Curling with Scots

Anne spent Thursday curling with the 2011 Scots Tour.

Bucky Badger (with curling broom) and part of the UW Marching Band greeted them and 'piped' them onto the ice. 


Curling cupcakes followed a great lunch. 

My afternoon team traveled with a mascot, a curler named Murdo knitted by a friend. 


Of course, the ladies at our table had to check out what he was wearing under his kilt.  To everyone's surprise, he sported a Band-Aid in that most private of places.  Lots of laughs, lots of fun, lots of good curling.

Curling...

Anne is participating in a curling bonspiel this weekend. Known as the Gilmore event, each team has to bring a pie to share.

Merry Christmas

Alana photographing ice crack

Forgot to take Christmas pictures while Alana and Erin and Al were around for Christmas, but here is one of Alana taking photos during a walk on the frozen lake. Alana went back to N.O. on the 28th.

Southern Cal

While a blizzard rages in WI, we settle in to warm weather and kite flying with Ev and Mike.

Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving - we were at Al and Erin's with his folks, Maria and Jim.

Dancers Galore

Ack and I spent Sunday in Milwaukee watching ethnic dancers perform and eating lots of great food at the annual Holiday Folk Fair. I was there for work and he was there for company. We topped off the day with a curling match back in Madison, which we lost but wow, was it a good close game which made it a lot of fun.

Great Visitors

Eileen and Allen stopped by on their move to Boulder. They got a taste of Wisconsin's best: fried cheese curds, a brandy old-fashioned, curling and the capitol.  They left yesterday and Josh Penn, Alana's buddy from Earlham and NOLA, leaves today after a valiant effort to keep Russ Feingold in office.