It had been a quiet day in Acadie until a cloud of dust and the beating of drums heralded the approach of a column of soldiers.
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| "Jacques! Viens ici! Les Anglais! Vite! Cacher les vaches!!" |
To be continued..........
Saturday, January 27, 2024
What A Relief
Born and raised in the suburbs of Montreal, 5 years in the Black Watch of Canada Cadets, 5 years at the Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean followed by 4 in the navy. 25 years with CPC in IT simultaneous with 23 years running a boarding kennel. Inherited my love of toy soldiers from my mother's father. Married with a pack of Italian Greyhounds and 3 cats. Prematurely retired and enjoying leisure to game, maintaining our 160 yr old farmhouse and just living.
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Fine looking Highlanders, Ross. I enjoyed your history and provenance of the Fraser kilt in today’s VWC.
ReplyDeleteGlad to hear that. I think of it as a reminder that what we think we know about something 3 centuries ago may or may not be correct.
DeleteFine figures indeed. I look forward to seeing them in action…
ReplyDeleteI’ve reading around the highland independent companies recently having heard about them in various places of late.
Alan Tradgardland
Thanks Alan. I was surprised recently to find out about the independent companies. No idea why I hadn't seen more on them.
DeleteStrangely saw a couple of kilted gentlemen the other day... one of them blowing into a bag and making quite a racket. The bags on the pipes are made of Gortex these days! The piper was called Peter MacFarlane, so a distant relation to us!
ReplyDeleteGortex? A very distant relation I'm sure! :)
DeleteFine looking Highland regiment. Good topic for a parade.
ReplyDeleteThanks.
DeleteCow rustling devils in skirts!?! A fine looking unit.
ReplyDeleteNo Sir, you are mistaken with your slanderous accusations, these are the King's soldiers collecting unpaid taxes in Kine! :)
DeleteHurrah! for the devils in skirts…
ReplyDeleteAll the best. Aly
Better to take the shilling from King George than to starve.
DeleteMethinks that well and truly down from the skyline the descendants of folks who made a living from snafflin' coo-beastie, it might be a bit late in the day to start 'cacher les vaches'!
ReplyDeleteNot sure the Acadian farmers would know one redcoat from an other but they'll find out I'm sure.
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