Everyone looks wonderful. Big difference from the usual wedding pictures in hired kilts. You all look comfortable and very well turned out.

Congratulations and best wishes!

At a certain point ethnicity is irrelevant. A good look is a good look and you look good!

As far as his Welsh goes I doubt we will ever know how good he really was. I only have my old aunts story that he could speak to the people in his congregation. As far as his Scots Gaelic I know he...

Thank you everyone. This all makes me wish I had paid more attention to family stories when my parents and grandparents were still alive. I don' think he lived in Wales all that long, maybe five...

I am very fortunate to know a lot about my paternal Grandfather's early life and family. He was a Presbyterian minister and I guess use to writing a sermon every week so when he retired well into his...

I wear the tartan of my surname, usually the hunting version because I like it better.

If I see someone else wearing the same tartan (rare but it has happened). I would certainly make a point of...

Interesting discussion, I am thinking about my own participation. I see I joined in 2011 and I was very active for several years then my participation declined to almost nothing for several years....

Whenever I read these kind of threads I am very glad that there is a tartan which matches my surname and I like the colours so my choice is simple. The "rules" around what you should wear and what...

Or a Braun who moved directly from Germany to Canada but changed the spelling to better blend in a largely English speaking society. Here is SW Ontario the cities of Kitchener and Waterloo were...

I agree it would be very difficult to tell without more information. My surname is another very common one all over Scotland. In my case I know my Grandparents came from outside Inverness because...

Well I mixed some in a flask last weekend for a day "afield" with my dog and a good friend. I mixed three parts port to one part brandy. I am happy to report it is quite pleasant in that environment....

My father's favourite flask filler was Foxblood. He took it on most fishing trips. I remember him allowing me to sip it as a small boy and I thought it was horrible. I had completely forgotten about...

I have smoked a pipe off and on for over 30 years. At one time I felt I was smoking too much and it was impacting my health. I stopped entirely for about five years. It really was not hard, I don't...

I am going to make it one of these months. I am afraid for this one I will be once again on a plane Calgary bound.

Sorry, another customer dinner gets in my way. I really need to start planning retirement.

Though I am a proud Canadian I always look forward to the 4th of July. I work for an American company and report to an American boss. It will be a quiet morning in the office and I might just slip...

I saw that Nathan, I hope it's a case of "great minds think alike", rather than "fools seldom differ". I may have been quicker but your post is much more complete and enlightening to those who don't...

Happy Canada Day to my fellow kilted Canadians. We have a lot to be proud of in this quirky but exceedingly beautiful country. Tonight I will raise a glass to the Fathers of Confederation ( a great...

I like all whisky, I am afraid it may be the active ingredient which I find compelling. However, the peat monsters are my favourites, Laphroaig and Lagavulin being amongst the very best on my palate....

I have been trying to arrange my work and travel sheduale today to be able to join everyone but alas it does not seem it will work out. I will raise a glass in the general direction of Toronto this...

In principal I agree with you McClef however in Canada the weather is never "a little consideration". It dominates most conversation and at times it's whimsy rules our daily life and activities.

Yes this is why I understand we celebrate the Queen's birthday here in Canada on May 24th. It used to be practice to celebrate on the actual date of birth but Victoria reighned so long that people...

I have a couple of USA semi-traditionals and like them very much particularly in warmer weather. I have not had one on since about September when the weather and calendar changed to the wool months....

I always wear a sporran with a kilt. It just looks unfinished to me without it. However to each his own, within limitations. I can respect another another fellow in a kilt without a sporran but would...

Great story and a history to be proud of. My father was also a Canadian in the RAF. He enlisted in the RCAF but after basic flight training in Saskatchewan he was jumping off the wing of his plane...