Blast from the past...

My dear friend Eric has been sick with some wicked flu bug lately, so I'd like to dedicate this post to him.
Last summer, not long after I was back from Ireland, Eric and I went on a photo spree downtown Ottawa.
While there isn't much logic behind this picture, it brought us great joy. I'm not sure how it started, or why (or how I was able to keep this image sharp at such a low shutter speed while I fought the urge to keel over laughing), but it's a classic.
Good times, good times.
© Katie Mulligan

It's that time of year again...

Back to school season also means back to the football field season. This is my third season doing this, so I am looking forward to honing my skills even more. Hello, bone-crunching, body smashing week days.

As well, it also means it's time to remember to wear layers, because man, those fields get beaten by the wind on those chilly days.

© Katie Mulligan/Metroland - Ottawa Region

Riding in style

Horses Fleur and Grenia take members of the therapeutic riding program for a ride around the area last Wednesday in preparation for the upcoming annual show. Teens with disabilities visit the farm, located between Carleton Place and Ottawa on Mondays, kids on Tuesdays and adults on Thursdays.

© Katie Mulligan/Metroland - Ottawa Region

We'll have nun of those puns, thank you.

I wish I could say this was a lovely nun. Well, she's lovely, but she's no nun. Pat Black of the Mississippi Mudds spent the evening singing and dancing in an authentic nun outfit, which was worn for the Mudds' production of "Nunsense." My favourite part was seeing her outside of the town hall auditorium in her nun outfit, drinking booze and smoking cigarettes while waving to passing cars. "Yoohoo!" She'd yell out.

© Katie Mulligan/Metroland - Ottawa Region

It's Puppets Up! in the Valley...

Wayne Rostad and Wayne Rostad; now that's a pair you won't soon forget. Rostad (known for his local hit, Christmas in the Valley... Remember that song?) and his puppet double are shown cruising Mill Street in Almonte for the annual International Puppets Up! Festival parade on Saturday afternoon. You know you're pretty well known if Noreen Young (known for Under the Umbrella Tree) has had a puppet double made of you.

I'll admit, I wish there was a puppet Katie Mulligan. Sigh.

© Katie Mulligan/Metroland - Ottawa Region

These eyes have seen a lot of loves

I don't even have anything to say about this. It was a great moment. The end.

© Katie Mulligan/2008