Twenty Somerville dog owners walked with eighteen dogs in the City's Memorial Day Parade on Sunday.

Spring finally arrived this year, just in time for the parade. It was a beautiful day—bright and sunny and warm.

The people who were out watching the parade were every bit the equal of the warm and beautiful day. The Memorial Day Parade reveals Somerville at it's finest. The whole town comes out to watch the parade; everyone is friendly and smiling.

Without a cloud in the sky, the asphalt along the parade route got pretty hot under our pups' paws, but we made new friends who helped our dogs beat the heat. At Pinball Plus (370 Highland Avenue), a very nice gentleman brought out his garden hose and let us hose down our dogs.

A couple of doors down, Kickass Cupcakes (378 Highland Avenue), put out buckets of water for the dogs. Kickass Cupcakes also donated mini pupcakes and mini cupcakes for the dogs and their owners who walked with som|dog in the Parade. The dogs wolfed down the carob and peanut-butter pupcakes after the parade.

Extra water for the dogs was donated by Dogma and Catma, too (321-325 Somerville Avenue).

Thanks to everyone who walked with som|dog, to Dogma (and Catma, too), to Kickass Cupcakes and to Pinball Plus. Thanks Bill (with Suki) for sharing your photos. Thanks Somerville, especially Frank Senesi, Director of Veterans' Services, for another great parade!

UPDATE 28 May 2008: Finn's person, Leah has posted lots of cute photos of Somerville dogs in the Memorial Day Parade. Thank you, Leah!