After months of silence, I'm back!  We're kicking off the 2009 season this weekend with the Historic Winter Market in Frederick, MD, where I'll be demonstrating with the kickwheel.  Here's the tentative list of events for the season... some are still awaiting acceptance (or denial) while others are definites.

March

7-8 - Indoor Winter Market, ( Read more... )

Howdy all!  The weather has turned decidedly crisp as we coast into the cooler months.  We just got back from the Market at Washingtonburg in Carlisle, PA.  This is the second year for this event, which is held at the Army Heritage and Education Center with the War College (http://www.carlisle.army.mil/ahec/) and I highly suggest visiting there if ( Read more... )

Home again home again after another rainy event.  I'm pretty sure we'd fulfilled our quota of rainy, nasty events this year with rain at Alafia, Marietta, Bledsoe, Boone, and Falcon Ridge... but nooooo... Hanna had to come and dump rain on us at Brandywine.  Oh well.  Thankfully, we didn't get quite the amount of wind they were expecting, it didn't ( Read more... )

 

The whirlwind continues through the spring.  We're back from the event at Boone's Homestead in Birdsboro and I see it's time for an update!  When I last posted, we were preparing for our journey to Castilian Springs, TN for the Bledsoe's Fort Colonial Fair at the beginning of May.  We loaded up the dog and our stock and made the exceedingly long ( Read more... )

Finally back from our April of madness and gearing up for our May of madness! Unfortunately, I have no pictures because our camera sucks, but we just ordered a new one. Photos from future events to come!

Marietta:
The third weekend of April madness found us at the Marietta House Museum for their annual Marching Through Time event. I used to love ( Read more... )

Finally, we're home!  YAY!  After nearly a month of travelling, showering in truckstops, and sleeping on an air mattress, you do really appreciate your own home!  And now, for the nitty gritty on our trip to the southern climes...

When you last left the intrepid potter and her blacksmith beau, we were in Florida after an early morning at a flea ( Read more... )