All this talk of dancing...

Yesterday was a great day.
We rose early and took Beth to work where she serves fancy coffees and sandwiches to hungry tourists.
The rest of us headed into town for the free pancake breakfast presented by the Chamber of Commerce to celebrate Valley Appreciation Day.
Main Street was blocked to all traffic and vendors had their booths set up to display and sell their wares.

I bought a giant cucumber, but I had no bag for it.
I felt rather foolish walking up and down the street with a huge green vegetable under my arm, so I ducked into my workplace and left it on my desk while I returned to see what more trouble I could find.
I found another bag full of fresh veggies - picked that morning - from an acquaintance who has a greenhouse in the valley.
I promptly placed those alongside the giant cucumber on my desk.

When I returned to the festivities I was greeted by live music at one end of the street and a foot-stompin' show by the Square Dance Club at the other.

An old friend of mine - from another lifetime before kids - had a booth and was selling her beautiful stoneware that she designs, glazes and fires at her pottery studio. I decided to treat myself and bought a lovely blue-green glazed serving platter with a side dish.

I also bought two lollypops with real caterpillars encased within the candy - Jenny ate one - minus the bug, but Bobby wouldn't touch his!

By eleven thirty it was already very hot and the children were ready to go home and cool off in the lake.

I spent the afternoon doing odd jobs about the house while the temperature rose to the ridiculous height of 40 degrees C!
We had the sprinkler watering the grass so I was able to leap through it every now and then to cool myself off.

After dinner we walked to the neighbourhood pub where they were celebrating their annual fun golf tournament.
It's nice to visit with old friends whom we don't get to see very often throughout the year.
I even got to help round up the chicken for the chicken poop scramble...
The hen was let loose upon a large piece of cardboard divided into numbered squares.
A person can buy a square and the winner is the one who's square the chicken first poops on!
Simple.

The live music was a great rock and roll band with a Scottish twist called McQuaig.
The front man plays both rhythm guitar and bagpipes.
...and no, not at the same time - for any of you wise guys.

During the break between sets some of us headed down to the lake for a refreshing skinny dip off the dock... how many places can you do that during intermission?

Later in the evening, while I was minding my own business doing my version of the Highland Fling, I felt a sudden tear up the back of my left leg, followed by a searing pain that nearly dropped me to the floor.
That resulted in a long hobble home in the dark.
The usual seven minute walk took close to half and hour - although I did stop to pat the horses along the way.

In an ironic twist of fate, I believe I have just torn my Achilles tendon...