Photo of a Cutie and Posts of the Week

Along with this weeks POTW, I thought I'd share a favourite photo with you. My neighbour Dawn has some family visiting her this summer. Last week, her adorable niece had been playing between my front yard and the next when she climbed up on a low step and peeked over the top of the fence. She looked so sweet, I just had to snap a shot and request permission to include it below. Isn't she a cutie?


Now without further delay, here are the Posts of the Week.

The icon to the left here is yours for the taking if your blog post has been named as a Post of the Week - either as top post or as a runner up, today or in past weeks.

This week's top post is about a little guy who could use our help. It goes to:

Fond Memories of a Dear Patient
by Eddie
at Clouds and Silvery Linings

Other wonderful posts in no particular order are:

Into the World
by Holdingmoments
at Holdingmoments

I'm A Big Girl Now!
by Kat
at Seeking Sanity

Truth Be Told
by Tabor
at One Day At A Time

How the Past Reasserts Itself
by Lakeviewer
at Sixty Five What Now?

Surrounded by Starlings
by Pauline
at Writing Down the Words

Listen
by Joanna
at The Fifty Factor

Keith
by Brian
at WayStationOne

A Day for Dragons
by Kerri
at A Little Piece of Me

Hope
by King of NY Hacks
at King of New York Hacks

Gratitude Monday: Reflective Edition
by Leah
at The Goat's Lunch Pail

Please drop by their blogs for a visit and leave a kind comment if you have the time. Also, please feel free to add your own choices (for any blog except this one) for a specific blog post in the comments section below, where others can see them.

Thank you.

Sunset Ceremony Finale

This is the second and final part of the Sunset Ceremony at Kingston's Royal Military College. It's an event presented by the school in conjunction with the graduation and commissioning ceremonies late last month. You can see Part I over here.



As the sun continued to set, music filled the night air.


The RMC Band was originally a Pipe and Drum band when it was founded in 1953. It has grown to include a Brass and Reed Band, a Choir and a small group of Highland Dancers, and is now the largest volunteer band in the Canadian Armed Forces. They marched in with all of the pomp and circumstance fitting of a military band.

The pipers piped..





... and the drummers drummed to the beat of our proud history.



Highland Dancers did a fling.



The Honour Guard, with their sixty nine Officer Cadets marched onto the parade square carrying our provincial flags. The graduating Colour Party handed off their duties to the incoming Party.



You can see how colourful our flags are.

As the ceremony came to an end, we stood as the flag was lowered and the band played our national anthem.



The evening ended with a bang as an excellent display of fireworks lit the sky.







Bravo and thank you, RMC!