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How to make armour: Making a brigandine

How to make armour: Making a brigandine:  This brigandine is sized for someone who's height is 5'10" (178cm) with a 42" (107cm) chest and a 35" (89...

Final day of the Renfaire - great times and sad farewells

Candy looking marvelous in red!


photo credit - Candy Thompson

Candy taking my pic before the Weather Rock
 
Dragon Bob of One Upon a Dragon Time met us at the gate

Dragon Bob ready for his show

Dragon Bob and Dragon Dale
Once Upon a Dragon Time

Dragon Dale and Hannah the Hen

Dragon Wizard - telling us about the balance in nature

Captain Amos in stocks
  Two Faires serenading Captain Amos
Captain Amos listening to the Faeries

you never know who you shall meet at the Renfaire

Candy looking radiant inside the Great Hall

me with Daniel Higgins - photo taken by Marquis (Mark Reed)


Reigning Jewels - a vendor that makes chain mail out of anodized aluminum.  It actuallylives about a mile and half from me.


Ima and Marquis

 
one of the Briarwood Faeries

Ima, Polkadot and Marquis

Ima working the crowd

Photo Op for Marquis

Marquis eating fire

having lunch in the King's Hall - they have great burgers served by Dr. Who (one of them, at least)
  

Mia and husband in Nuttin' But Mud - and Mia without mud!

Oakley Faerie talking with the owner of  the Silk 'n Things

Rose Faerie (mother of Oakley Farie)

a great pic of Tara doing her Ima Nutte routine

Ima
Ima and Marquis with assistant Ian, counting noses
It was great fun, but greeted with much sadness as we had made so many good friends, ones we will keep in touch with.  Tara adopted Candy as a grandmother, which ticked Candy.  We loved Tara and Mark both, but there were so many wonderful people that we cannot wait until next year.

Pics of final weekend of Renfaire - Day 1

Photo credit of my photo: Candy Thompson

Candy ready to go to the faire, looking pretty in pink!

We had a lot of rain early in the morning so we spent the time in the King's Hall
watching the entertainers


Photo credit of me: Candy Thompson

Candy, "Ima Nutte" and me
a shirtless man in a kilt took the picture :-)

"Ima Nutte", Marquis, me and Candy Thompson
Ima and Marquis are Tara and Mark Reed, one of the most wonderful acts called "Fool Hearty"


Marquis and me

Captain Amos singing - part of Drunk N Sailor.

Mia Seitz half of Nuttin' But Mud act.  And boy do they mean the mud!!

Season Faeries walking in the rain

Season Faeries talking with a little girl

one of the knights at the Joust

Dragon Dale of Once Upon a Dragon Time with friend

Despite the jousting field being a pond, the show much go on....

Waiting for everyone to get in places
In spite of the heavy morning rain, the Kentucky Renaissance Festival had a huge crowd.  A wonderful time was had by all!!

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Guest Blogging at KMN Books today

The lovely and talented Karen Michelle Nutt welcome me at KMN Books to talk about how it's vital for romance authors to fall in love with their heroes...again and again...
http://kmnbooks.blogspot.com/2013/07/falling-in-loveagainand-again.html?spref=fb

Author's Copies!

A sight to make an author's heart skip a beat - Author's Copies!  Montlake/Amazon Publishing did such a beautiful job with the production of the tradesize version of my book.  The highest quality paper and the covers feel like suede.  I cannot thank them enough for such beautiful copies!!

Out and about with Candy for Tea

The Sister Tea Room had a big sale on tea today, so naturally Candy Thompson and I put on our hats and indulged in their wonderful place.  They have the best scones!


photo of me - credit: Diane Thompson

Celtic Weekend - Day 2

 (sitting on the back of the steps ready to go to Day 2 of the Celtic Weekend at the Renfaire)Photo by Candy Thompson



Candy so lovely in blue
Candy with Higgins

Moi with Higgins
 
At the opening of the gate ceremony - 10 am on each day
Friar Finnegan talking with an archer between sets.
    Finnegan with helpers

Fool Hardy with helper Ian
Robert the Bruce being piped in by a lady piper!

the puppet maker
with puppets


Higgins



a wee sewing faerie caught by my magick camera

   the Dragon Wizard (father of the Oakley Faerie, I'm told)Oakely Faerie waiting to get into the gates on the second day




Robert the Bruce at the Knighting ceremony
  

the Town Cryer with The Dueling Fools. 
 
  

my good friend, Angie Greenwell (with the umbrella), with her fellow Gypsies

Angie and Gypsy ladies with The Dueling Fools

Another Marvelous Day Had By All!!

Och, Dancing with Faeries and Kissing Men in Kilts!!

Candy Thompson ready to go to the Celtic Weekend at the Renfaire Saturday June 29, 2013.  We got rained out at the end, but we weathered several small storms to have a great day.  Candy nearly died from heart failure in January 2012, so to see her looking this beautiful is simply wonderful!

Candy in the King's Hall, enjoying a non-Medieval Diet Coke, with her feathered fan.  Those fans are life savers!!!  When the breeze dies down, you can create your own.  Supplied by the wonderful ladies at
THE FEATHER PLACE
 one of the first booths you see when you enter (on the right).
Same place I bought my masque and chaplet the weekend before.
Prices are very reasonable.

(me with my fan and wearing my chaplet)

   I was taught to do a FACEY with my new cell phone by Mia Seitz (Slappy's Wife) from the act Nuttin' But Mud.  And they MEAN that "MUD" part in their act.  I was also photo bombed by Dragon Dave.  Both terrible pictures of me, but all part of the fun.  The fish face close up doesn't flattering anyone, and I was just turning around to see what Dragon Bob was doing when Candy snapped it.  The odd shafts of sunlight coming directly into the camera didn't help.  Maybe that was Dragon Dave's Dragon Dust he talks about in his puppet show.  His show is amazing.  It's geared for little kids, but the adults love it, too.  It's puppets, but so much  more.  It teaches lessons in life and gives you a lot of Medieval history in the process.  That is Dragon Dave with the guitar.   
Fool Hearty - a husband and wife team - relaxing between shows Higgins -- enough said!!

Pirate Leader of the Pub Sing group

 
"Robert the Bruce" owner of the Renfaire
Friar Finnegan


Ima Nutt and Marquis doing their performance
All in all...a fabulous weekend!!

strolling on the Courthouse lawn

Candy Thompson ( sister of the late Dawn Thompson) and I have have been out and about the past couple weeks.  We walk 3 miles nearly every morning, strolling through our Victorian town caught in the Twilight Zone of time.  In many ways, it's frozen in that period.  We have a lot of modern conveniences on the south side of time, but the North side is in this crystal bubble, preserving it.  On the strolls, we get the pleasure of studying the many Victorian era homes and appreciating the details of the stained glass windows, fish scales siding and wrap-around porches.  Many have porch swings.  I suppose that is what attracted me to settle here after the fire.  I knew this place had "healing" and peace in fiber.  People walk.  We meet a lot of residences moving about early in the morn.  They walk, power-walk, jog or ride bikes.  You even see some pushing baby strollers -- or as we did yesterday, one pushing a baby stroller with a pug dog in it!!!
The Quirkiness of the town is infections.  Everyone seems so happy here, so friendly!  (me in my pirate's hat photo by Candy)

Anyway -- first stop we did was the Farmers and Artisian Mart on the Courthouse lawn.  We love shopping there and supporting our local craftsmen - and women.  We got Scones from Q&A Treats, Honey from one farmer (makes supermarket honey look pathetic), fresh  eggs, cheeses - Capercaillie for me and Bleu Cheese for hubby), 
and of course I bought a pair of lovely earrings from BT Beads.  Barbara, the owner, makes some of the prettiest earrings I have ever seen.
We have a lovely time, just strolling the old Court House lawn.  There are benches to sit, and just meeting all the people of the town is wonderful experience.