Lughnasa\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Waning Artemis Moon<\/p>\n
The Renaissance Fair.\u00a0 Kate and I left home around 8:15 this morning, arriving at the Renaissance Fair ground around 9.\u00a0 Traffic, at that time, was not a problem.\u00a0 We wandered the grounds watching fools, knaves, long-bowmen, merchants, lords and ladies plying their wares and their trades.\u00a0 The atmosphere was casual bawdy with buttons that said:\u00a0 Ready To Be Mounted, Nay, Nay, Never and Let’s Be Bad Guys.\u00a0 A bumper sticker on the way out, a black ribbon like the ones you see on many cars in yellow, read:\u00a0 Support Bondage. That sort of thing.<\/p>\n
Kate found a pop-over, her favorite.\u00a0 We also located some ceramic salad plates and bowls, all different designs, but from the same potter, a high quality guy from St. Paul.\u00a0 Our main purpose though was to stop by Courtesans and Costumes, the Renaissance clothing boutique owned, operated and provisioned by our neighbor Lydia Perlich and her S.O. Chad.\u00a0 When we first went past around 9 they were busy upstairs sewing, trying to replace inventory sold the day before.\u00a0 They have a room with a bed and electricity above their stall, which is very near the entrance.<\/p>\n
They bought the stall and paid it off over the last year and intend to do the same thing in several other Renaissance Fairs across the country.\u00a0 They travel to North Carolina, Louisiana and, they hope, Texas when the Minnesota fair closes.\u00a0 Over time they want to purchase stalls in other fairs, for now they camp after setting up in the other states.\u00a0 Lydia tells me Texas has more square feet, but Minnesota always has the largest attendance of any Renaissance Fair in the country.<\/p>\n
More to say, but I’m tired.\u00a0 Ready to go to bed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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