Highland Games 2011 - Part Two

Now, you may be asking why I've divided this post up into so many parts.  Well, that answer is easy...trying to upload 59 pictures at one time will make Blogger explode.  At least, that's what I've come to believe.  Anyway, back to the pictures!

The Family of Bruce International.

These are the descendants of Robert I (the Good) - Robert the Bruce - King of Scots.

Now, while far from the first King of Scotland, Robert I is the most well remembered.  For ten years (1296 - 1306), Scotland had no King of its own. The Scots, however, refused to tolerate English rule; first William Wallace and then, after his execution, Robert the Bruce fought against the English. Bruce and his supporters killed a rival for the throne, John III Comyn, Lord of Badenoch on 10 February 1306 at Greyfriars Church in Dumfries. Shortly after in 1306, Robert was crowned King of Scots at Scone. His energy, and the corresponding replacement of the vigorous Edward I with his weaker son Edward II, allowed Scotland to free itself from English rule; at the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314, the Scots routed the English, and by 1329 the English had agreed by treaty to accept Scottish independence.

See that?  You just learned something...again! 

 MacBean!

A handmade tartan brooch/rosette.

Traditionally worn on a coordinating sash.

Yeah...I totally bought this one for LibraryDiva as a birthday/Christmas present.

And yes, she already knows about it so I'm not spoiling the surprise.

Up next, all the pretty pieces of stained glass...which really don't need an explanation.