Funny that it's supposed to be "the sights, sounds, crafts and foods of the 1800's" though. There were some antique crafty type things, and an equal number of ancient/medieval crafty type things and thoroughly modern crafty type things made with power tools. There were Celtic folk musicians, Andean influenced New Age musicians, a guy with a Chapman Stick, a really horrible rock band, a pretty good bluegrass band, and stuff. Food was typical local churches/charities/restauraunts fare, so some of it was crummy and some was really good.

It was a hot, sunny day, and paramedics had stations set up to keep people cool and hydrated (for those who thought they didn't need to buy some $2 bottles of water). My big ol' bald head is burned bad 'cause I didn't bring a hat and didn't find one to buy until late. My feet are blistered 'cause I wore my sandal-ish shoes and no socks, and after cooling off a bit in the mister it got really bad. But I still had a good time.

I found I don't buy myself neat stuff anymore; it's all for "Mom". I had to get a goofy little purple pinwheel -- I don't really know why She likes them, but She does -- and a metal outdoor twirly thingy. (I'd post a photo but I don't want to tromp back upstairs, so use your imagination.) I narrowly escaped the wind chimes, mostly because the cool ones were hideously expensive and the cheaper ones sounded fine but looked wonky.

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