Sunday, April 14

Woke up at 5:30 a.m., and was unable to go back to sleep. We got up when Hubbie awoke around seven. Skipped my exercises, as usual on Sundays. Got ready for the day right after breakfast. Hubbie accompanied Mother to our house around 9 a.m., and before 10 a.m., Hubbie and I went back to the Scottish Festival to watch the sheep herding event.

Not many folks were at the festival this morning, so we had no problem finding a parking space. The sheep herding event didn't go exactly as planned, since all but one of the sheep took off across the campus, winding their way among the exhibit booths. The sheep dog was hot on their heels, and the shepherd hurried off after them, too. I managed to snap a couple of photos of one of the escaping sheep, with the dog at its heels. One sheep was left behind, and it bleated in panic at being separated from the flock. A woman managed to shoo it into the sheep trailer, where it continued to be agitated, but was at least safe.

When the sheep, dog, and shepherd didn't come back for a long time, Hubbie and I decided to walk around the festival, where we visited with clan exhibitors. At one of the booths, an exhibitor found our clan tartans in a book. He told us that not only does Hubbie have a Scottish tartan, and I have an Irish one, but there is a tartan and for every U.S. state. So on April 6, Tartan Day, a day to celebrate Scottish heritage, we could wear our choice of clan tartans.

We also stopped to watch a couple of Highland dances. Here, we learned that the dances were orginally performed by men, of course (the sword dance, the sailor's dance, etc.) but in the late 19th century, women began to take over the tradition. Now, ninety-eight percent of the dancers are women.

At noon, there was to be a Bonniest Knees contest, but we didn't stay long enough for this. The contest consists of blindfolded women feeling the knees of men in kilts to determine the bonniest ones. It would have been fun to see this, but it wasn't scheduled until noon, and we needed to get home before that.

At home, around 11:30, I heated the potato soup, which we had with egg salad and tuna salad sandwiches. Mother went to her jigsaw puzzle after that, and I did this and that around the house until time to prepare supper. Mid-afternoon, Hubbie peeled and quartered potatoes, and Mother peeled and quartered onions, and I browned a pork roast and put it in a slow cooker, along with the veggies (carrots included), beef and chicken broths, and herbs and spices.

Relaxed for the rest of the afternoon, then enjoyed the pork roast meal around 5 p.m. Hubbie accompanied Mother home afterward, and then he and I watched TV.

It was a nice day today...started a bit chilly, but warmed up nicely later. It's supposed to get a lot warmer tomorrow, and humid, as well. Then, we can expect storms mid-week...hoping they won't be severe.

We can sleep late tomorrow, though, because there won't be a water aerobics session, since the coach/lifeguard will be out of town with the college's baseball team.