Day: September 20, 2004

Right before the picture was taken Caroline tried to pull my hat off. More pictures later.

Weather was perfect for the Renfaire yesterday (although admittedly the traffic going both up and back was a horror show.) It was a nice birthday excursion for Ariel and three of her friends, Alyssa, Danica and Noelle.

The costumes Kathleen did up looked great. And I have to say, I began to enjoy all the bowing and scraping from a number of the attendees, including guys who went to one knee and cried out, “King Arthur! My liege!”

Every so often someone would try to be challenging, shouting out things like, “Where are the coconuts?” To which I would reply archly, “Bloody peasants. Come, Patsy.” And I would gallop away with Kathleen right behind me, banging two coconuts together, while Caroline rode in the backpack on Kathleen’s back, wearing a jester hat and clutching a white Monty Python huge-fanged plush bunny.

Best was the bellydancers who hauled me up on stage during their performance and I danced with them while Kathleen discovered that her digital camera was out of memory. And the crowd was shouting “Hail to the king!” and “Long live Arthur!”

Right now I’m sitting here wearing the crown. Feels good.

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