Happy 4th!
This was quite a day, as Ma and Pa celebrated 4th of July with their US chums.
First of all came a delicious and traditional home-cooked breakfast of red, white and blue pancakes with bacon and watermelon and strawberries. And maple syrup. Yummm-my.
Then it was off to the Greeley Stampede. It’s famous, but not an actual stampede of things, more a several day event of cowboy/girl sports. Like rodeo, or lassoing animals, or - like today - bull fighting! Happily not Spanish style where the poor bull ends up dead. But still, one bloke in a small arena with a very angry bull and he has to run about and not get caught, for one minute. If he does get caught and whacked, other cowboys jump in to distract the bull. Quite mad!
And finally it was off to a neighbourhood party where Ma and Pa met more very welcoming people and enjoyed traditional fare of pulled pork, salads, spicy beans. And garden games! Ma and Pa have learned a new one called Cornhole which definitely will be added to the Denhead collection. But there was also croquet. Thank goodness for all that practice in France. Ma even won a game! Hurrah for the underdog Scots. But then suddenly the heavens opened and a mighty thunder, lightning and hailstorm crashed down! Didn’t spoil the fun though and all in all it really was a very happy 4th.
First of all came a delicious and traditional home-cooked breakfast of red, white and blue pancakes with bacon and watermelon and strawberries. And maple syrup. Yummm-my.
Then it was off to the Greeley Stampede. It’s famous, but not an actual stampede of things, more a several day event of cowboy/girl sports. Like rodeo, or lassoing animals, or - like today - bull fighting! Happily not Spanish style where the poor bull ends up dead. But still, one bloke in a small arena with a very angry bull and he has to run about and not get caught, for one minute. If he does get caught and whacked, other cowboys jump in to distract the bull. Quite mad!
And finally it was off to a neighbourhood party where Ma and Pa met more very welcoming people and enjoyed traditional fare of pulled pork, salads, spicy beans. And garden games! Ma and Pa have learned a new one called Cornhole which definitely will be added to the Denhead collection. But there was also croquet. Thank goodness for all that practice in France. Ma even won a game! Hurrah for the underdog Scots. But then suddenly the heavens opened and a mighty thunder, lightning and hailstorm crashed down! Didn’t spoil the fun though and all in all it really was a very happy 4th.
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