Adventures of a Professional Bird Enthusiast

Sunday, September 21, 2008

Life as a Hedge Knight


The Shrewsbury Faire, Oregon's most extravagant Rennaisance Faire, was a festive gathering featuring medieval costumery, jugglers, and jousters. It was also a great excuse to grow another chia sproutfit.

These kids had a hundred questions about how I grow sproutfits....and why. Tea Leaf leis supplied by my mother and sister in Hawaii added that extra something to the costume.

A woman in late medieval garb telling me she has never seen anything so green and bushy.
I encountered this mild-mannered woodsman on a forest trail as I made my way toward the tournament joust.
Do you know how many Chia Pets I had to kill to make this costume? Frequent watering is required to keep the sprouts perky in direct sunlight. I was sadly withered by the end of the day. But by then I had proved my point...whatever that point may have been.



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