I had all kind of plans for a post today but work exploded and the writing thing never happened.
However…
Thankfully, there’s my phone, Instagram and lots of great memories.
These particular ones are from the Grandfather Mountain Highland Games and Gathering of Scottish Clans last July.
Beautiful North Carolina mountains and amazing skies.
Grandfather Mountain and 50,000 Scots and “wanna-Scots”
Highland dancers warming up
Tossing the sheaf!
Sheepdog trials – herding ducks!
Flags from 80 Clans and 15 Scottish Societies!
“Not the bee upon the blossom,
In the pride o’ sunny noon;
Not the little sporting fairy,
All beneath the simmer moon;
Not the poet, in the moment
Fancy lightens in his e’e,
Kens the pleasure, feels the rapture,
That thy presence gi’es to me.”
― Robert Burns
Drunk on Life 
This reminds me so much of the summers going to Scottish festivals in northern Michigan. I always loved the tossing of the caber!
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My husband produced drone aerial photography of the games, including the Heavy Athletics competition with the caber and sheaf toss. It’s pretty cool – you can check it out on You Tube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reyNQg12RPI
It’s amazing to see everything from above!
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Haha Brigadoon! Love it!
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It’s that line from “Four Weddings and a Funeral.” Love that movie!
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Oh, I thought it was from the musical, Brigadoon!
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Both. Have you ever seen “Four Weddings and a Funeral” – if not, you should. The protagonists are at a wildly over-the-top Scottish wedding and one character looks over and says, “It’s bloody Brigadoon!” and then flings himself whole-hardheartedly into the Highland Dancing. It’s awesome.
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Was it once every 100 years? Lol. I’ve never seen Four weddings and a funeral all the way through.
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