it's time to load the beads

Thursday was bead loading day for my Krewe of Mid-City. Since our Krewe is still relatively small- krewe members come together this day to load the beads & throws for the parade onto the floats at the float den ..it's a kind of controlled bedlam w forklifts, wheelbarrows, hand carts and plain old people power moving the pallets of beads off of trucks and up ladders onto the floats . It was really hard work but is a necessary exercise for pre- parade prep. Everybody was focused on getting job done but also had time to laugh. & visit w each other..very rewarding day but again a reminder of the work necessary to make these parades happen.(Note : have some pix of bead loading but will have to offload from my camera to my pc for posting at a later time. )