Gives Carousel a Whirl

Clara Grace experienced her first carousel ride on Friday, March twenty-fifth on probably the first truly perfect spring day in Coolidge Park. Over the noises of children laughing, the riverboat’s melodeon, and fountain spraying, the happy music of the merry-go-round called. Clara Grace and her Mommy raced through the turn style and made a dash to claim Ziggy Zebra for their mount. It was Clara Grace’s fascination with contrasting stripes that commended Ziggy to Clara Grace’s mommy above all the other animals. To their left Clara Grace’s Nana and cousin Lucy rode atop a goat like Creature known as Sir William. Aunt Keri-Lynn and Cousin Peter took up the rear on ____.. Clara Grace gripped Ziggy’s metal pole valiantly and held on wile he arched up and down in dizzying circles. Her daddy described her expression as conveying “I don’t know about this, but Mommy seems to think it’s all right, so I’ll give it a whirl.”