I managed to capture this amusing shot of Lord Blueberry taking a photo with someone’s iPhone. Lord Blueberry – known for his big presence and fine attention to clothing detail taking a photo with such a small and dainty thing amused me to no end.
Cheers.
~KR (Written on 11 June 2011)
Once a season, at each of the two major Texas faires, the Blazing Sun come together as a crew – well, at least as much of a crew as can be brought together from the diverse expanses that separate us. This year, the crew gathered in the East Wind Games back yard on the only decent-weather weekend we had. The photo was taken by Lord Blueberry so that I could be in the photo.
Cheers.
~KR (Written on 9 June 2011)
Captain of the Blazing Sun is he, but far more important: my friend.
This jovial gentleman is, in most every sense of the phrase, a gentlemen’s gentlemen. He is ready, willing and able to help a friend, a colleague or even someone he doesn’t know just because he can. He’s an enable extradordinaire, and if he cannot get it done himself, he will find someone who can. At faire, he hangs out with the Blazing Sun and the East Wind Games staff and is always willing to lend a hand or kick someone’s ass at chess.
Next time you see him, give him a hearty handshake, and tell him KR salutes him.
(in the background, please note Lord Blueberry and the Wizard Cialis)
Cheers.
~KR (Written on 7 June 2011)
I don’t eat much food at faires – having worked at or played at faires for the better part of 30 years, there’s not much in the way of faire food that appeals to me any longer.
There are three notable exceptions. The first of those exceptions is the crepes found only at the Kansas Renaissance Festival. The second is just about anything made by my delightful friend Rhonni at the Queen’s Pantry at the Texas Renaissance Festival. The third, and the subject of this photo, is the Pasta Roses served up at Victor’s Pasta Palace next to the Ladyhawke Stage at Scarborough Faire. These little nuggets of yumminess are served but twice a year and rarely last the full day they are so popular.
When next you are at Scarborough Faire on either opening weekend or Mother’s Day, do yourself the favour of trying this delicious concoction.
Cheers.
~KR (Written on 7 June 2011)
My dear friend, and consummate performer Dana, took on the role of adventuress at a recent sunny weekend at Scarborough Faire. I was fortunate enough to be out of my shoppe and managed to catch her scaling the tower near the front gate.
This girl is a treasure!
~KR (Written on 7 June 2011)
One of the many pleasures that faire brings me is the gift of music. When at faire, I am surrounded by extraordinarily gifted humans of all manner.
This young man plays the bodhran, and other instruments besides and is at faire every weekend despite not being on cast.
You see, he is just a playtron – that is, he purchased his ticket – that gives his love, heart and talent selflessly to the talent-pool of faire.
Faire makes me happy (when it’s not 90+ degrees, that is).
Cheers.
~KR (Written on 3 June 2011)
I do so wish I had time when I had energy and energy when I had time; since I do not, I am forced to make decisions that do not necessarily sit well with me. For instance, letting the KRuMB sit idly by while Scarborough Faire and my work-a-day existence consumed me and drained me.
Now that faire is all but over, I have a spare dram of energy at the end of each day. I’m hoping to split that time evenly betwixt exercise and KRuMB until such time as the weather improves that such that I don’t fully detest simply being awake.
When last we looked at the KRuMB, it was at a photo of bottle caps. The next day, there were more, so I took another photo.
Cheers.
~KR (Written (finally) on 3 June 2011)
We save undamaged beer bottle caps for a variety of projects. Returning from a recent cleaning trip at Scarborough Faire, we had a great big collection – all of which needed washing. Marita Beth in her CDO way, laid them all out to dry evenly spaced and aligned. I turned one over and snapped the photo before turning it back over. Her CDO scares me. 
Cheers.
~KR
On a cleaning day for Scarborough Faire, our dear friend Laura came out to assist (thank you!). She brought her young daughter with her, too, much to Cormac’s delight. Late in the day, they were just hanging out, like dear friends do, and I snapped this photo. I’ve softened it a bit for effect, but I love the photo.
Cheers.
~KR
From the inside of the storage building where I store way too much stuff, this creature looked alien, large and foreboding.
I also find the circular reflection of my camera to be interesting, although I did not notice it as I composed and shot the photo.
Cheers.
~KR
