So, for my birthday, I headed off with my sister and almost brother-in-law to Scarborough Faire and spent a wonderful day wandering around and taking in all the sights, sounds, smells, textures, and even some tastes! Among other fun things we heard Tartanic--a rocken' bagpipes and drums group with the most enthusiastic drummer I've ever seen,
We watched the beautiful hawks, falcons, owls, eagles, and buzzard of Last Chance Forever,
Heard a carillon played, and almost lost our hearing!
Watched the hilariously staged and cheesey joust--really, balsa wood lances? A Knight's Tale was better!
And enjoyed the lovely landscaping at the faire.
Some favorite memories of the day are:
* Playing with the Music of the Spheres wind chimes and standing with my head under the bass ones--as Jordan said, "Ear candy!"
* Eating a pretzel from one of the wandering pretzel men with pretzel's on a stick
* Hanging out with my rock star sister!
* The journal shop where Mary and Jordan bought my birthday present--a lovely leather journal with handmade paper pages. Yes, there will be a picture in the near future!
* Watching all the people in garb go by--getting ideas, and sharing a day with people who love a good faire as much as I do.
* Getting to do a tinny bit of court dancing--not as much as I would have liked, but it was more than I've gotten to do for the last three years!
* All the pretties at the faire. Boy, I could totally drop a couple of thousand there if left to my own devices...
* Walking around in garb all day. The corset *mostly* behaved itself, the new fathingale worked well, and I didn't die of heat. Win!
Notice that I was all patriotic for Memorial Day!
1 comment:
looks & sounds like you had an awesome time! love the outfit; great job! how many pretties did you end up getting? ;)
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