to leave a comment with the answer gets a prize. An extra special surprise. Such a special surprise, I have no clue what it is.

Joke.

What is this?

Okay, that is such a huge softball, even I am embarrassed. Must try to make this a little tougher.

Who knows where this is??

Where could this be?

For a little help, many of you scurry by this fine Stop and Go on your way from the middle school — up and over the tracks to all the other schools.

Isn’t it quite a relief when a train isn’t parked at that crossing? That  means DISASTER for getting anyone, anywhere on time.

If you can name the super chef in the picture, you receive extra credit. Though I have no idea what the extra credit will be at this point.

And to make it a little more fun…

For any of you watching the Florida v. Arkansas game Saturday night, what lovely Madison resident was featured for a full 5 seconds or more on the screen? She looked so great in all her Gator gear. But she was sad, for that was the point a Razorback intercepted Tebow and ran it all the other way for the touchdown.

I was sitting at the Icehouse bar thinking “darn that“, when up popped this person on the screen.  I forgot all my sadness and just pointed at the screen yelling, “There’s _____!”  Which was very ironic because on another Saturday night she most probably would be sitting at in that very spot (or somewhere very near).

So…

1. What is the Stop and Go breakfast buffet pictured?

2. Who was the lovely Madtown Gator fan featured on ESPN Saturday night?

The first  to comment with the correct answers to either question…shall receive a five dollar gift card to Perk Avenue. And bask in the the joy of being a WINNER!!

Have a great Monday.

And the dream date thing was just something that came to me when I was typing my FB status. But anyone who’s interested in being prize next week, please leave message. Rob Hanselman this means you.