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October 17, 2005
The Happiest Day of the Year
And it ain't Christmas, people.
Ah, Rhinbeck. I so love going to the NY Sheep and Wool Festival! It was just as fantastic this year as last! And despite those billowy dark clouds on the drive up, by 11am, we had blue skies and warm sun!
The Scissor Squad contingent met up at 8am and - of course- it took us until 8:30 to get on the road! In all, we had moi, Eva, Mary, Annie, Christine, Edie and Anne in two carloads and on our way! The Taconic Parkway was flooded out for an exit so we had a little excitement in the form of a detour (causing me to get G-R-U-M-P-Y! Nothing stands between me and Rhinebeck!) but quickly enough we were back on our way.
Then we saw a dog running loose on the highway (YIKES!), so we stopped to try to call him over. He must have been on a mission from God or something cuz he didn't even blink. But, we did try to get the police to come over and pick the little guy up. And once again, we were on our way!
All in all - with two delays - we were only about 30 minutes later than we were shooting for. We parked our cars and then giddily - okay, well, Eva and I in particular were incredibly giddy - skipped in the rain up to the ticket booth with big toothy grins. Wheeeee!
Here are some highlights from our fantabulous day at the festival:
Eva chatting with some llamas.
Some wicked nice wool. Hee!
Mary having a ball tasting some pickles! (her favorite activity of the day)
My friend the alpaca. I wanted to take this guy home and name him Ringo.
My friend the llama.
A picture that I should have gotten but totally spaced would have captured my favorite moment of the day! I got to meet Sylvia Jorrin of Sylvia's Farm fame! I am reading her book right now and was talking her up just that morning to the gals on our drive up to Rhinebeck. I couldn't believe it, but I saw a poster for the book and looked to the left and there she was standing right next to the picture of herself! She is the nicest woman - it was so great to meet her! I told her how much I was loving her book and she was so sweet and humble. She couldn't believe that I knew who she was. I told her that her book is well known amongst the knit/spin blogs and she was totally tickled! Needless to say, that little meeting put a smile on my face for the rest of the day. :)
After a full day of petting and shopping and eating and drinking, we headed over to Morehouse Merino for the wine and cheese and to meet up with the Spiders crew. I had never before visited this shop and I loved it. It's warm and lovely - I can't wait to make another visit.
They even have a backyard with a rushing stream and all! The perfect place to enjoy a glass of wine and relax after a long day. Why, we even had a little scissorina photo shoot!
Here we see Mary. Her turn ons include pickled items, hideously ugly home decor and stabbing wool with sharp needles. Her turn offs include chinese water torture and things that are dumb.
Ah, the ever obiquitous Eva! This lady's turn ons include fox pelts, crawling naked in the woods and big knives. Turn offs? Republicans and nuclear waste.
Indoors was just as gorgeous.
Where's Annie? (She HATES getting her picture taken, but I snapped this while she was unawares. She's in there somewhere) Someday you'll thank me! You need to have some pictures that you actually appear in!
Here's Sandra and Joy saying cheese, pretty as they please.
Me and Mama Wong (can you see tiny Baby Wong? He/She is just a wee little bump!)
What a day! This was fucking fantastic. I loved Maryland because it was HUGE and it was my first time meeting the Lovely Ladies - but Rhinebeck holds a special place in my heart. There's a feeling of community throughout. I chatted it up with various farmers, spinners, dog rescuers... Just like last year, I felt that I left with so much more knowledge than when I arrived! And I couldn't ask for better companions! We Scissorinas split up and met up a number of times - it was so fun to see a few of them occasionally and check back in on what cool stuff we found and who we had talked to.
And Mary and Eva and I have decided that whenever the three of us are out and about like we were on Saturday, we should really have a camera crew just follow us around for a day. We get into the most ridiculous situations and get out of control silly. I love those gals. I'm seriously so lucky that one of them is my sister! Right? Too cool.
Perfect, perfect day. I'll flash my new stash tomorrow......
PS: We missed you Christine!!!
Posted by Sarah at October 17, 2005 1:36 PM
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Comments
How I missed you, I don't know. I remember seeing Sandra and Joy around the fairgrounds!
Posted by: Gina at October 18, 2005 12:16 PM