The St. Patrick's Day Parade took place in Toronto on Sunday. You might think that this post is about pictures of the parade, but it's not quite. I have to come clean about something. I HATE parades and will typically run away from them as fast as I can. That being said, parades can produce some awesome shots, so while I won't take my DSLR or my X10 out to take parade pictures, if I see something cool, I will whip out my iPhone and snap some pics on Instagram. The parade was going on while my hubby and I were out running some errands. I figured we'd run the errands and then return to the scene and try to snap some cool pics. I managed to take two pictures really quickly, but there was a lot of glare and I couldn't even see my phone screen. I was trying to snap a photo of Miss Teen Canada, who was riding around in a car, waving at passers-by. The photo turned out super-crappy, so I didn't even bother posting. Off we went to run our errands.

By the time we got back to Bloor Street, the parade was over. Seriously. Totally lame. There were a few people dressed up in St. Patrick's Day green, but nothing that tickled my iPhone's fancy. But then I stumbled onto something way cooler. I honestly don't even know what kind of store it was. I'm guessing it was an art gallery. Whatever it was, it offered some great pics. I call this one "Capacitor Head":

Then, I turned the corner, and found this gem. I call him "Captain Awesome":

At first I was annoyed by the reflection of the brick wall, but it actually gives the photo a great effect. By far, this is one of my favorite photos of the past few weeks. Next to the art gallery was a gift shop. And in the display case, was a beaver dressed in mountie uniform. How Canadian! I call this one "Eh!":

And finally, I took a picture of the back of a street sign, which looked really cool. I have no idea what that drawing is all about, but it looks pretty neat. Especially through an Instagram filter. Have I told you lately how much I love Instagram? :D

Oh, I forgot. One more thing. I did get a parade picture after all. I took it in the morning, while out for my power walk. I took it for my daughter, who loves the Muppets (gets it from the hubby and me) and would for sure get a kick out of it (which she did). There was a lot of glare when I took the photo and I couldn't even see my screen, but it turned out okay. Besides, it's the Muppets. Enough said.