I had to laugh because for some reason when I saw your post title I was thinking “sandpiper” rather than “bagpiper.” Your photo was a pleasant surprise! 🙂
Well, he is piping while standing in the sand, so I suppose he could be a sandpiper. 😉 What fun we have with words.
Thanks for sharing your photos of Hawaii.
Amazing Grace?
The piper played a number of pieces. I cannot remember if he played Amazing Grace since it was last summer. It surely would have been appropriate.
Is he piping the sun to bed? As it drops into the sea behind Tir na n’Og? … I’m assuming it’s Scotland.
Hello Harry,
Is this a Scottish custom, piping the sun to bed? This piper is actually in Canada at a place called Southampton, Ontario, located on the shores of Lake Huron.
Carolyn
Very nice! I love the bagpipes. Too bad I don’t get to hear them that often.
Thanks, Marie. When I was growing up, we only heard bagpipes at parades and band tatoos.
Well, it might well be – although I just thought up the idea.
I had temporarily forgotten about the Caledonian makeup of Canada.
Is the piper trying to rouse the Huron people?
The pipes get all over – I’ve seen them played by Hindu mountain people in the Himalaya.
I suppose the bagpipes in another country might be somewhat different in their construction. Do you know what those look like?
I don’t know about them waking the Huron people. I’ll have to ask one of my students about that.
My cousin and my husband’s cousin both had bagpipers play at their wedding, since there’s Scottish blood on both sides. Our district Toastmasters also uses the bagpipes as part of their ceremony at official banquets and conference gatherings.
Interesting questions, Harry. Maybe we’ll both have to ask some questions about babgpipes.
This pic is so beautiful…
Thank you, Veena. I took many pictures that evening and this one is my favourite.
I checked your blog and found it attractive. You like reading as much as I do, I think.
Such a serene photo. I love the pink color of the sky.
What a beautiful photo! The sound of bagpipes always make me misty eyed.
Thanks, Trish and Lisa. I took a whole lot of photos and like that one best.
Such a beautiful picture – the colors are amazing.
Thank you, Jennifer. A Southampton sky at sunset.
Beautiful, I can almost here the bagpipes.
There was always a skirl at the beginning. He played well.
Love the shadowy image of the piper against the backdrop of sunset….thanks for sharing.
Especially Iike the one of the playful photo shoot.
As soon as I clicked on your blog, I had to show the photo to my daughter who is 19 and obsessed with bagpipes and all things Scottish. Then I read the comments and had to laugh because of the Amazing Grace comment. My daughter’s name is Grace and she thought it was amazing.
Thanks for sharing that story. Grace is certainly a good name.
I had to laugh because for some reason when I saw your post title I was thinking “sandpiper” rather than “bagpiper.” Your photo was a pleasant surprise! 🙂
Well, he is piping while standing in the sand, so I suppose he could be a sandpiper. 😉 What fun we have with words.
Thanks for sharing your photos of Hawaii.
Amazing Grace?
The piper played a number of pieces. I cannot remember if he played Amazing Grace since it was last summer. It surely would have been appropriate.
Is he piping the sun to bed? As it drops into the sea behind Tir na n’Og? … I’m assuming it’s Scotland.
Hello Harry,
Is this a Scottish custom, piping the sun to bed? This piper is actually in Canada at a place called Southampton, Ontario, located on the shores of Lake Huron.
Carolyn
Very nice! I love the bagpipes. Too bad I don’t get to hear them that often.
Thanks, Marie. When I was growing up, we only heard bagpipes at parades and band tatoos.
Well, it might well be – although I just thought up the idea.
I had temporarily forgotten about the Caledonian makeup of Canada.
Is the piper trying to rouse the Huron people?
The pipes get all over – I’ve seen them played by Hindu mountain people in the Himalaya.
I suppose the bagpipes in another country might be somewhat different in their construction. Do you know what those look like?
I don’t know about them waking the Huron people. I’ll have to ask one of my students about that.
My cousin and my husband’s cousin both had bagpipers play at their wedding, since there’s Scottish blood on both sides. Our district Toastmasters also uses the bagpipes as part of their ceremony at official banquets and conference gatherings.
Interesting questions, Harry. Maybe we’ll both have to ask some questions about babgpipes.
This pic is so beautiful…
Thank you, Veena. I took many pictures that evening and this one is my favourite.
I checked your blog and found it attractive. You like reading as much as I do, I think.
Such a serene photo. I love the pink color of the sky.
What a beautiful photo! The sound of bagpipes always make me misty eyed.
Thanks, Trish and Lisa. I took a whole lot of photos and like that one best.
Such a beautiful picture – the colors are amazing.
Thank you, Jennifer. A Southampton sky at sunset.
Beautiful, I can almost here the bagpipes.
There was always a skirl at the beginning. He played well.
Love the shadowy image of the piper against the backdrop of sunset….thanks for sharing.
Here’s MY SATURDAY SNAPSHOT
Especially Iike the one of the playful photo shoot.
As soon as I clicked on your blog, I had to show the photo to my daughter who is 19 and obsessed with bagpipes and all things Scottish. Then I read the comments and had to laugh because of the Amazing Grace comment. My daughter’s name is Grace and she thought it was amazing.
Thanks for sharing that story. Grace is certainly a good name.
What an amazing sunset. Beautiful!!
Here’s My Snapshot
What a beautiful scene…thanks for sharing!