Welcoming Committee

These guys are always glad to see us when we come home from a trip. It would be nice to think they missed us, but it's probably their dinner they missed.
Their Dining Room is on top of this stack of bricks to be safe from their Canine Competitors. That Long Little Doggy is excessively fond of Kittie Krunchies, and pretty good at getting to them.
We have a lot to be thankful for this year including our new home in the woods. Today, we plan to visit the Local Daughter and that Culinary Son-in-Law for a Thanksgiving feast. It should be great.

Happy Thanksgiving to all.

Rigged Up

Another Pre-Thanksgiving Pix.
From our visit to that Schoolteacher Daughter.

Super Boots

Encountered on our recent Pre-Thanksgiving trip.

Givin' Up

It has been said that "When you are beat, meet defeat". Well, that seems to be the situation here with The Fuzz and his little truck. This has gone on far too long. Indicators point to at least 2 possible causes for this frustrating case of equipment failure, And neither can be verified for certain. Both are expensive to replace. And both have been replaced in the past. Considering the age of the truck, and the improbability of success, The Fuzz refuses to continue this pointless pursuit. He confesses that he is not happy about this, but we have been managing to get by with out the sorry little thing anyway.
We have this little automobile, it is capable of pulling our little trailer, and as The Fuzz would say, "It don't use much gas". When it's not raining, The Fuzz rides the motorcycle in to work. If it is, we can all ride together in the car. And so, life goes on.
The Fuzz had toyed with the idea of pulling the engine, and replacing it with some simple, non-computerized sort of engine, like we used to have back in the days. But it seems that the legalities involved in this would send him to jail. He does not like jail. But we should look at all this as another oportunity to simplify, I suppose. And that can be a good thing.

And Another One

From the Renaissance Festival

Even More Renaissance Stuff

We promised a look at some of those Renaissance Characters running loose out there. You don't meet a fellow like this very often on the outside, but here you will.

This whole Renaissance Affair is a lot more fun if one dresses appropriately. If one were to dress like this on the street, one might get locked up, especially if armed. But here you can carry your broadsword all you want. This is the home of broadswords & beer. They do insist on tying a piece of ribbon around it, but so what.
This guy does seem to be a hit with the ladies though.

We did watch a couple of the acts. But for the most part, we didn't do much, but walk around and look. Even if you can't buy, you can get ideas on how to make your own cool stuff.

So here's one more of those Renaissance Characters for you.

More Renaissance Stuff

When we go to the Renaissance Festival, we always make a point of watching the birdies. And by the time we got to the birdies, The Fuzz had retrieved his camera from the trunk of the car.

The food in there is a bit pricey for a varlet like The Fuzz, so we usually slip off with our cooler into the woods for our own medieval meal. This time we remembered the camera. It's hard to get real close to these birds for a pix, and they don't always hold still. But here's a couple of pictures with that zoomed in effect. 1st, of course is this owl. Here's the lady upstairs with her falcon. He looks a little like a bug with his eyes covered like that. But she took that stuff off, and let him fly. If you look quick you might see him here.They had the falcon trying to snatch a lure being whirled around on a cord. I guess he finally got it, but The Fuzz couldn't get the pix. Next time we'll get a look at a couple of the strange characters running loose out there.