Kilt Rock! Puppy Bark!

[sff_corgi_lj]

Got two batches of pictures for you this time: the South Florida Scottish Festival, 2006 and Batch 18 of puppypictures (which is paltry indeed this week, but I didn't get to photograph them doing anything you haven't seen a dozen times before already).


They don't Google easily, but these are the people who've been doing the sheepdog demo for Lo! these many years:

Tindall Border Collies
The Tindall Place
Quinn & Sandy Tindall
8400 NE 120th St.
Okeechobee Fl. 34972
863-467-0423
Sqtindall@aol.com
ABC Registered Border Collies
Occasional Puppies for sale, Stud Dogs
Lessons for serious students, willing to work towards trialing.
Pups must be at least 8 mo. old for lessons.

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One of the bands playing was Avalon; the lead singer, Tricianne Garrihy, did a lively cover of the Proclaimers '500 Miles' and prompted me to snicker to myself that once again you've got one woman doing the job of two men and doing it just as well [/rimshot].

These guys? I bought their CD. :) They all autographed it!

Prydein : Sample their music at Download.com.
"Okay, who put the jalapenos in the haggis?"

Here's something I'm wondering about: where's the all-female kilt rock band? There's female celtic bands, Avalon is Tricianne plus whomever she picks for that gig, but... no rock 'n' roll bagpipe chicks. Why not?

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The welshcakes were back! The welshcakes were back!! The inFamous Welsh Cookie Company makes welshcakes both with traditional flavours, and creative combinations like their new and delicious strawberry and macadamia. SO good. I bought lots and lots, even though I maybe shouldn'tadone. ;)

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Thinking of British foods, once again I bought the annual box of frozen banger rolls from Cameron's British Foods. They're only in Cape Coral (what, 2-3 hours' drive?) but I always wait until the Scottish Festival. Weakening, I bought my mother (grumblekvetch) some packages of McVittie's digestive biscuits, because she likes the simple, not-so-sweet kind of biccie; and some cans of Idris fiery ginger beer. Hey, it's got a Welsh name, how can I resist? [says 'fiery' the same way Rhys said 'wiry' in The Replacements and giggles inanely]

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I can't be the first person who's thought of the term 'tropikilt', can I? I know I'm not the first who's conceived of one, because the men of Khemet wore the shendjyt, made of varying grades of linen (depending on socioeconomic rank, unsurprisingly) but pleated and wrapped very much like the greatkilt. Hmmm... between the Floridians, the other Gaelic Caribeños and the Australians, surely somebody talented with fabric must have some ideas....

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The Copper Kettle Celtic shop has been around for over three decades, although not in the same place. Sadly, I've only ever been in the once, back when they were in South Miami on Red Road. Their current address is:

14305 S. Dixie Hwy.,
Miami, FL 33176
305-255-1515

Apparently the husband, John Edwards, died sometime last year, sorry to hear, but the widow and the shop's doing fine otherwise. They were selling miniature flags, various kinds of jewelry and squishy clever dragon handpuppets.


Completely irrelevant to the Scottish Festival or corgi puppies, but interesting - rec'd by one of the players at milliways_bar in the Back Room:
http://www.watt-evans.com/theotherguys.html - a researched history of pre-Comics Code horror comics and what really killed the genre.

Comments

[baralier.livejournal.com]

As far as the "tropkilt" goes it's not a term I've heard before. Though my attire conforms more to the traditionalist than the comfortist.

While wearing sandals with socks offends my fashion sensibilities anyway, the idea of wearing sandals with a kilt ranks with a similar level of "wrongness".

Last time I ventured out in 35 degree (about 95F) heat I still had shoes and socks, though I opted for the nice linen shirt.

[sff-corgi.livejournal.com]

And don't you look spiffy, despite the gawdawful heat! Ermmm... whichever one is you. On the right? What kind of humidity were you getting, though, that's the killer.

Traditional isn't terribly practical for the heavy sports, don't you think? Trainers or sturdy boots are less likely to slip when leveraging all those weights around.

[baralier.livejournal.com]

That would be me on the right. The kilt on the left is my old one which "shrank in the wardrobe". The humidity in Melbourne is usually pretty low thankfully.

I know some of the guys who do the Highland games will wear a modified brogue/runner. It's a nice touch I think. I've only seen it on a couple of guys but I thought it was nice that they'd made the effort.

[sff-corgi.livejournal.com]

Then you've made a fan of ravensnape. You might want to read her comments. ;)

Interesting about the shoe! Seen any pictures about? Now I'm curious.

[ravensnape.livejournal.com]

I don't know about throwing the hay into the barn with a three tong pitch fork, but let me tell ya', bails of hay weight between 45 and 70 pounds depending how they are bailed and what time of the year it is. At haying, it's nothing to drop several pounds and build muscle to boot. Who needs palettes.

And the bad boys in the pic above...the one with the sporran is yummy!!!!! I do so hope you know him.

[sff-corgi.livejournal.com]

I know a... OK, I'll use the silly term, 'belly dancer' who can carry one bale in each hand, if I remember correctly, but you'd never guess it from how her arms look bare. She doesn't bulk at all.

She also has a wicked, wicked shimmy. :)

If the one with the sporran is indeed baralier as I suspect, I know him from the Girl Genius Y!group. *chortle*

[baralier.livejournal.com]

*blush*

[narwen-almiriel.livejournal.com]

Oooooh...Welshcakes! I live right next to Wales, and whenever we go 'exploring' into Wales to see castles and things, we stop at the little obscure bakeries because they make the nicest cakes ever. All soft and yummy, and freshly baked. Like scones, only much, much better.

I haven't had a proper welshcake for sooooo long.... *wistful sigh*

[sff-corgi.livejournal.com]

[envyenvyenvy!]

Tropikilt?

[selenesue.livejournal.com]

Well, if Utilikilts didn't have them, nobody does.

I am however put in mind of a little jape on the part of the late lamented Lord Goldwyn of Britain, who wore several lengths of flowered Hawaiian fabric as a kilt and claimed to represent Clan MacAdamia.

Re: Tropikilt?

[sff-corgi.livejournal.com]

[writhewrithe] Oh the PAIN. But I bet you could market those in Key West.

Did you check out that St. Andrew's sett? So utterly clever.

Re: Tropikilt?

[selenesue.livejournal.com]

Goldwyn was raised in Florida. Evidently it rubbed off, at least a little.

St Andrews sett is clever, It certainly is... I don't remember ever seeing a set with color changes within the weft like those, with or without a pattern.

Re: Tropikilt?

[sff-corgi.livejournal.com]

[tries to remember weaving terminology] Jacquard loom, mayhap?

Scottish Festival - spot on!

[(Anonymous)]

Your photos and documentation of the Festival were excellent. I wouldn't say I was addicted to Sterling per se, but hmnn…. Close enough :)

The pics and the journal entries beneath them were all very well done. Great Job!

Re: Scottish Festival - spot on!

[sff-corgi.livejournal.com]

Aw, still couldn't get logged in? Ladeez an gennelmen, fl_wizardess!