Ren-Faire Time AGAIN!

YES! May is almost here! Actually this year I don't have to wait til May. 

The first weekend of the OKRF is April 28th and 29th! Yeah! 

I know some get tired of hearing about renaissance faires. This is one thing I enjoy outside of everything else and yet it incorporates all the things I love about life: people, friends, nature, fun, adventure, dressing up, etc.

Michelle makes the best corsets and outfits anywhere! You can wear them for steam punk events, ren-faires, comic cons, .....just AWESOME! And...SHE is the greatest person...sweet and remembers people and will talk to you any time. Not many shop owners as busy as her stay as sweet, upbeat and positive. She really enjoys what she does and it shows in her work and her personality.

 The Jolly Rogers are my favorite pirate group ever! I have to catch at least one show every now and then.... I try for one show for every day I am at faire but that doesn't always work out. Schedule conflicts happen. However, I do have their cds and can stop in and say hi now and then :D

OKRF wouldn't be the same without that scottish rogue that heckles and hassels ren-faire patrons all in good humor and fun to get you involved in the whole faire experience! He is sweet and jovial and makes the celtic corner a must visit! I look for him every visit to fair....

This photo is of a Eurasian Eagle Owl which you can see at the Royal Gauntlet: Birds of Prey show!
Meet the King's Master Falconer and his crew. The birds are an awesome site and the flights and educational experience are lasting memories meant for the entire family!

As this weekend draws near, I get more and more impatient! Come and join us!
See the castle website here: www.okcastle.com  for more information. The Castle is on facebook too! Find  Royal Gauntlet, Damsel in this Dress, and The Jolly Rogers on Facebook also!
If you happen to visit OKRF, leave a comment here...leave a comment even if you don't!

April 19th...America

April 19th. It brings alot of topics to the surface for alot of people.
I have seen several posts today on facebook regarding the Federal Building in OKC.
I even saw a post from a "dentist in Australia".

Times like April 19th...so many years ago...(and 9/11) make you wonder what this world is and has come to.Tragedies like the Murrah Federal Building and 9/11 bring people together hopefully more so than the events tore them apart. The Memorial in Oklahoma City is a beautiful site. If you get the chance, visit it.
It brings a reminder of what people can do to rebuild, to strengthen and to grow when tragedy does strike.

The writing I saw posted on facebook today was touching. I looked it up on snopes.com.
I want to share the writing with you even though it wasn't written by an Australian Dentist. It still rings a nice chord:
http://www.snopes.com/rumors/america2.asp
by: Peter Ferrera
George Mason University, School of Law
Northern Virginia

To Kill an American 
You probably missed this in the rush of news, but there was actually a report that someone in Pakistan had published in a newspaper, an offer of a reward to anyone who killed an American, any American. 

So an Australian dentist wrote an editorial the following day to let everyone know what an American is . So they would know when they found one.

'An American is English, or French, or Italian, Irish, German, Spanish , Polish, Russian or Greek. An American may also be Canadian, Mexican, African, Indian, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Australian, Iranian, Asian, or Arab, or Pakistani or Afghan.

An American may also be a Comanche, Cherokee, Osage, Blackfoot, Navaho, Apache, Seminole or one of the many other tribes known as native Americans.

An American is Christian , or he could be Jewish, or Buddhist, or Muslim. In fact, there are more Muslims in America than inAfghanistan . The only difference is that in America they are free to worship as each of them chooses.

An American is also free to believe in no religion.. For that he will answer only to God, not to the government, or to armed thugs claiming to speak for the government and for God.

An American lives in the most prosperous land in the history of the world.
The root of that prosperity can be found in the Declaration of Independence , which recognizes the God given right of each person to the pursuit of happiness.

An American is generous.. Americans have helped out just about every other nation in the world in their time of need, never asking a thing in return.

When Afghanistan was over-run by the Soviet army 20 years ago, Americans came with arms and supplies to enable the people to win back their country!

As of the morning of September 11, Americans had given more than any other nation to the poor in Afghanistan ...
The national symbol of America , The Statue of Liberty , welcomes your tired and your poor, the wretched refuse of your teeming shores, the homeless, tempest tossed. These in fact are the people who built America

Some of them were working in the Twin Towers the morning of September 11 , 2001 earning a better life for their families. It's been told that the World Trade Center victims were from at least 30 different countries, cultures, and first languages, including those that aided and abetted the terrorists.

So you can try to kill an American if you must. 
Hitler did. So did General Tojo , and Stalin , and Mao Tse-Tung, and other blood-thirsty tyrants in the world.


 But, in doing so you would just be killing yourself . Because Americans are not a particular people from a particular place. 
They are the embodiment of the human spirit of freedom. 


Everyone who holds to that spirit, everywhere, is an American.

I enjoy the diversity put into this article. Regardless of who wrote it...It has some valid points.
It reminds me of how people can come together. It reminds of of a more "Norman Rockwell" time and what I hope is part of the future my children will inherit...peace, love, consideration for humankind and the good things in life that shine even at some of the worst of times.
Let me know what you think....leave a comment.

OKRF: OKlahoma Ren-Fair

I love ren-fairs! I don't get to attend enough of them! I would probably live at any and all renfairs if I didn't have a family....but I do and I am thankful for all of them! Face it. They put up with me for the entire month of May every year and my disappearances to The Castle of Muskogee for my annual adventure!
This year I am hoping to make it to the Masked Ball and maybe the Ceilidh (Ka-lee).

Oklahoma's annual ren-fair is usually held all five weekends in May. THIS year, it starts at the end of April. Opening day is April 28th, Saturday because May only has 4 weekends in 2012.
Last year they added the "Italian Quarter"! So beautiful!!!...This year there is a spanish mission, a new pirate ship/gift shop, more gypsy wagons, and who knows what else awaits!


Royal Gauntlet hosts the "Birds of Prey" show:

Check out Royal Gauntlet's other fair locations on facebook and their blogsite!

If you see them at OKRF (the Oklahoma Renaissance Fair) then help support the birds: make a donation! (Thanks!)

My favorite corset maker will be at the Castle of Muskogee also:

The owner of Damsel in this Dress is Michelle. She is awesome! She has a shop on etsy.com and artfire.com and she also blogs right here on blogspot!!

Another OKRF must-see is "The Jolly Rogers"!! They are my all time FAVORITE pirate act!

Beware! Some of their shows are PG-13..

and the fair wouldn't be OKRF without ANGUS!

Alot goes into a Ren-fair and I know not all my Favorites are mentioned here....there just isn't enough room!

So go to the fair! See it for yourself! Maybe I'll see you THERE! In the mean time....

 ....now that you know the shows I enjoy...and what I am looking forward to...

Tell me about YOU! 

Have you ever been to OKRF?

 What fairs have you been to?

 Which ones should I add to my list of Must Attend?? 

(be sure to tell me in the comment section!)

15th week of 2012

Well, my blog posting is still behind. We are finishing the 15th week of 2012! So how many people do you think are getting crazy over the "last year" before "the end of the world"? I am of course speaking of the Myan calendar that ended at the year 2012...oh...that is this year....hm!

I don't buy into the theory but I am curious to know how it affects people. If I seriously thought this was the last year of my life, there are things I would be doing instead of planning. There are also plans I would be making too...but I wouldn't see them to fruition. They would be for others after my departure.

So...any lists, goals, or "to do's" that you want to share for this year....ya know...Just in case?
 Post them here in the comment section so we can all share!

Don't forget to leave a comment, goal, or list in the comment section! I'd love to hear from you!