Close Meditations of a Visual Kind

Took Popper with me to the event. There is a long precedence for this with members of the Otterz Mob; Fat Fred started it years ago. Otterz love social events, don't you know.



This one done with the iPhone camera, then a bit of post-production though not with an iPhone app.

And, because terriaminute mentioned something about portfolio and t-shirts in the previous post, a few selections in the vein that I thought of following that comment and request. I allow, now, after thinking some on it that these selections are based on my interpretation of the question without verifying exactly what she was asking...

Link to a set, "Skulls": http://www.flickr.com/photos/madshutterbug/sets/72157626893638016/

( A couple behind a cut because some folk are still on dial up... somewhere... )

Well, actually, the skulls thought came first, and the two Otterz afterwards, mostly because we do both know that particular peculiar Otterz.

Not Golden Dragon. Although it could be. Definitely good food, and lots of it. Lots. We needed lots, 10 of us sat to table. Big lazy susan on table. Big. Fried wantan. Fried tofu. Singapore noodles. Many vegi dishes. Yes, many. Shrimp with walnuts. Om nom nom nom.

Then we rounded up ottarz. They wanted to ride on the hood of Kasuge. No, really, they did. So we let them. Someone complained. I think they said we endangered a minor because of Chibi-Ottar. Hey, is ottars. No worries.

( Cut for Image-ness and such )

This weekend is the start of the 22nd Annual Hoggetowne Medieval Faire here in Hoggetowne. For the past six years, I've been going and helping Herself as well as other friends with their booths. So I'm a Rennie, in that sense. Herself participated in all 21 of the previous Hoggetowne Faires, and I can add into them the first 3 Faires as well.

This year, we're not 'doing' the Faire. The City Cultural and Nature Operations won't take contracts from vendors for only one weekend of the Faire. It's do the whole thing, which includes what we vendors like to call Sticky Dollar Friday (where all the local school children come for half-price as field-trips from school, and received its name because they buy all the sugar foods but little else and all their dollars get coated with that sugar), or do not come. Since Herself committed previously to an SCA event which is next weekend, before the dates were finalised, she's not vending at Hoggetowne.

So today, we went and played Tourist. We paid for admission. Well, OK, previous years we paid for the vendor booth space, but we also made that money back so it's always been at least break-even. I've only been a Tourist once before at Hoggetowne, when I went with Herself's father, one brother, his wife, and their daughter our oldest niece (she was still an infant then, so 16 years ago). We waited in the Looooong line to pay for admission, then wandered through the Faire. And had fun.

Amongst things we did that we've not done as Rennies:

Watch the horse show; the 'Knights on Horseback' doing their thing. They keep announcing it as jousting, but the joust is foot combat.

Even more fun for me, I got the chance to visit with dedoc at the SCA Fencer's exhibit. Got to play with a couple of his toys and with him. Oh, my, yes, betnoir, he is indeed one eeeevil fellow *G* who reminded me that while my brain remembers much, my body is lagging behind and squeeking loudly of rusty joints. However, much fun still.

Then we headed home, fed the bottle kids, and the horses, and the Bros, and now it's time to feed us.

Nighty night.

Some time in Studio today, after taking care of the Ranch and between watching the start and end of the Michigan-Ohio game. OK. Congratulations to the Buckeyes, Big 10 champs. 'K, that's done.

Studio time was for shooting some photos that Herself wants for the Levy County Fair web site; that, and an Ot-tars get-together. Received a couple packages yesterday, one of which pleased me as I'd about resigned myself to being stiffed through e-Bay for the first time. It simply seems to've taken a lot longer for the package to be delivered. Feedback posted; if that seller doesn't like that I rated the feedback 'neutral' (the text is not derogatoray, simply states the item arrived in good condition but shipping took way longer than expected), well, too bad. The second package which arrived is from another e-Bay auction which closed a week and a couple days after seller #1 shipped, and arrived within 3 days of payment. Still one more package outstanding.

However, it does mean there's a couple more ot-tars hanging out here. One of them only briefly, but the other looks to be a more-or-less permanent fixture. I'll leave it to either Popper or Dredd Phredd to do the introductions. Though some members of the Ottars Mob have actually already met one of them.

The other pictures are of toy race-car shells (they had radio-control components inside during the fair) and T-shirts. When those are ready I'll probably just post the link to the Levy County Fair web site for you.

Tonight... Herself's famous Home-Made Chili with Home-Baked bread. Eat your hearts out, suckah's!

Well, looks like popperaussie put up pics from the Sushi Bash before I did, here. Though curiously enough they're all pics I took of him... I'm starting to wonder if that otter had film in that camera.

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