My Brain Refuses to kick in this morning. I am operating on just a few hours sleep as being a parent I still get woken up early - and cook pancakes - even if I was out late on the town the night before. I can't think about motherhood this morning I am just doing it. What was I doing out late last night you may ask. I thought you would never ask. It was SO GREAT! I was in awe. Just a short walk from my house is the Orkney Folk Festival this weekend. Oh Yeah! Musicians Everywhere. What are they playing? Well, let me tell you, I have been listening to CDs of celtic/folk music for years and I have never seen it performed live. The Stromness Hotel is where the impromptu musicians hang out. The CDs just dont let you see the whole body throwing that bow across the fiddle or the wild leg jerking movements that each musician seems to have his own unique style of. WOW! I think my favourites were the enthusiastic fiddle players, the bodhran player and of course the man with a grey beard as long as his clarinet. I am so glad that Miriam dragged me out last night with her. Tonight it is Andrews turn to join in as baby-sitting is hard to come by during festivals.
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