Newport 2014 - pictures

                                 Friday night on the beach

                              Todd in front of the tent

                                 Jacobite invasion

                                 Our neighbors on the right

                  Kate, fighting the wet and chill on Sunday

                 Iain Sherwood, piper and photographer

            Irish, otherwise known as Billy with Clan Cian

                                 Our neighbors on the left

Newport Celtic Festival 2014

Newport was great as always...this was their (and our) 4th year. Saturday saw lots of folk, the weather was sunny and a bit breezy, but not as windy as last year! Sunday started out wet, but the rain cleared off after noon. I will post pictures tomorrow.

The Cattleman who brought the wee highland cows found out that he was part of Clan Donald...I don't think we got a picture of him (or the cows) it is hard to do it with just the two of us manning the tent. Talked to a lot of nice folk and managed to steer quite a few in the right direction when they were not a Donald. I have some pages to scan and send to people who found some information in our genealogy books. And we had a chance to catch up with many clan folk who we only get to see during the season.

Had a grand time with the Irish fella who sold the swords...he put on a great show and he knows our Idaho Commissioner Sharon Goff! I know we got his picture (and his name).

We were next to a lady who did marvelous leatherwork...and we discussed maybe having a get together or 2 with them giving us some lessons...so, keep tuned for more info on that going forward.

Kate
(still recuperating)