2010 Scottish Highland Games

Yesterday we attended our annual Scottish  Highland Games.  
Although it was hot as H*** it was a good
day full of good music, food and company!

Royal Storytime and Colour Guard

Hubby Hammin' it up!

Pipe and Drum Corps marching in for opening ceremonies

Bonnie Lads!



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Sonora Celtic Faire

Yesterday we spent a lovely day in the beautiful foothills of Sonora, CA relaxing at the Celtic Faire. The drive up was just gorgeous there's only a small window of time when the foothills are beautiful green before it quickly turns to golden brown! I could almost convince myself I was in Scotland or Ireland LOL

(I got a bit frustrated with the slide show I previously had posted and decided to go with static pictures to hopefully speed things up a bit.)

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The sign says it all!	The Parade	The walking of the Irish Wolfhounds!
Vikings and fairies abound!	World’s Tallest Scotsman….I think that must be the world’s biggest flask too!	They came from everywhere!
Discussions over the cannon!	Let the Jousting Begin!	Old meets New!
The Wicked Tinkers strike a pose!	The Wicked Tinkers Tribal Band performing.	The drummer stops for some wee libations!

We enjoyed perusing the tents looking at all the art and trinkets for sale and then watched a healthy jousting match...it didn't matter that we sat on the wrong side we still rooted for our knight LOL After that on to a non healthy lunch of meat pies while we watched a funny comedy show. We topped off the day by watching the Wicked Tinker's Tribal band perform. You really can't help but want to dance when you watch them.

Here's a Youtube video I found of the Wicked Tinker's performing on the Craig Ferguson show

Boy What a Busy Weekend!

Between son #2's graduation, our local oogle men in kilts Scottish Highland games and drooling over cool cars the Graffiti Festival we had a busy weekend!