atherleisure

Yesterday I got to go on my first costumed outing since Memorial Day.

jenthompson and I met up with our respective families at the opening weekend of the Texas Renaissance Festival. I haven't been to a Renaissance Faire since I was in college so that was something of an experience in and of itself. I've also never been with children.

The weather was good. The sky was clear and blue, there was a little breeze at times, and it was usually decent in the shade. Standing in the sun was warm, though. I don't know just how warm it got, but they were forecasting highs around 93. Maybe it got there, maybe it didn't, but I'm sure it didn't cross the hot threshold.

Only one of my daughters would dress up, and she insisted on changing into shorts before we'd been there an hour. She feels that she can't run in a dress. At least I got some nice pictures of her before she changed. I thought I got one or two of her sister, but I guess I didn't.

I didn't take many pictures and only got three worth posting. In order, my little white knight preparing for a mechanical joust, one of my daughters in her sister's Merida costume, and a lovely hobbit matron who showed us the ropes (and didn't look even remotely like a sausage, though the sausage in the quiver was a particularly hobbit-y touch when the young elf was too busy playing at lunch to finish eating).

Jen took a bunch of pictures of me and I of her while the children watched the jousting, but they're all on her camera so we must wait until she's ready to share. I hope I was able to take satisfactory pictures of her and do her justice. She looked great.

And then we can decide whether I looked like I was from "Little House on the Prairie" as I was twice told. Either I didn't look at all as I thought I did, or people can't tell the difference between early seventeenth century and late nineteenth century. I'm not sure which one would be more disappointing.