Highland Games

The Calling of the Clans marks the kick off of the Scottish Highland Games last weekend.   People converge on Hovander Park in Ferndale to celebrate all things Scottish. Saturday's highlight was Scottish dancing followed by an athletic competition on Sunday. My brother-in-law competed at the amateur level and took second place.  Go Andy! 

Casino

The slots jingled,

the drinks flowed,

the cheers rang out at the craps table;

the night was long and fun with wonderful friends at Silver Reef Hotel Casino Spa.

Orange Dahlia

Weekend Reflections: Playground Mirror

she watches her reflection

under the slide

the way it undulates

as someone slides down

and pretends she's a mermaid

under silver water

Red Wagon

My friend's seven-month-old daughter entertains herself with a toy cat at Hovander Park.

Weekend Reflections: Watchtower

A Sorta Fairytale House

For a sorta fairytale life.

A New Artus Court

While driving through Ferndale a couple weekends ago, we stumbled on this intriguing building being built. The information board near the construction site (above) references the original Artus Court in Gdarisk, Poland but didn't offer any explanation of why a new court is being built. An exhaustive 5 minute internet search didn't turn up any information on Ferndale's Artus court, so we're still in the dark and curious about this building. If anybody out there knows anything about this project, let us know!

Weekend Reflections: No Wake Here...

...but the wind's.

Winter Poplars

the fence lines the trees

the trees line the river

but the river forges its own path

Wattle I Thank YOU For?

Happy Turkey Day!

Hovander Sunflower

Clearly, I didn't take this picture recently... but it's been pretty gloomy around here lately, so I thought we could all use a little sunshine from early September! This sunflower is in one of Hovander Park's abundant flower gardens.