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We went to the Renaissance Fair this weekend. We love the Ren Fair. There’s a place just inside the gate where you can rent a costume if you want to go in garb. Greg, Charles, and Trinity wore their own costumes. Jon, Andrew and I, thought it was too hot for dressing up. There were some fairie costumes that looked quite cool and comfortable, except for maybe the wings. Always hard to negotiate the wings. We bought more mugs at Ash and Griffin pottery. I can never resist something in their booth. My favorite mug from them is the dire ferret. A ferret rampant to greet the morning coffee.
There’s a joust to see, complete with a villain to boo and a hero to cheer. Jon and I always cheer for the villain, so he won’t feel left out. There’s honey to buy, and leather works, and a working smithy where you can watch them do metal work. There’s just all sorts of neat stuff. There’s a children’s area where they have story time and a petting zoo, crafts, and games. The Irish Wolfhound was there again this year, but there were no baby geese. For some reason I love that peeping sound that goslings make. I find it very peaceful. There were lots of other animals, most of which I’m allergic to and couldn’t pet. Oh, well. The rest of you could.
Trinity looks forward to the fair every year, as do we. Her favorite booth is Bast’s Garden. They have toy dragons that they make themselves, and they do funny and horrid things to stuffed toys. Dr. Frankenstein has nothing on these ladies. But my favorites are that they put fairie wings on every kind of stuffed animal you can imagine. Frogs, mice, hamsters, foxes, cats, dogs, skunks, buffalo, even one giraffe. Bring your money though, they’re cash only. Most booths take credit cards, or even checks, but some people passed bad checks and so three or four of the places will only take cash. Another example of people’s bad behavior effecting your fun.
My favorite show was the Wild Bird Sanctuary. You could feel the wind from the wings of the birds of prey as they flew over your head. The barn owl, Abby, hit my hat. Too cool.
One of the reasons we like the Ren Fair is that it’s a great place to go for a family outing, and it’s also a great date place. Some year’s Jon and I manage to go twice, once as a family, and once as a couple. This year, there probably won’t be time. But we did the family thing and a good time was had by all. There’s one more weekend of the fair here in St. Louis. Go out, enjoy, shop, watch the acrobats, listen to the singing pirates, watch the royals parade by, and enjoy.