The Faire was a success, visitors and participants had fun.
The entertainment was well received and the actors were wonderful. The food was
very tasty and reasonably priced, Dragon legs, Dragon burgers, Dragon chops, Dragon
sausage, (no dragon parts were overlooked!), cheesecake on a stick, kettle
corn, beer, lemonade and things I didn’t even get to. The forest lanes were
filled with kids of all ages playing with fairies, bubble magic, games and
animals of many types. Those who did not attend definitely missed a good time.
Mary did a great job of demonstrating the different dyes
that were in use at the time, plants and insects, indigo, bloodroot, Osage and
others. Many were mystified by the unexpected colors that some of the dyes
produced. The people who stopped for the dying demonstration were also
interested in how Mary spun flax into linen thread and the old fairy tail of Rumpelstiltskin.
Many of the youngsters didn’t know the story or the underlying truth of the old
story.
“Gandalf” (me) had a wonderful time playing with the folks
who stopped at our booth. They liked the geodes and minerals adorned with the
pewter figures of dragons, sorceresses and sorcerers, along with other mythical
characters.
To top it all off people liked the items for sale in the
gallery, mineral displays, wands, staves, naturally dyed silk, jewelry, knitted
goods and polished gemstones.
