It's 40 degree's out right now and raining at 5am. It is expected to rain all day and not get in the high 50's for opening day. I've been to faire with weather just like that and I did not enjoy it as I was wet and cold all day long.I think we will be missing opening day this year. I guess I'm not as die-hard as some. We taked of not goiing in garb but it's not the same and I'm not into wearing my warmest dress in mud all day long especially when it's up hill all day long.
I hope those that went had fun. better yet I hope that pstpone opening day 1 week.As tomorrow is going to be the same and we already had plans for Sunday.
My thoughts to those who work there and have to be in the cold rain. I really don't think crowds will be heavy.
Sorry to hear that, for your sake. My last day at faire this year, it was dry and mid-90s...your weather actually sounds pretty good in comparison.
There is no bad Faire weather; only unsuitable clothing!
Well CRAP, this is not how I wanted today to be. I got up and went to herd up all my mega pixies and they are all cowering in the corner saying they can't see very well.... I am sitting here trying to decide, since I am only going to two faire's this year, if today is really the day to go now. Looking at it from a photog's point of view this is not a great day overall. I personally couldn't care less about rain or anything else but after going to the Scottish Festival last year and having it rain most of the afternoon (pictures were not great which is why I haven't even posted any of them yet) I am not sure.
Well at this rate I am sure my wife and I won't be there at opening cannon since she has been exhausted this week and today is one day she can sleep in. I am old enough to know that if momma aint happy nobody's happy ;D.
I am waiting to hear from a guy I know in the Springs to see if it looks any better down there or not.
Just sucks is all and I am really looking forward to meeting Lady de Laney also.
Like Merlin said after closing day at Scarby, rain and 50 degrees sounds pretty darn good. But hey each to his own. Hope you guys make it out soon.
Quote from: Baron on June 12, 2010, 07:49:15 AM
There is no bad Faire weather; only unsuitable clothing!
Freezing ones toosh off is NOT Fun. While I love rain and walking it it, I don't like it when it's near 40 degree's out. I and Toki have both camped in rain and it's not fun.
Oh we could come in mundanes but no fun. And being a Photog... Bad day for photos like Skip said. besides Skip IF you go we can hook up out sde of faire. Heck we are neighbors which partner makes us kin :)
Hopefully it's a sign that your season will be like St. Louis's...we started off with a cold wet rainy opening weekend, but ended up with a few PERFECT faire days and a record season for attendance. I'll be hoping that is how your season goes: More perfect days than bad and record attendance!!! (I say go for it...the shared "misery" makes for good, cozy company ;) )
As much as Toki and REALLY Wanted to go to opening day we may not be able to go every Saturday this year like last.
Toki works 20 hours a week if even that on a good week and I am not working at all. Financially speaking we have to justify the money we spend and while faire is entertainment, we both agree that if we cannot go every weekend we want to make the weekends we do go the best we can. With $19.00 (Except with the BOGO free deal on three weekends) And the gas to travel 1.5 hours adds up to a bill or two that can be paid.
So if we are going to go to faire the weather needs to be good so we can make it the best experience we can.
Also as a photographer the lighting is not the best for shooting and I want to see garb not mundanes and nothing but bundled up people in cloaks.
And OH look a heavy rain cloud on the doppler is over Larkspur.
Enjoy the day those that go and stay warm
days like this are always good for piratey outfits! boots, leggings, shirt, gloves and a nice warm coat or cloak! easy to wear thermals under if necessary. everything ya have on is pretty much washable and ya can have the 'devil may care' attitude. :)
we get that deep in your bones wet and cold weather toward the end of the trf run sometimes and that is what i like to wear. :)
Sad not to see you guys at Faire today, but probably a good choice. It was wet, cold, and windy, and wet, and cold, and wet, and windy. And yet, I still managed to get sunburned....Huh?
We were there for opening, but did not tough it out until closing. The boys wimped out around 5pm. Not that I really blame them. I just had better clothes for the weather. However, I think I have about 5 inches of wet on the bottom of the skirt. Shoes soaked through, socks full on mud.
So, yeah, Save the fun for a day with better lighting. :D
Thanks Tanda for the validation. We thought all day of you brave souls that went or worked. I've been to the faire as I stated above when it was wet, windy, and cold and it was miserable. I bought a Half-Moon jacket that year just to stay warm. Toki now has it. It kept the rain off and the wind and kept me warm. But my feet were still frozen.
Hopefully next week will be better.
Might that have something to do with sticking your boy in a miniskirt?
I too left early, around 4. I had enough layers to keep me warm, but despite multiple coats of oil and wax treatments, my boots are simply not designed for the Wet. It gets in around the stitching. Wet cold bear feet do not make for fun times.
Quote from: Amyj on June 12, 2010, 10:18:41 AM
Hopefully it's a sign that your season will be like St. Louis's...we started off with a cold wet rainy opening weekend, but ended up with a few PERFECT faire days and a record season for attendance. I'll be hoping that is how your season goes: More perfect days than bad and record attendance!!! (I say go for it...the shared "misery" makes for good, cozy company ;) )
A Hoggetowne rennie reporting in: the same was to be said of our weather opening day and THEN we had to deal with SuperBowl Sunday the next weekend, but other than being a little chilly the faire days beyond the first were perfect faire days with record attendance (even during SuperBowl Sunday). So, I'll keep my fingers crossed for you. Got some friends with ties to Colorado, so my best to you all for a fun, safe, wonderful-picture-taking season!
As disappointed as I was not to be there on opening day I am glad I decided not to go. I love the faire but my first priority is taking pictures and this weekend is not the one for that. It's not that I can't take pics in this kind of lighting or weather but its more that all of you will be covered up, hair soaked and generally not looking your usual fantastic selves. So will have to put this off for a couple of weeks since I have a wedding to shoot next weekend.
Still am looking very forward meeting all of you in person and Lady de Laney I will get with you and maybe we can have coffee between now and then and discuss pixie hearding!!!!
Hope everyone enjoys the rest of their weekend and the next two weeks as well.
Skip
aka Master ??????? Da Vinci
who was so fascinated by his older brothers invention that he became a pixie herder!!! (we'll go with this for now)
in spite of the cooooold & weeeet weather.... it was a good weekend with many bright spots and heartwarming moments. found myself proud of all the participants for working through it. can't wait to do it in the sun.
It was a pretty miserable weekend for those of us who had to stand in one place all day...all the people telling us "it was so hot this weekend, quit moaning and groaning, 50 sounds great" would not have said so if you had to be in one location all day. Wandering the faire was not so bad, for the 30 minutes I got to do it. Back in the booth was just plain cold. Being damp and cold all day is not conducive to a good day at faire, decent tips or good health. I would have gladly traded the 90 degrees.
Quote from: Zoë on June 14, 2010, 10:56:36 AM
It was a pretty miserable weekend for those of us who had to stand in one place all day...all the people telling us "it was so hot this weekend, quit moaning and groaning, 50 sounds great" would not have said so if you had to be in one location all day. Wandering the faire was not so bad, for the 30 minutes I got to do it. Back in the booth was just plain cold. Being damp and cold all day is not conducive to a good day at faire, decent tips or good health. I would have gladly traded the 90 degrees.
And that was the trick, to keep moving. felt was sorry for the people trapped in place. Keegan was about to die. and I felt more energy drained then a hot day..... but I still wouldn't have missed it for the world. and little Elijah absolutely refused to even consider leaving, or going to the car or camp.... he was all about playing.
I am not happy about missing opening day (would have been my first) but alas such is the life of a pixie herder. There are just sometimes that you have to stay home and take care of the little buggers - big wooses. (ok I know I really butchered the spelling of that!!!)
Skip
Now leaning toward Calvo Di Vinci
Calvo Di Vinci il mandriano del pixie
(now we'll see who comes up with the translation to that)
Quote from: Skip on June 14, 2010, 11:11:00 AM
I am not happy about missing opening day (would have been my first) but alas such is the life of a pixie herder. There are just sometimes that you have to stay home and take care of the little buggers - big wooses. (ok I know I really butchered the spelling of that!!!)
Skip
Now leaning toward Calvo Di Vinci
Calvo Di Vinci il mandriano del pixie
(now we'll see who comes up with the translation to that)
Well lets See
Calvo is Spanish for Bald... il mandriano del pixie is Italian for the drover's pixie
We were there both days! It was cold and wet and .... fun! I ended up leaving really early (had a tummy bug hit me and dealing with that in a corset was not going to happen!)
We went back yesterday for a bit. It was a little warmer at times. There was one point, right after the Barely Balanced act, we were standing near the Royal Pavilion and the sun came out. It was so cool to hear the "Huzzahs" and such travel like a giant wave through the faire! About 3 p.m., my feet were becoming numb, even with 2 pairs of socks on under my boots, so we left.
The crowds were rather small both days, but it made it easier to stop and talk to the shopkeepers for a few minutes!
Hopefully this next weekend, I will get to see a few more!
The weather is predicted to be mid-high 80's this weekend!
It really was amazing to hear the waves of cheers that came up when the clouds broke yesterday. The steam coming off all the buildings and cloaks (!) was nifty too. Too bad it got cloudy again.
Working a booth was tough, but we all proved we could do it! :D
Running around Sunday was fun as long as it wasn't raining. It was the rain that made it all sorta miserable. :)
But yes! Next weekend should be much, much better!
The rain didn't really put a damper on my fun and even though i didn't pull out my camera much on sunday i did take like 130 pics on saturday. Got to love ziplok freezer bags to keep the camera from getting wet when not being used and only bringing it out when there is no rain.
Quote from: Lady de Laney on June 14, 2010, 11:29:07 AM
Quote from: Skip on June 14, 2010, 11:11:00 AM
I am not happy about missing opening day (would have been my first) but alas such is the life of a pixie herder. There are just sometimes that you have to stay home and take care of the little buggers - big wooses. (ok I know I really butchered the spelling of that!!!)
Skip
Now leaning toward Calvo Di Vinci
Calvo Di Vinci il mandriano del pixie
(now we'll see who comes up with the translation to that)
Well lets See
Calvo is Spanish for Bald... il mandriano del pixie is Italian for the drover's pixie
Should have known you would get that (slightly different from my interpretation ).
I came up with (the)
bald Da Vinci the pixie herder
Working and staying down there this weekend was not good unless you were staying somewhere with heat.
Sitting in the booth did not help, and even though we had some space, with my ankles I couldn't pace to keep moving.
Got to chilled after staying there friday night and saturday day, so had to recruit a friend to drive me home Saturday night. I just could not get warm.
Definitly one of the worst Faire weekends I have had.
I was glad to see those of you I did see though.
Sometimes it's not about being stubborn, or hard core, or working the faire and having to be there. It's about bringing - or finding - your own rays of sunshine, drawing on that joy (if not heat).
Yes, I was miserable and cold for the most part, but there were things that made it worth it. Hearing that massive collective cheer pass across the grounds was a magic moment. Teaching Girl Scouts about the Renaissance and all the bits and details was also up there. They were obviously cold, if mostly dry, but they still had a WONDERFUL time.
Quote from: Blushing on June 14, 2010, 04:00:47 PM
Sometimes it's not about being stubborn, or hard core, or working the faire and having to be there. It's about bringing - or finding - your own rays of sunshine, drawing on that joy (if not heat).
That is SO true!
I really tried to keep all my girls warm! They rocked it even though it was freaking cold! It was a bright side that it was a slow weekend because my sitter broke down in Texas so Little Bit had to hang out in the shop, and the girls would take turns going on walks with him. He even tried his hand at hawking, it was the funniest thing ever with him sitting on the bench in his pirate outfit yelling " Flowers!!"
And you nailed it Blushing!
It was much colder standing in one place... I kept finding excuses to go to the bathroom just so I could walk about... Had another confirmation in the good faith of people as I left my wallet in the bathroom and a stranger returned it to me with everything inside.... Huzzah to the goodness of strangers! As a vendor the days stunk... but I got to talk to lots more people than I usually do so there's my silver and gold lining. I knew they were in there somewhere.
Saturday the 12th was a smiling day for us despite the cold - but my friend and I are largely of the "any day at renfest is a good day" mentality.
My hat is definitely off to the cast and vendors, all giving 100% through that brutal weather. Well . . . the hat is figuratively off. You couldn't have paid me enough to go around bare-headed on Saturday. Great job, y'all!
Here's to sunny weather and sunnier prospects for the coming weekend . . .
It was wonderful meeting you...was that Saturday? Hope to see you again. :)
Rosemundi, It was great meeting you and your friend. I felt sorry for her when she was trying to show off her tattoo in that weather. Hope to see both of you again in better weather.
Looks like good weather for you folks this weekend, though a little warm, perhaps. Wish I was there instead of here.
Nah... this is typicaly Colorado Summer weather. Hot but not as hot as Texas or Arizona. And not even close to as humid.