PiperGeorge lost his home in this summer's fires. This past weekend, he and his beautiful wife, Gwen, threw a wake for their lost home.

Little did they know it was going to turn into an impromptu Scottish Games!

All was fairly normal (as normal as a wake for a house can be!) at first.

There was music:


From left to right, PiperGeorge, the pipe major of Santa Cruz Pipes and Drums, and another member of the band.




I'm pretty sure the drummer here is also a member of Santa Cruz Pipes and Drums.



Alan helped with some percussion as well:







Dancing (sorry, it's blurry, but that's what you get when Panache is behind the camera):







And singing. I'm sorry, I don't think I saved a lyric sheet, but there was a wonderful, well written song in memory of the lost house, written to the tune of "Amazing Grace" (of course). Believe me, it was memorable, and including much WAILING!

And, of course, at any good party, there must be cake.

The theme of this cake was fire (again, of course), but as you can see by this series of photos, the fire was hard to get started:











Finally, with help from many, we have flaming cake:



More to come....

Be well,