Mardi Gras Already?

This coming Mardi Gras will be my fifth in Louisiana, but I still sometimes have problems getting used to it being a huge holiday. The season begins with Twelfth Night soon after Christmas, which means we are already beginning to take Mardi Gras shots here at the paper. My first came today, when the captains from the krewes of Gemini and Harambee came to the photo studio.