This morning on Table Talk, I told Denise about decorating the float for the Boy Scouts of America’s 100th birthday.  The float was seen in the Rose Parade on January 1, 2010. For us, this was a once in a lifetime experience because we honestly didn’t like it enough to do it twice.  The work is done in a large warehouse, and because the flowers have to be kept as cold as possible, it is not heated.  Later this morning I was talking to someone who told me that they helped decorate a float yesterday and they do it every year. There are plenty of people who enjoy being a part of this, but it just doesn’t happen to be us.

As promised, I’m posting two pictures here so you can see some of the work and our part of the float. In the photo showing part of a word, dried yellow split peas are being individually placed on top of each letter to cover it. The sides are covered with individually placed green split peas. The BSA 2010 photo shows our handiwork. When we arrived to work on the float, part of this sign was started. The three of  us worked for eight hours to complete the sign. There was one on each side of the float, so whichever one we saw on TV or in person, we decided was ours.

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