Down on the Farm

[cornerofmadness]

I went to Bob Evans Farm Fest and in the 30-45 mph winds nearly blew to WV. btw if you look at the link this is literally across the street from my college. They have completely redone it. For one, the leveled the 50 year old restaurant last month and built a bigger one with conference seating (one assumes mostly for the college). They moved the log cabins I was in to a new and very tight location with new fireplaces. wonder if they work... And the tents this time weren't just canopies but rather like tent houses.

There was a problem with that. While it's much better for the exhibitors, it was sucky for foot traffic. Rather than leave the ends open they stuffed exhibitors there so you could not go around the tent. you had to go in and out on each side leading to huge amount of congestion. My favorite soap people weren't there and the cooked-on-an-open-fire beans sold out and they had a day and half to go. Good planning dudes. They expanded the kids stuff. There were new and MORE exhibitors which is impressive given how many are already there. I bought from my usual crew. I got mom another glass trinket and a cast iron hummingbird for out in the garden. I was going to get my SiL a wooden snowman but they left me there unassisted too long and I started seeing the issues with their work. Oops.

I did get my honey and my maple flavored cotton candy (yes yes I'm not supposed to but it's once a year), I did get myself something cool. There's a person there that makes silverware jewelry which is prettier than it sounds. They had some bent int a Cthulu-like shape and I loved them and then I spotted it, a coppery looking one on a horrible leather necklace that wouldn't have fit well around my fat neck. I saw a sterling silver one as just a pendant and took it over and asked if they had the chtulu one in copper by itself. they didn't. It was a one of a kind piece but he took it off the necklace and sold it to me. Whee. It'll be perfect for my steampunk persona (she's not fully invisioned yet but i get the feeling she's a bit tatty in places). I was going to buy a drop spindle with alpaca wool which wasn't that much money but the wool wouldn't have been enough to knit into anything provided I even worked it right. Maybe next time.

It was a nice enough day out but I ignored L's demands for me to come to the play (hey, you know what I go to the ones that interest me and never once has she asked to see MY stories so why should I go to every play) mostly because I wanted to work on my stories. I did get the Soul Eater lady fest done and I've started Fire & Ice and I only need 2K now on Big Bang.

Speaking of which anyone want to edit Soul Eater for me? ELD has it but she doesn't know the fandom. She can do my idiot grammar mistakes though.

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And yes I do love my Royai Halloween icon. I've written a copy stories for it. Would love to see someone else's attempt.





Nothing sleeps like a cat.



Kanda says DONT LOOK. I'm doing EVIL. Yes, ELD, he is sitting on your halloween card

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[wildrider.livejournal.com]

That is an extremely evil-looking cat.

I don't know the Soul Eater fandom, either, but I'm always willing to proofread.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

hahaha, that's why he was named Kanda, who is a pretty surly character. He's actually a sweet cat.

thanks. Actually I might wing you ch 1 of machiavelli moon instead (and go get ch 1 of your thing off typepad

[wildrider.livejournal.com]

They all are. They hide their evil with adorableness, otherwise we'd have to kill 'em. :D

Okay.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

this is also very true

[bay115.livejournal.com]

Sounds like you had fun at the Farm Fest. Yum, cotton candy.

Your Royai Halloween icon is fun. Roy and Riza look mighty fine in their costumes, haha. I totally would write a fic based on that icon, but I'm already writing a Royai Halloween fic in which they're teenagers and looking around a haunted house. XD I might actually let you beta it after I finish it and look through it myself a couple times. Will let you know!

Indeed, nothing sleeps like a cat, LOL.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

I did. Too bad it's 90% country crafts which is not my style

hahah cool (I have a haunted hotel story with them, the whole tachi and Ed/Winry & Al)

sure send it my way

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

Cats are sooo evil.

Mmmm, Maple cotton candy, that's just the devil.

I'm glad you had a good time at the festival. Can't wait to see a picture of your necklace.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

cats are

it is, sadly this time it doesn't have a strong flavor

I should photo everything i've got in the last few weekends tomorrow.

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

That's disappointing. Flippy sent me some yummy maple-flavored cookies, which were very good.

Yay for photographs!

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

well that's good.

indeed

[rain-oubliette.livejournal.com]

My mom used to give me the look on Kanda's face when I'd open the bathroom door on her. "Do you MIND??" Lol.

The Farm Fest sounds like it would be more fun now... new vendors and stuff. The restaurant being torn down is interesting. Wasn't that the first one?

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

snort, that about sums it up

It's really only worth it if you or someone you know is into country style. Even the Christmas/Halloween decorations are all country slanted for the most part.

It's my understanding that it wasn't the first one. That's been gone a while and was closer to gallipolis. However, it was a very old one.

[rain-oubliette.livejournal.com]

Oh, btw, drop spindle + alpaca fiber = cat toy. Just saying.

I liked the things you got... may have to try to make a Cthulhu fork. I have some I got at Goodwill - just for craft purposes.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

yes that thought crossed my mine.

it is neat. I have no idea how they did it

[silvrethorn.livejournal.com]

The key to successful Google Fu is going to Google and typing your search into Google Images, not regular Google. I've had a lot more luck finding information via photos than finding photos via written information. It doesn't work for everything, i.e. articles with no illos, but sometimes a picture can link you into a whole chain of useful stuff.

I'm guessing Bob Evans recovered from the flood all right. The Farm Fest sounds fun, but boo to the no-show soap vendor. My favorite soap-maker has pulled a vanishing act, too, part of the reason I stopped going to the Spring Garden Festival at Kanapaha. That and the insane parking and traffic situation. That won't be an issue at the FAFO art show this weekend, though. We're walking to that one :).

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

well that makes sense, since yes I was using regular google and you're right this time you linked me to not just the photos but the right library info. and as you can see the exact street my story is on AND the right time period give or take a few months

It did recover from flood and remodeling. It's more fun if you're into country styles which no one i know is.

Oops, that's too bad. I liked that fest at Kanapaha. Hope you enjoy FAFO

[silvrethorn.livejournal.com]

I wish there was more festival stuff that was somewhere between country-cutesy and high art. FAFO is expensive and too "good" for things like hand-made soap, but there's very little I would ever buy at, say, the 1890's Days craft festival in McIntosh up the road. I would spend myself bankrupt, however, at a "fine crafts" festival that featured, say, woodworkers, leather workers, blacksmiths, spinners and weavers, bookbinders and soap makers. Too bad nobody has ever thought to recruit that class of artisan for a show.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

you know where you see them? Renn fests. or at least renn fests around here

[silvrethorn.livejournal.com]

Hoggetowne Faire in Gainesville costs $18 just to get in the gates anymore, never mind buying stuff once you're inside. Plus everything is medieval-themed, more or less. But yes, Renn fests are the nearest thing to the kind of show I'd like to see.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

that's about what it is here, well 16$ if you buy in advance. Wasn't free to go to Bob fest either sadly.

[sillymagpie.livejournal.com]

"We're so cute we couldn't possibly be evil!"

Darn cute kitties. I'm glad Soul seems to be doing better (weird cat).

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

but you are, boys, you are evil

thanks. he is perfectly fine now. the vet is right. he's insane