Ostrich an unusual main course for the New Years eve dinner in the local cafe. This morning, ahead of the great event, service at the cafe is a little slow but the PONs are finally rewarded with a bowl of water and a shared half croissant. Tails wag enthusiastically.
The bollards in the little market town bedecked in ever so slightly scary seasonal faces and red bonnets. Hundreds of them. Who thinks of these things ? Bob is put off his stride by their presence and hurries back to the car without going through his usual 'christening' routine.
Home to find the kilt and sporran in readiness for Hogmanay. That special time of year when Gaels cast care aside and remember what's gone before and relish the innocence and excitement of what's to come.
For all visitors to The Rickety Old Farmhouse may 2018 find you with a loyal companion alongside to stare down the wind when the weather turns stormy .....
.... and a trusted friend to fearlessly guard the front door .
A year of health and happiness to all. May your world be a properly virtuous and humane place.
To usher in the start of what is likely to be a remarkable 2018 here's Auld Lang Syne as it should be sung : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PER8f7bQIlg
19 comments:
Bertie and I join you in your heartfelt wishes for the New Year. We are now back in Scotland, as is only right, for Hogmanay.
Cheers! Gail.
To all at ROFH thank you for your blog in 2017 and wish you all and those characters in your delightful village a safe and happy 2018. We also hope for a humane and sensible world in 2018 and beyond. Thankyou
May 2018 be the best ever days for us all.
Happy New Year.
And may the coming year be better than the one just ending, with as many opportunities to smile and laugh as possible. Good health to you and yours!
Health, Happiness and 365 best days ever for 2018 to all of you in the ROF and to all readers of this blog. Thank you for making me smile every day when I visit your blog. Best wishes. Luzia from Basel, Switzerland
Hari OM
One thing for sure, having all one's dear blogpals to wake up to will start each day with brightness and joy. Blessings to you all at the ROF and swing that kilt with pride Angus! YAM xx
I’m picturing the hours of labor necessary to “decorate” the bollards. Will they take on new faces and garb with the changing seasons? The expression on the one pictured is sufficient to hurry any one along.
We’re wishing all at the Rickety Old Farmhouse, and all who visit here, a new year of abundant good health and kindness. Thank you, Angus, for how you have immeasurably brightened our days in 2017. Stephanie and Robert
I’m picturing the hours of labor necessary to “decorate” the bollards. Will they take on new faces and garb with the changing seasons? The expression on the one pictured is sufficient to hurry any one along.
We’re wishing all at the Rickety Old Farmhouse, and all who visit here, a new year of abundant good health and kindness. Thank you, Angus, for how you have immeasurably brightened our days in 2017. Stephanie and Robert
I start every day at the ROF because I want my day to begin with loving kindness and caring towards all creatures (especially two shaggy dogs). Health and contentment to all in 2018.
Wishing all at the ROFH the very best of everything in the New Year; thanks for sharing a small part of your lovely life with us :)
Dear Angus, The Font, Bob and Sophie,
As the year comes to a close, I want to thank you for sharing your special and beautiful corner of the world with your readers. For those of us who work on progressive issues in Washington, DC, it has been a demoralizing and disturbing year. But your morning posts which paint a colorful, charming, and often hilarious picture of a different slice of life brought smiles to me and hundreds of others in our offices around the world. Thank you for the daily antidote of joy. I wish you all nothing but "best days ever" in the year ahead. - A Devoted Reader in DC
Thank you for your great blog. I look forward to reading it each day.
I 🙏🏻 for your whole household each morning.
Happy New Year, may 2018 be a blessed year for all of you.
Happy New Year to everyone at the Rickety Old Farmhouse!
Thank you. Your blog is truly wonderful and I look forward to reading it every day! Sophie and I hope you, the "Font", and the PONS have a very Happy New Year!
A very happy Hogmanay to all.
xx
And a marvellous New Year to you and hope you're missing the winds !
Hope you have a lucky first footer. In Sydney, we used to have a kilted stranger, who played the bagpipes through the streets at Midnight. Hope 2018 is kind to you all.
Best to your house in the New Year from mine here in California.
Until we all visit your house in the morning, in a New Year, best wishes for everyone and a restful nights sleep!
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