Back on the blog wagon

Here's the Red Rocket! Now there's a feisty Scotsman ready to heft his bagpipes in a manly way, wearing the colors of the mighty McKay clan! Hey people you asked for Red pics...how about that!

Red definitely Ain't Dead

As you can clearly see, reports of one dead redhead have been grossly exagerated. There I am, in the flesh, posing with my lovely not redheaded daughter Amy. It is true that this redhead has taken an extended and thoroughly unauthorized blogging break, which has now come to an end.  So get ready because here I come with a load of red pics that have been waiting impatiently to be published for all the world to see...

Redheads Conquer Half Dome

For those of you who are wondering, "what the hay is Half Dome?" Well, it's not the quite manly, slightly balding redhead standing next to Street Teamer May A. It's a gigantic granite boulder that hangs over Yosemite Valley begging to be conquered by redheads like Tim here!  The Street Team became the Climbing Team this week and, with the kind assistance of many redheads like Tim here they made it to the top and back.  Tim is from San Diego and helped the climbers descend the crazy cables that bring one down from the top. Showing the true redheaded spirit, Tim motivated the climbers mentally and physically, keeping them focussed on the goal...mainly not falling down the face! Thanks Tim! You definitely rock!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHvmiYX6eRQ

for a video of the Half Dome Climb!

Red Pride!

Meet "Red Bean!" She ran in to the Redaintdead street team at Google central. Hey guess what...she already knew about Redaintdead before we found her!  Niiiiiice!  Anyway she has a redheaded mom, a redheaded brother and even a redheaded roommate!  Golly Red Bean your fellow redheads are rooting for a redheaded husband!  I love your hair!  Her redheaded brother is named Trafton, which, she quickly pointed out is "not fart" spelled backwards.  Something tells me he doesn't live up to that moniker! OK Red Bean, spread the word that Redaintdead! Any chance of gathering all the redheads who work at Google for a pic???????

Big Little Red Nick

I met Nick at the beach digging in the sand on vacation in San Clemente. Bright red hair, white skin, blue eyes, green shirt. "Wow! That's one technicolor little boy!" 

Redheaded Stars of the Week!

Well yesterday I was taking a walk through my neighborhood and across the street I spied a flaming redheaded Mom walking a flaming redheaded child in a stroller and I said, "Dang! I don't have my camera!" So today I didn't make that mistake again, and boy oh boy, take a look at my reward!  I met the cutest redheaded boys ever!  Kyle was helping his grandpa set up a game on the lawn when I said "Hey I like your hair!" Then I told Kyle that we were kindred spirits to which Kyle gave me that quizzical kid look, so I explained, "that means we have shared the same experiences, you know, being redheads." Then of course clever Kyle knew exactly what I was talking about.  We talked about baseball... Kyle loves the Angels and plays third base ( just like my favorite third baseman, my redheaded son Randall).  I was asking Grandpa about Kyle's redheaded genealogy when little brother Kobe ran up... are they the cutest redheaded boys ever?! Grandpa explained that there are no redheads really on Kyle's mom's side of the family, and that Kyle and Kobe's dad is African American!  Wow!  Those recessive redheaded genes back there somewhere were just waiting to come out! The boys are having a sleepover this weekend at Grandma and Grandpa's house with all 9 of their cousins!  Have fun everybody! 

Red Alert!

Redheads fight fires!  This is Firefighter Ken who we met at Pinecrest Lake.  That weekend there were more than 800 wildfires burning in Northern California and Firefighter Ken was on patrol along the lakeshore to make sure that the rules of fire safety were being observed by all the vacationers. Actually, he was strolling the walk chewing on an unlit cigar when my husband called out "Red Alert!" which means I should get my camera ready!