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Yesterday, we traveled to Wellington, Ohio to the county fairgrounds to see the Ohio Scottish Games. The main reason we went was because my blog friend, Laura , who is from Canada, had let me know that she and her daughter were going to be there so that her daughter could participate in the Highland Dance Competitions. Laura, her daughter Mae, and me This is Mae at the tents where they kept their gear stored while the competitions were going on. Mae is in the back row in this photo waiting her turn to dance. Mae on the left in blue. Mae doing the dance of the swords. This is one of the men who played the bagpipes for the dancers. These are some of the dancers lined up after the competition during the awards ceremony.  Mae is #415 in the middle.  She received three medals at the morning competitions and three more at the afternoon competitions. She did a fantastic job!   There were other events at the games too.  There were border collies herding sheep and ducks in c...

Sometimes the music moves you, and you just have to dance, even if you're not the star of the show!   I hope you enjoy this video.  It made me smile.          *  *  *  *  *                                                                                                                 Mountain Mama from the blog Into the Wild Blue Yonder makes me smile too.  She writes a wonderful blog full of pictures of the beauty she finds around her in her home in North Carolina and stories of her life there with her husband and her adorable little boy.  She has passed this blog award on to me.   Thank you, Jenn!  I appreciate you thinking o...

I'm doubly blessed.  Two of my blogging friends have both passed on this blogging award to me.  Thank you, Mountain Mama and JL Dodge !! Of course, now I feel like dancing! I've seen this video several places recently. Thanks to my friend Cary from the blog List of the Day who shared it with me first.  Thanks to my friend Sandy too, who also posted this.  Just in case you have missed it, for whatever reason, I thought I'd post it here.   This is a T-mobile commercial and spoof of this video done with some talented look-a-likes in honor of the soon-to-happen royal wedding. This made me laugh.  I hope you enjoy it too. 

I have some blog business to tend to today.  I have a couple of folks I want to thank for their kindness. First of all, I'd like to thank Paige who writes the blog, Paradise Valley 2...Hell's Mountain and over the edge . Paige gave me this lovely Summer Blog Award that you see below.  Doesn't that picture make you wish you could just go and spend a day at the beach?  She has some fun things planned for her readers during the month of April, especially for those who like poetry.                               Paige sometimes makes me laugh with her blog, and other times she teaches me something new.  She also writes some wonderful poetry.  If you have time, stop over and tell her hello.  I'm sure she will be glad to meet you!  Thank you, Paige!    I'd like to pass this award on to whoever is reading this who would like to take it home with them and put it up on thei...

Becca who writes the blog, A Southern Garden by Becca , has very kindly passed along the "Uplifting Blogger" Award to me. It is an award to be given to friends who want to ''Share the Love," who daily raise the spirits of others and offer words of encouragement. Thanks so much, Becca. I really appreciate you thinking of me. Please stop by and visit Becca at her blog and say hello. She's a kind and friendly soul who will share her garden and her family with you. Actually, all the blogs that I visit, and all those who visit here daily raise my spirits and offer me words of encouragement. Thank you to all of you for that. I would like to offer this award to all of you. Any of you who would like to take it so you can post it on your blog and/or pass it on to another, please do so. You all deserve it. The song below seemed like an appropriate one to accompany this post. Lift Me Up lyrics sung by Olivia Newton John and Darren Hayes When I'm down on ...

My friend Jen at Unglazed held a giveaway on her blog recently, and I was fortunate enough to have my name drawn out as the lucky winner! Many thanks to Jen for holding such a fun giveaway and for the prizes that I received this week in the mail. As you can see in the photo above, Jen sent me a hummingbird feeder and the food to go in it along with a very cute pot of flowers. The pot of yellow daisies (not a coincidence, I'm sure!) goes great with my yellow kitchen and now looks right at home sitting on my kitchen table as a centerpiece. I love it! As soon as it stops raining long enough that I can get it done, I want to get the feeder put up too, so that the hummingbirds can start visiting here. I can't wait to start watching them! Thanks so much, Jen, for sharing and for your generosity and thoughtfulness! * * * * I'd also like to thank Wixy who writes several blogs, all of which are worth a visit. Click his name to link to his profile so you can choose which you...