Ben roaring after a pitchfork toss
Ben Wilkerson is our resident wannabe Sean Connery – not because he’s a world famous spy, but because he’s a SCOT!!! Ben, who is more Irish than Scottish but definitely prefers claiming the latter, organized a Celtic sport celebration, and he was just wishing he had a kilt lying around. Oh well, a green t-shirt and shorts had to make do. The ladies sat on the sidelines, well , some of the time we sat, but when the sledge hammers started twirling, most of us took cover behind trees or up the trees!
The Turk and Festen cousins all sat in the tree, watching the games but also posing for their traditional cousins’ photo for Grandma Hull.
Meanwhile a budding romance takes place on the sidelines. Luca Cone gives Charlie Shinar a flower and then…
Give the St. Paddy’s princess a flower
Notice her daddy in the background, throwing things around with the guys, but does Charlie care???
She puts it in her hair
Then comes the hug!
The guys had their competitive spirit flying, while tossing logs and boulders and pitch-forked gunny sacks full of who knows what.
Getting ready for COMPETITION
Josh pitching the sack up over the high wire
Roy twirling the sledge before hurling it
Luke prepares himself, and 1, 2, 3…
…let it fly!
After they got through throwing the traditional logs and boulders, they went looking for other things to hurl through the air! Seriously!! Long bamboo poles and Petunk/Boule metal balls were among the chosen items. Thankfully the kids and dogs had wandered off by then!
Sure and begorren I think a grand time was had by all!
