Friends At The Faire

Janice with her hand made waistcoat which seems to match the little felt wallets

Joni and Sonia partaking of Medieval table fare

Watching a play, The Taming of the Shrew

A little chilly

Map reading

Sitting by the fire,actually I think it was some kind of still, you can see the smoke

Christy

Musket Practice

Musket Practice.  It was quite hard to catch the actual puff of smoke as the musket went off, but I think I caught it just right on the first photo.

Christy

Renaisance Faire

Some costumed people at the Faire.  They spell it with an "I", but I would put a "Y" in there, more old English to me.

You can come dressed up;  which I did many years ago when I went with friends.  There are also folk paid to walk around in costumes.  I personally, love the lady in the black feathers.

Christy

My Week In Retrospect

Monday work, Tuesday up at 5:15AM to meet my boss at 6:15AM for a two hour drive to Dover, DE to meet a client.  Wednesday up and out to have Rob's Pathfinder at the dealership by 7:30AM for a recall and oil change, in time to get the shuttle to work.  Lots of accidents, pouring with rain and I was a little late for work.

Thursday a vendor took us out for lunch. Jakie in my office is retiring, so Terri wanted to take her and me, her new contact out for lunch. I had prime rib aus jus sandwich with horseradish and french fries, very good. Plus she brought to the office a delicious chocolate raspberry cake, but talk about sugar overload.

Friday work.  Saturday exhausted and slept in.

12:00 Noon a shepherding call, including Rob.  That went well and was nice.  Now Rob is at work and I've had a very late breakfast of omelet with cheese and cranberry and apple chutney, followed by bread and marmalade and tea.  I've just opened my Scottish Heather Tea, a gift from Candyce and it's a very robust hearty tea, as you would imaging a tea from Edinburgh to be.  I love the little heather flowers, quite visible.  It's very tasty and just right for this autumnal time of year.

Now I have a glass of wine in the Simla Room with the stove on.  There is a story to the wine.  I bought my glass of wine home from my friends last night, Maria gave me a chocolate raspberry liquor and after that I couldn't keep my eyes open, I just had to take a nap, how embarrassing.  So not to waste the glass of wine, I took it home in a plastic container.  Now it's tasting quite nice.

Now for a Netflix movie.  I've been enjoying 'The Last Detective"

Christy

Pumpkin Patch

Weird and wonderful, pumpkins.  Just look at the word HAPPY!  Yes we'll have a happy day.

Christy

As I Was Going To Bambury Faire, I Saw A Bison

Last Saturday a friend invited me to go to the Renaissance Faire with her and two other friends.  I wasn't going to go, as the Pathfinder was booked in for a recall, then Rob says it's not starting and he thinks it needs a new battery.  But Joni persuaded me to go; which I'm glad that she did.

Rob and I were over at Sears bright and early to get the battery checked and yes it did need a new one, so we got that done.  I cancelled the recall appointment and scheduled it for a week day.  The dealership has a shuttle service, so decided to use that to get to work.

I was back by 9:45AM for Joni to pick me up.  It was a lovely sunny day, a little cool and windy, but lovely.

So the drive which is up past Lancaster, PA was country and the leaves, although not at their best, were still lovely.

We got a little lost and this was what we saw.  An American Bison, or as they're commonly known the American Buffalo.


Early American settlers called bison “bufello” due to the similar appearance between the two animals, and the name "buffalo" stuck for the American variety. But it's wrong.

The American bison (Bison bison) lives only in North America, while the two main buffalo species reside in Africa and Asia. A small population of bison relatives called the European bison (Bison bonasus) lives in isolated parts of Poland.

I took my photographs from quite a distance with my little camera, I think they turned out pretty good.

What a majestic animal and a treat to see him.

Christy

Out of Control

As you can see my garden is totally out of control.  With all this rain and no time to do it, it's in a sorry state.  I even left a weed of a shrub back in the summertime to grow, because I know the birds like the berries, but I haven't seen them on the bush eating them this year, not like in past years.

Autumn is around us and I hope to get out at some point and enjoy the foliage, it's not quite at it's best yet in Pennsylvania here where we are.

Christy

The Boy Mowing

The boy mowing the lawn.  It was very long after all that rain and we had not had the opportunity to mow it.

As you can see it was a lovely Autumn day, and Indian Summer.  Our neighbour across the street is even having a yard sale.

Christy

Free Finds

I was coming back from service the other Saturday and these plant pots and stands were sitting out marked free.  So I took advantage of the gift and popped them right in my car.  They're sitting in the basement ready to take out next spring. My favourite has the dragonfly design, but they're all nice.

I need to bring my other pots in too before winter.

Christy

Pomegranate Ring, Handemade by Boka

My Biblical Pomegranate Ring.

Song of Solomon 

Like a segment of pomegranate are your temples behind your veil.

This is my handmade ring in silver and bronze, with rubies and emeralds, made by Boka.  He's an artisan jeweler out of Brooklyn.  To me it has an Israeli style to it. He said he had sold this ring to Anthropology, and it should be in an upcoming catalogue.

I just love the little rubies set to look like the inside of a pomegranate. With the sides coming up like branches.  I wore it to dinner when we went out and it sparkles very nicely in certain light.

I traded in an old broken gold bangle and put it towards the cost of buying this ring, so out of pocket, less than $10.00.

It's probably a design that you like or not, according to personal style, but I love it. I will always think of it as my Biblical ring.

Christy