Special Treasures the Cat Coughed Up: The Windy Fair

It's that time of year again where turkey legs flow and bad but wonderfully tasteless jokes are told. The time of year where Joe and I get to go on our annual date. Ok, we have a date more than once a year but this is one is the most looked forward to. It was terribly windy and by the end of the date my hair and mouth were just full of dirt. Grodey but still fun.

Normally we have a plan and see almost the same people and same shows every year, but this year it was nice to watch almost all new shows and talents. This guy for example is the whipmaster Adam Crack. AMaZinG!

He had a chainmail bullwhip and sliced a soda can in half. I was totally okay with this due to the fact that it was a diet Pepsi. blehch.

These guys were sitting on the lawn. They were pretty entertaining to watch.

Oh, and then Mr. Crack "whipped" out is 15+ foot whip and cracked a rose out of Esmerelda's mouth. I highly recommend looking at these pictures in enlarged form, Here the whip is on the way.

And here you can see the whip slowly going to the ground right after the rose pretty much exploded.

And lastly what would a show be without a whip that is on fire?

Good news, we didn't have to leave the area for the next show. Time for the bird show where large birds are put on display. It was so windy the poor critters mostly stayed on the ground and every time they tried to fly or perform, the wind would blow them off course.

A pretty lady and her Eagle Owl.

This bird was gorgeous and is a type of buzzard. Sadly I didn't here what kind.

Very happy bird to receive his treat.

This silly Scotsman decided it would be a good idea to take away this vulture's chicken bone. The vulture decided it was a good time to chase the Scotsman until he got his bone back.

This is Franko the Hypnotist. He succeeded in hypnotizing a large group of people on stage as well several sitting in the audience. I thought it would be alright to do what he was saying while he was hypnotizing everyone. As I started to go under, it kind of freaked me out, so I shook myself up so I wouldn't be under his "spell."

Here are our volunteers completely out.

Now the group is convinced that they are really hot and needed to fan themselves to cool off.

This poor girl was told that every time she heard the word hypnotized she would believe the guy sitting next to her had pinched her butt. The guy next to her believed that he had pinched her butt and giggled in pride whenever the girl got mad at him. Later Franko convinced a man that he was pregnant and in labor. Sorry no pics of that one. I was laughing too hard to remember to use the camera.

Ahhhhh Dextre Tripp, why do you think it is intelligent to duct tape fire crackers to your body while standing on a free standing ladder?

Uhmmmm why would it be even more intelligent to light those firecrackers on fire?

And even better, why would you cool yourself off by having audience members throw 200 waterballoons at you? Sadly I did not understand this show.

Sorry Sorry, I should not have complained about Dextre Tripp's act. I will improve my morale.

Look it is the broom from Fantasia's Sorcerer's Apprentice.

Me and one of my favorite people, Don Juan.

Here are my other two favorite people, Joe and Miguel.

Don Juan and Migel are by far my favorite entertainers at the Ren Fair. Not to mention I got to see my favorite show they do where Migel plays the Queen of Spain and shows here lovely endowed "Baloobies."