20 April 2007
Every spring, Kyle and I try to attend for at least a few hours, a wonderful event that takes place in downtown Fort Worth—the Main Street Arts Festival. In the early years of attending, the event took place anywhere from a week to a month prior to Scarborough Faire beginning. So, we had little to no conflict and going was easy. Then, I started doing a lot of sewing for cast members and my deadlines began to affect my freedom to attend this event. And, finally, just a few years ago, Scarborough Renaissance Festival moved its dates back three weeks, so that now, the Main Street Festival happens after faire is already in full swing. So, between sewing and weekends committed to faire, going on the Friday night is pretty much our only option.
This year, Kyle was actually able to take a holiday from work—a much needed one for him, I think—and we were able to go downtown earlier in the day than we frequently do. Although, my sewing still kept us home later in the afternoon that I’d hoped, we got there well before dark, and had a wonderful time walking and viewing fabulous art. We got to see a couple of shows and finally head home to do our final packing and pick up the dogs to head to faire.
This is the last photo I took all day. I took a few pretty nice ones of buildings and stuff during the day, but this one ended up being my favourite of the day. Taken from the sixth floor of the parking structure we tend to use, it is a pretty, yet only partial representation of our city’s skyline. It makes me remember fondly the days of the eighties and nineties, when every major building downtown was edged in pretty white lights and the whole city was lit 365 days a year! I miss that, but of course, with today’s energy costs, it would be so expensive it would seem irresponsible. Kinda sad, isn’t it?
~MB
