The sun came out!
Annual Miles 2009: 5436
This weekend at the Tennessee Renaissance Festival was much nicer than last weekend, although would have been hard not to be...
On Friday we drove down early to install a raised floor under the booth as planned. We hit some quite bad weather during the drive, but it calmed down before we got to the faire. It was still mucky, but we knew it would be. A large female Northern Fence Lizard decided to make itself at home in the booth while we were working. Surprisingly, when I went to shoo it out from where we were going to be moving things, it didn't run. It let me pick it up, and liked the warmth of my hand so much it didn't want to leave! I suppose I can't blame it; the ground was wet and cold. I gently got it to leave my hand and settle under a small tree.
The floor has been massively helpful, and we got a number of compliments on it. What helped more was that, aside from some rain early Saturday morning, it was sunny and nice out. Things finally started to dry out. With the nice weather, the patrons finally felt comfortable coming out, and we had a good weekend.
I did a walkabout Sunday morning, and found no vendors had dice displayed at faire; the closest was an artist, who had one print that featured a d20. (Of course I bought a little 8"x10" copy.) So I am uncertain if it is a case of the faire not wanting dice displayed, or if we were the only ones selling them? Ours are not displayed though, so it may be others have them "under the counter" as well. It is hard to indulge my collecting habit when I cannot find what I collect!
Now it is time to go pack again... Phil & I are off to visit his parents for a belated Mother's Day dinner.
This weekend at the Tennessee Renaissance Festival was much nicer than last weekend, although would have been hard not to be...
On Friday we drove down early to install a raised floor under the booth as planned. We hit some quite bad weather during the drive, but it calmed down before we got to the faire. It was still mucky, but we knew it would be. A large female Northern Fence Lizard decided to make itself at home in the booth while we were working. Surprisingly, when I went to shoo it out from where we were going to be moving things, it didn't run. It let me pick it up, and liked the warmth of my hand so much it didn't want to leave! I suppose I can't blame it; the ground was wet and cold. I gently got it to leave my hand and settle under a small tree.
The floor has been massively helpful, and we got a number of compliments on it. What helped more was that, aside from some rain early Saturday morning, it was sunny and nice out. Things finally started to dry out. With the nice weather, the patrons finally felt comfortable coming out, and we had a good weekend.
I did a walkabout Sunday morning, and found no vendors had dice displayed at faire; the closest was an artist, who had one print that featured a d20. (Of course I bought a little 8"x10" copy.) So I am uncertain if it is a case of the faire not wanting dice displayed, or if we were the only ones selling them? Ours are not displayed though, so it may be others have them "under the counter" as well. It is hard to indulge my collecting habit when I cannot find what I collect!
Now it is time to go pack again... Phil & I are off to visit his parents for a belated Mother's Day dinner.