Roslindale was hopping today

UPDATE: What your reporter thought was a short-eared bunny was, in fact, Sammy the Squirrel. Clearly a future in fuzzy mascots is not in the cards.

A light drizzle failed to halt the 41st annual Roslindale Day parade from its traditional route down Belgrade and back up South Street.

As always, the firetrucks started things off:

Before the police vehicles arrived, BPD Superintendent-in-Chief William Gross helped a resident across Belgrade:

There was, of course, plenty of marching-band music:

And it wouldn't be a New England parade without at least one band of pipers:

This guy probably took the highest selfies of the parade:

Plenty of dancers, natch:

The Rozzie Dolls belted out tunes on a float they shared with a walking Dunkin' donut, who was either exhausted or afraid he'd melt in the rain, because he stayed in a chair rather than walking like he usually does:

Mozart School students held signs touting different virtues:

A local Boy Scout pack had a float about the fun you can have fishing, especially if your head is a styrofoam ball:

Boston Latin School's Junior Classical League had the parade's only chariot:

Walk Up Roslindale promoted safer streets:

And, of course, it wouldn't be a Roslindale Day parade without the official Roslindale Saturn station wagon: