The Highland Games

This weekend, I went to the New Hampshire Highland Games with Matt, his mom, his sister & his sister's boyfriend. Although this was my first time, they've all been multiple times. It was a lot of fun - lots of good food, fun athletic events to watch, and beautiful scenery. It's held in Lincoln, NH which is a ski town. It was at the base of Loon Mountain, but you could take either the ski lift of the Gondola up to the top and explore.



It was gorgeous! From certain views, you could even see Mt. Washington (not in this picture). I'm so happy that I've moved - New Hampshire is such a beautiful state. I'm getting pretty scared of winter, but I think I just need to experience it and then I get past that.

You know what else is gorgeous? The view out my living room window.



It's a cemetery that sits right beside my lot - the old part is what you can see, with dates as early as 1804 (at least, that's the earliest death date I've found). How cool is that? It makes me wish that I was a writer - I could go out and pick a plot and spin a yarn about the person buried here. It's strange being in such an old place (Warner was settled in 1774 - older than America!) and thinking about the thousands of people who have lived - and died - here for hundreds of years. What must there lives have been like? How cold the winters must have been without electric heat! How difficult it must have been to have make all of your own clothes and grow all of your own food and to be so completely self-sufficient! It kind of makes me look at knitting in a different light. Now, I knit socks and shawls for the love of the craft, the satisfaction of completing a lovely new garment that I can do what I like with. It must not have been so nonchalant 200 years ago - it was really a matter of survival, in some ways.

Anyway, I just wanted to post those photos. I'll be back tomorrow with a new finished object (a stealthy project!). I also start my new (part time) job at Borders tomorrow! yay!