9 August 2009 Photo: Prickly But Pretty And Purple

We have a fair amount of thistle growing in our yard so in staying with yesterday theme of Scotland, I decided ot make the national flower of this country the subject of today's photo of the day.

8 August 2009 Photo(s): The Scottish/Redneck Games

So today we went to the Scottish Games/Celtic Festival and the Redneck Games. Separated by only a few miles, I am not sure I can tell the difference between the two games.

It seemed like there were a lot of men throwing things that probably shouldn't have been thrown (heavy weights by the Scots and hubcaps by the Rednecks). They both had music, food (with long lines) and beer. Both groups where wearing unusual clothes by main stream standards. I must say that the music at the Scottish Games was better and the humor factor at the Redneck Games was slightly higher. All in all, there were different cultures experience today.