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Remember me Thursday - Sept 25th

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Welcome Autumn

Kentucky Highland Festival

Bright and early, Candy and I donned plaid and sallied forth to the Kentucky Highland Festival at Eminence, Ky on this bright sunny Saturday.  It was a perfect day.  Started out cool, but quickly warmed up.

Miss Midget looks adorable in her new plaid skirt.

notice the Wallace covered pumpkins

Candy in front of Charlie's Place

Drunk & Sailor was the first act up for the day.  We have seen them perform about two dozen times over the last two years, but they really rocked the hall today.  During the Renfaire they are not allowed to use the acoustical amplification. It sees them trying to sing over the constant chatter.  This time they were wired and in turn, they wired the whole audience.   Capt'n Amos (Bob Watters) and Philip McGuinness (Dieter Zimmerman) were SUPER!!




This great show was followed by the official opening ceremony
http://youtu.be/TbYYU36FdHg 

My favourite shot of the day was Erika Spidle Napier giving her best "MOM FACE" to the Minions of Mischief (the teen cast members of Briarwood).  PRICELESS!!!

The crowd was large, lines for lunch were very long!


pipers finished with their competition

We had a great time.  So wonderful to see Capt'n Amos, Dieter, Erika Spidle Napier, yet there is a touch of sadness to the place.  The high summer fun of the Renfaire is gone, replaced by the more subdued autumnal air.  Other friends such as Tara and Mark Reed, Dragon Bob (Robert Barker) and Daniel Higgins and his lovely wife Kim were not present, on to other Renfaires.  They were missed.  The magic is dormant for now...but never fear they will return next May along with the Briarwood Faeries.

Louisville's Pagan Pride Day

Me at Louisville's Pagan Pride Day
on the Waterfront Park.

Dragon Bob (Once Upon a Dragon Time) invited Candy and me to Pagan Pride Day.  Candy and I headed down there armed with Google directions.  They were very good, until they said to turn right onto third street.  I thought sure we needed to turn left (which we did).  We finally found this big crowd near the Belle of Louisville, so we asked the guy on the parking gate.  He said he didn't know what the crowd was, but they were all Japanese.  Another lady said she thought we needed to go way down River Road.  With her assistance we headed (finally in the right direction).

We spotted Captain Amos (Bob Watters) and his parnter Dieter Zimmerman - Drunk N Sailor.  You cannot miss Captain Amos' red feathered Pirate hat!!!  I told her we should follow them as they were likely heading to the festival, too!  I rolled down the window and yellow at them, only to have Captain Amos yelling back, "Where the Hell is this Pagan Thing?"  Well, blind leading the blind I guess.

We finally made it!!  Found Dragon Bob (in the middle) with Captain Amos and Dieter not far behind. Sort of like old Renny Home Week...lol.  Captain Amos and Dieter were passing out flyers for Talk Like a Pirate Day.  Dragon Bob was performing at the festival

Candy looked lovely sitting by the river
 Jug Band Park at the Waterfront
 She took a nifty picture of me.
 Dragon Bob (Robert Barker) was glad to see Candy made it.



Dragon Bob preparing for a show
Candy sitting at the docks of Jug Band Park on the Ohio River


Me sitting before the docks at Jug Band Park.  You can see Big Four Bridge in the background, which is now a walkway between Kentucky and Indiana.  Dragon Bob's Dragons guarding his stage
 The River is so lovely here, hard to see how big the Ohio River is from this little branch
Competition in the Dragon Taming Department!!!
Perfect way to enjoy the River Front
Candy with Dragon Bob's Cat Puppet

Dragon Bob and Candy with young dragon tamer
 In the midst of the performances Dragon Bob teaches a young lass the proper Cello technique
'Pictus Rocking out the Festival

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdy9QKFEr3g


All in all, it was a glorious day, great fun, grand to see friends again.  Thank you Dragon Bob for inviting us!

Honouring those who are no longer here....

Invasion of Falgannon Isle included on Amazon's Gold Box deal Today

I was delighted to find that my Invasion of Falgannon Isle was included in the Amazon.com's Gold Box Deal on Amazon today 

http://tinyurl.com/kwzed45

More than 40 Top Rated Romance Books, $1.99 Each 


Today only, more than 40 top-rated romance books are $1.99 each.. Kindle books can be read on iPad, iPhone, and Android devices with free Kindle reading apps, as well as Kindle devices.

A Wolf in Wolf's Clothing - High Res

The original video for A Wolf in Wolf's Clothing with "Oceans of Time" by Mike Duncan

Kentucky State Fair -- What a Day

Candy and I decided to tackle the Kentucky State Fair this year.  She really enjoyed the Oldham County Fair, but couldn't believe when I told her how huge the state fair was.  Well, she learned! :-)



There were so many beautiful quilts



We checked out the arts and crafts first, because two of her dolls were entered.  They had won blue at the County Fair, but we didn't get the notice for entry timeline soon enough, so she could only enter the two from the County Fair that won blue.




Her Knight & Lady, which she made for me using a special crochet stitch, won third place.  These dolls were not meant for competition, so we were delighted with the win.





got some great shots of the two carousels they had





Candy in her rainbow cap I bought her.  Think she looks adorable!!!



Me in the East Wing food court enjoying a lemonade.


All in all, we had a great time.  Spent 8 hours looking at everything, eating pulled pork BBQ, and riding the merry go round.  Candy is already planning what she will enter in the fair come next year.

A Wolf in Wolf's Clothing in Amazon Labor Day promotion

A Wolf in Wolf's Clothing will be included in Amazon's Labor Day Promotion! 
This promotion will feature $1..99 Kindle Deals for Labor Day, and will be starting August 24th and running through September 1st. 

Beginning August 24th, you will see the promotion here:http://www.amazon.com/b/?node=9931158011.

Farewell to Maggie Davis.....

I learned today that a dear dear friend died in June. Maggie Davis, who was a bestselling author as Katherine Deauxville, passed away after a long illness in June. Her youngest son, Cambren, finally got into her email and found my address to let me know.

Damn damn damn. Miz Maggie was always been there for me. She was talented, funny, and knew more about the publishing business that all others have forgotten. She was caring, supportive and just so much of a "mother mentor" to me that I could never do and say enough to ring the peal of her praise. Her last email to me was talking about her work on her newest book. She sent me a lot of chapters to read -- another great Maggie Davis book. Now, her wonderful presence is gone. The world is a much duller presence with her passing.

Needless to say, I sat and cried like a baby. I will miss you, Miz Maggie.