Photo time!

[beboots]

 Hello everyone! Remember how a month or so ago I posted a few photographs of myself in one of my fort costumes? It occurs to me that you guys never saw the second one! And then, I was sent a few photographs by an awesome retired couple from Saskatchewan.

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[avocado_love]

That officially sounds like the best job ever. Your hair and outfit are really cute, too. *Wishes my hair was long enough to do that*

[beboots]

It is definitely the best job ever! I really also want to work at Louisbourg in Nova Scotia (on the east coast and therefore exact opposite end of the country in which I now live). See here: http://www.pc.gc.ca/lhn-nhs/ns/louisbourg/index.aspx

Apparently they hire costumed historical interpreters JUST TO WALK THE STREETS to make the place look busy. They're crazy big. Of course, they represent a completely different era of Canada's history, but they do it so well-! Apparently, because the fort changed between French and English hands so many times, every other summer the fort has someone different in control. Like, one year it'll be the English, the next year "Anybody wearing a red coat will be shot on sight!" ;) That sounds SO AMAZING. (Uh, the epicness of the park, not shooting visitors. ;)

[beboots]

Oh and hey, look at this! I only wish we could do more things like this at Fort Edmonton... http://www.pc.gc.ca/lhn-nhs/ns/louisbourg/activ/activ7.aspx

[beboots]

See, I'm the opposite. I LOVE wool blankets! Maybe it's because I'm exposed to Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) blankets all the time at work, but I think that they're gorgeous

[beboots]

All of my experience sewing with leather comes from Fort Edmonton; I repaired moccassins a few times, and that beaded belt that I'm wearing? You tie it around your waist, and the ends are leather ties about 30cm long (uh... 12-ish inches? The length of a small ruler?), and so I've sewn a beaded belt onto leather before as well. In comparison, I made repairs on our canvas tipi (ironically, it has painted designs that are more typical of the enemy Blackfoot of the region and not the Cree using it in the camp - they're traditional enemies - so we just claim that they took it in a raid if anybody calls us on it... but ANYWAY), and that was FAR easier to work with than leather, because the needle just slides right through... I was also using sinew, and I suppose I looked pretty picturesque while doing the repairs because EVERYBODY seemed to want to take photos with me. Especially Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Indian tourists. ;) So, uh... what was the question again? ;)