At the Roy G. Guerrero Park in Austin, Texas.
Batter up!
Sculptures: Black & White
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Category Archives: Sports
Celtic Festival (3)
More photos from the photography field trip to the Celtic Festival in McDade, Texas.
Something new for me was the caber toss, a sport from Scotland. Those poles start around 65 pounds and are about 19 feet tall. If the tosser is successful at tossing it end over end before it hits the ground, in the next round they get to use a heavier pole.
Tammy lifted the pole up high enough that it did, indeed, flip end over end before landing. A round of applause for Tammy!
Tammy, the caber tosser
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Shopkeeper opening for business
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Not a target in the archery contest, fortunately
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The king’s castle.
Sherwood Keep
Celtic Festival (2)
At the Celtic Festival in McDade, we saw the archery contest with the long bow.
I actually got a photo of an arrow in flight.
In flight
At the end of the contest, all the archers drew their long bows at the same time, for the volley.
Archery volley
Volley results
Masked archer
An archer approaching the line
Here is Robin Hood of Sherwood Forest at the Highland Games arena during the archery contest.
Robin Hood of Sherwood Forest
Weekly Photo Challenge: Fray
About a year ago, I upgraded my socks and also bought these running shoes.
New pink shoes
I have new walking/running shoes, so these have been retired to non-exercise activities for quite some time. And they have holes in them, anyway. Oh, well.
Frayed
Last Days of Summer
The public swimming pools have closed and the back-to-school sales are over and done. Classes have already started in most of the school districts and the universities begin classes tomorrow. It’s still really hot in central Texas, but the change of the seasons is on its way.
Taking advantage of the last days of summer
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