Victoria Day Holiday!

It's a holiday here today -Victoria Day- named after old Queen Victoria.

Yikes!

This particular holiday in Canada, has had a convoluted history of differing dates, names and events; until finally in 1952, the Canadian government created a single event, to occur on the last Monday before May 25th....make sense?

Basically, it is the firing pistol (actually being fired) which signals the beginning of the summer season in Canada; and of course the holiday is wildly celebrated by Canadians everywhere!!!

As these photos I took verify!

Joey and the girl from the exorcist

a very happy Bilbo

gleeful spectators!

 Canadian girls setting up camp

But you know, the best place to be on such a day, is in the capital of British Columbia

Victoria 

right here

not her

here

you might even see Cinderella

YES!
Named after the old girl herself (Victoria)- the Emerald City...no wait, that's in the Wizard of Oz...hmmm....what is it's nickname again? ....OH YEAH! - the City of Newly Weds and Nearly Deads???....
                                                          ........no..... that's not it....

                             oh yes!

It's called

.......

THE GARDEN CITY!!!

see

So just go there!
Good times await!

Let me know how it was....except.....well, you know....
..........except if you don't have a good time, then I don't want to hear from you.

http://www.tourismvictoria.com/

BUT
for those of you unable to attend the festivities, I proudly present the latest fails of the week for you to enjoy! (courtesy of FailArmy)

In this episode, the people are particularly foolish!  

and of course that is a good thing, or we wouldn't have such entertaining videos.

http://www.youtube.com/user/failarmy

**  A serious moment below  **

Thanks to:

• Google Images
• Library of Congress
• anyone else who I stole from and am forgetting...sorry