The Highland Games

Years ago, a bunch of friends and I went to the Highland Games in Fergus Ontario. It was good to romp around and get sort of rowdy. I’d worked an entire night shift of twelve hours before the idea even popped into my head that I’d like to go with them, so I was pretty exhausted, and I think I agreed to go on the condition that I’d drive there and back so that I could theoretically decide to leave if I wanted to. Bagpipes and kilts a-plenty and miles and miles away from home, plopped in the middle of a field on their lawn chairs in their tilly hats… were my grandparents.

Ab and Joyce

Field of Kilts

Grant, Rhonda, Trevor

What’s Worse?

The fact that Rhonda has a toilet in her backyard, or the fact that I decided to sit on it while drinking a beer?

There's also a mattress behind me!

A Week

I went on vacation. It was nice. We went to the Science Centre and Casa Loma. I am now old enough that I no longer think that it’s just some big old castle. The rest of the week consisted of going out for dinner several times, hanging out with family a whole bunch, and catching up with everyone from as far as Manitoba and Louisiana and everywhere in between. It was great.

A ladybug I saw at Casa Loma. I thought he was nice so I took a photo.

My Computer Works!

King of the Castle

I got him last summer, and he's been sitting on my computer monitor ever since... For some reason, I took him outside today, and took some photos. Cute little dude, I think. I really just wanted to play with the macro focus on my lens, and the fish tank just wasn't cutting it any longer.

Little Dude

He is from Burger King, or quite possibly Wendy's, I really have no idea.

More Stuff

Got MORE candles from the Find-and-Grab, Jon restored a lot of the photos from that SD card (but the card was completely fried in the end), cleaned up the yard a bit, American Idol is a bit of a bust this year, the fishing season doesn’t start until the weekend AFTER we want to go fishing, so our trip is a bit of a bust -but that’s OK, really- and not having the heart to tell the neighbour I’m allergic to everything, I’ve promised her that I’ll help her pick the cherries off the tree on her lawn when they ripen in June.

Lovely

Candle Holder from the Find-and-Grab

Today was Nice

Went all over the city, went out for lunch, went grocery shopping, and watched It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia. (It took alot of convincing, but I’ve grown to quite like that show.) I talked to half of my family on the phone and did laundry. Lovely. Oh yeah! And the fish is still alive after three days of fish medication! (He still has worms though, but we’re taking it one day at a time.)

From India, or China, or… Somewhere not English

Whoever carved it could've made it say anything