Thank you Derek, I love marmalade, especially with the balance of bitterness you describe. And the local farmers are just about ready to harvest their bitter Seville oranges and bring to market.

My first view of the thread, and such beautiful blooms and diversified species! It's still hard to look at with appreciative eyes after spending a summer in Oregon working hay, in which most of the...

Yeah, a rock-hounding site I've been a member of just got shellacked with the change in policy at PhotoBucket. They're certainly not making any friends. I wonder how long it will take of a mass...

Thanks for the referral and the boots look excellent. Unfortunately, the sizes stop a little too short for my foot, 15 EEEE, which is outside of most manufacturers range. Any leads on boots that...

I love seeing how the outfit comes together, with the old style waistcoat.

The balmoral might look in more historical shape if it's fully Jocked. Granted, most of the follow-up posts talk about...

Good morning Steve,

My wife and I are planning on visiting your fair city this summer and I'm wondering if you have plans for absences outside of Kilt Kamp during July and August? Assuming plans...

The canticle on your sporran looks incredible. Do you have a close-up?

There's also evidence the climate was in a minor ice age from the 15th - 18th centuries and the general temperatures were much lower, especially in the northern latitudes. Used to being colder in...

After spending my formative years doing heavy manual labor, watching the video makes me want to give the event a go. Granted, the ongoing disagreement between middle age and my lower back will have...

Fascinating program, thank you for the referral!

One interesting point they make, during the piece about the stone at the Inver Lodge, is claiming that after a young man lifted the stone and was...

Thanks for the responses, I've just purchased a kilt from Scotland and it's going out Royal Mail to here in Northern California next Monday. Getting the 15-20 working days is difficult, although...

At a very well established Ren Faire in Northern California, I remember seeing groups attending in full regalia who would represent Mary Queen of Scots and her coitery, while another group posed as...

Beautiful tartan, and fits well with the bright reds shown in some of the period paintings. Did the owner provide an opinion on where they think it came from (geography, clan, city, etc) or would...

OK, so the jackets/waistcoats and sporrans all seem... well... somewhat casual for the occasion. Is there a difference for the groom (as opposed to groomsmen) not to be wearing a black/dark jacket...

The nefarious effect is you enjoy wearing it, so you do so regularly, then you start thinking, "damn, I need to get another one so I don't over-wear this one." I imagine a number of the gentlemen on...

Congrats! It's a great feeling, now go out and be kilted :D

Thank you to the staff at the Celtic Croft! I received my green Custom Canvas kilt and it fit great, everything's in good working order, and it received a thumbs up from my wife. I took it out...

Well the Kilt came in last night, right in the delivery window, and it's a beauty. Great contact with Rocky and his staff, even through what was supposed to be a festival weekend for them. Sorry...

After perusing the DIY forums, that seems like a hoot! Thanks for the advice.

Hi Mike, just catching up with this thread, and would like to thank you for the excellent playlist! Since your interests cover such a large crosshatch of Celtic music, including some interesting...

I put in the order online and received a message an hour later that it shipped! Thankfully, I received a full endorsement from my daughters last night, the 16 yr old wondering when I'm going to get...

Good morning Bluescelt, where did you happen to find the two sporrans? I love the simplicity of design and obvious craftwork that went into them... the brass cantles are also a nice visual appeal...

Thank you all for the info! Now it's just a waiting game to arrange the financing and shipping :pray:

Hello X-ers,

I found I can redeem some of my Chase travel 'points' for Amazon.com credit, which led me to peruse the kilts available... finally a good use for all that damn credit card paperwork! ...