Ren Faire weekend

[dreamflower]

I had a great weekend at the Ocean Springs Renaissance Faire. This is a small ren faire, put on by one of the churches to raise funds for a number of local charities, not one of the large "for profit" Ren Faires, so it has a much more relaxed and intimate feel about it. Here are a lot of pics:


Me, squinting before I left. The DH took my picture for me before I got in the car to leave, as I really wanted a good pic of my new hat...


The opening processional...


Our group's "kitchen". Lady E. demonstrated making mustard, and we had a bake sale...


A few of our group playing insstruments...


Our founding baron, Master F. Isn't he wonderful?


Two of our fighters...


Our madrigal singers...


The next two pictures are from the profesional jousters...




And two pics of me, in my Scriptorium, scribing away...




And those were from the first day.

The second day started out nasty and rainy, and the pavillion of the Scriptorium leaked, so I had to pack up my stuff. But no sooner had I done so than the weather turned pretty again...

Lady R. with her lovely greyhounds, and Baroness C.


Sir L. with Pharoah. Pharoah's just a baby--only 13 weeks old, and belongs to Baroness D. He's an Irish wolfhound, and will grow up to be enormous. Isn't he adorable?


And this is Caesar, who also belongs to her. He's a fully grown Irish wolfhound...


An unknown faery, who was kind enough to let me take her pic. I thought her gear was fabulous...


More of our folks in the kitchen...


The petting zoo. They had miniature ponies and goats. I could just imagine them in the Shire...


Our Baron T. with Caesar. See how big he is?


One of our fighters, Lord G. He's our Knight's Marshal, and a real sweetie!


The blacksmith doing his blacksmithing demo...


And the last three are Lord A, demonstrating making mozarella cheese. His cheese is to die for. When I wasn't snapping his pic, I was drooling over his shoulder, waiting for my chance at some of that warm, gooey goodness! It's always better when he makes it at a demo, over a wood fire--it gets a lovely smoky tang. It's not at all rubbery like the stuff you buy at the supermarket. Can you tell I like his cheese?






Anyway, that was my weekend, and it was loads of fun! Thanks to danachan for uploading my pics for me, and making my bee-you-ti-ful new icon! I actually don't look awful in it!

Comments

[shirebound]

Great pics! You can just leave me at that petting zoo and come back for me later...

[dreamflower]

The tiny animals were adorable! I actually thought about you when I saw them, LOL! I knew you would think they were cute!

[songspinner9.livejournal.com]

Ooooh...fun! And you look marvelous in your garb, truly!
I went to the closest one this year with my best friend (we ditched our families for the day :) in costume and had a great time, but that one in your photos looks much calmer. And less crowded.

[dreamflower]

It was a good deal calmer and the crowd was steady, but not all at one time, if you know what I mean?

I find I like our little local things far better than the big ones. They are more relaxed for one thing.

[celandine-g.livejournal.com]

Thank-you so much for sharing these lovely pics! Sounds (and looks) like you had a great time. And I agree that a small, charitable affair must be so much more fun, and probably more authentic too. :)

[dreamflower]

*grin* I'm not sure about more authentic as far as gear goes; but as far as a matter of atmosphere I would agree--after all, in period most market days and such were strictly local affairs! And in the professional Ren Faires everything is so *rehearsed*, whereas with this one it is far more spontaneous.

[grey-wonderer.livejournal.com]

Love the photos. I have simply got to go to one of these some day. I have always meant to but never made it. You look wonderful in your hat by the way!

[dreamflower]

They're a lot of fun, especially if you are participating, rather than just visiting. I had a great weekend!

By the way, did you get my email in answer to yours?

[grey-wonderer.livejournal.com]

Got your email this morning and am just now getting time to respond. Look for email in the morning.

[telscha.livejournal.com]

Loevely photso, thanks for sharing,
Tels

[dreamflower]

You are welcome! 8-)

[slightlytookish]

Great pics! You look great in your costume and I love those miniature goats and ponies. So adorable!!

[dreamflower]

Thanks! And yes, the minis were just darling!

[pipspebble.livejournal.com]

Your pictures are lovely and you looked great in all your finery! I haven't been to a Renn Faire in years, but there's a rather nice one going on up here for the next few weeks. Perhaps I can manage to steal a few hours and go for the afternoon, now you've reminded me what fun it can be. I think I've seen that jouster up here before. Looks very familiar.

[dreamflower]

Ours is heaps of fun!

[topaztook.livejournal.com]

Great pictures, and what a fun time! Hope you got to sample both the cheese and the mustard...they both sound delicious. Your hat looks great, and yes, the dogs are adorable!

[dreamflower]

Oh, I sampled the cheese all right! You can't keep me out of the cheese!
And I'm glad you like my hat, thanks!

[daydreamgrl.livejournal.com]

Looks like a lot of fun! I know how crowded the "for profit" fairs can be, but unfortunately I don't know of any around here that aren't that way... Still fun to go and be in costume, and yours is lovely!

[dreamflower]

This one is so much fun! And I'm glad you like my garb!

[gryffinjack.livejournal.com]

You look splendid in all of your finery! Nice hat! Thank you for sharing your lovely pictures with us. I can tell that you had a great time? Did you perhaps get the recipe for making the mozzarella cheese so you can share it with the shire kitchen group? You could weave it into a wonderful story!

[ansostuff.livejournal.com]

These are great and the custumes are very nice too! :D I'm glad you had such a lovely time. :D