Well, weekend one of the Des Moines Renaissance Faire is over and it was spectacular if a bit warm.  Still I'll take the heat over the humidity (read - torential rains) of last year.

 Maybe our Good King Oberon, was being a little too protective, A bit cooler next weekend, my love.

 As stated earlier, the faerie queen is a bit off these days, if you attended you know that after the Predators of the Sea, yet again interrupt her faeries at play by the river, the queen decides to take matters into her own hands!

 She first hears of the disturbance during the 1230 parade, and is quite put out by it. Soon after the parade she disappears and is not seen again until 1:30. When she reappears atop the Amos's Fabulous Foods ship and calls for her faeries to gather and attend her. She calls her faeries to war, and they decide to attack the pirates...

 If you want to know the rest come join us at the faire, the Faerie Queen is sporting a new look when she reappears and I must say that the reviews of the new costume were all good that I heard.

 If you didn't make it out the first weekend then you have to make it to one or both of the next two. You never know what revelry you will find in the Realm.

 Also, if for no other reason, come see the 2 story "Tree" house dedicated to the memory of our beloved King Oberon and aptly named "King Oberon's Realm". It was decorated, somewhat this weekend, and the decorations will be even more spectacular next weekend I promise!

  Thanks to all our friends who offered their love and support on what could have been a very difficult weekend.