Merry Meet!

Bonz Blogz: Virginia Renaissance Faire

Sun, 20 Jun 2010 21:56:46 -0400

Bonz Blogz: Virginia Renaissance Faire:

A blog with a few nice pics from Pirate Weekend!

More of a 'share' than ask but found some more rather good VARF pics, owner ok'd sharing them with everyone: http://www.flickr.com/photos/24534038@N03/ Enjoy!

-V aka Mistress Cunningham

Thu, 03 Jun 2010 12:33:24 -0400

That’s great! Thanks for the link! :D

Top 10 Things to Do with Kids in Washington, DC, This Weekend: June 4 - 6, 2010

Thu, 03 Jun 2010 12:19:30 -0400

Top 10 Things to Do with Kids in Washington, DC, This Weekend: June 4 - 6, 2010:

We made the top 10 list, despite not even being in DC!

Pirate History

Thu, 03 Jun 2010 10:47:13 -0400

Pirate History:

Need to brush up your piratical knowledge? This is a great site with biographies of fascinating pirates you’ve probably never even heard of!

Arrrrrrrre ye ready for pirate weekend?

Thu, 03 Jun 2010 10:46:22 -0400

Here are some quotes to get you in the mood!

“Merchant and pirate were for a long period one and the same person. Even today mercantile morality is really nothing but a refinement of piratical morality.”

—Friederich Nietzsche

“Now and then we had a hope that if we lived and were good, God would permit us to be pirates.”

—Mark Twain

“It is when pirates count their booty that they become mere thieves.”

—William Bolitho

“Where there is a sea, there are pirates.”

—Greek proverb

“Pirates can happen to anyone.”

—Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead

VARF 2010 - a set on Flickr

Wed, 02 Jun 2010 23:17:37 -0400

VARF 2010 - a set on Flickr

Little Reviews: Poem for Wednesday and Renfaire Fun

Wed, 02 Jun 2010 13:09:20 -0400

Little Reviews: Poem for Wednesday and Renfaire Fun:

Different blog, same person, different photos!

littlereview: Poem for Memorial Day and Virginia Renfaire

Wed, 02 Jun 2010 13:08:45 -0400

littlereview: Poem for Memorial Day and Virginia Renfaire:

An LJ user posts some pics from Memorial Day weekend

Virginia Renaissance Faire honors military

Fri, 28 May 2010 22:39:34 -0400

Virginia Renaissance Faire honors military:

A nice mention from dcmilitary.com

"If we are mark’d to die, we are enow To do our country loss; and if to live, The fewer..."

Fri, 28 May 2010 10:44:42 -0400

“If we are mark’d to die, we are enow
To do our country loss; and if to live,
The fewer men, the greater share of honour.
God’s will! I pray thee, wish not one man more.
By Jove, I am not covetous for gold,
Nor care I who doth feed upon my cost;
It yearns me not if men my garments wear;
Such outward things dwell not in my desires.
But if it be a sin to covet honour,
I am the most offending soul alive.
No, faith, my coz, wish not a man from England.
God’s peace! I would not lose so great an honour
As one man more methinks would share from me
For the best hope I have. O, do not wish one more!
Rather proclaim it, Westmoreland, through my host,
That he which hath no stomach to this fight,
Let him depart; his passport shall be made,
And crowns for convoy put into his purse;
We would not die in that man’s company
That fears his fellowship to die with us.
This day is call’d the feast of Crispian.
He that outlives this day, and comes safe home,
Will stand a tip-toe when this day is nam’d,
And rouse him at the name of Crispian.
He that shall live this day, and see old age,
Will yearly on the vigil feast his neighbours,
And say ‘To-morrow is Saint Crispian.’
Then will he strip his sleeve and show his scars,
And say ‘These wounds I had on Crispian’s day.’
Old men forget; yet all shall be forgot,
But he’ll remember, with advantages,
What feats he did that day. Then shall our names,
Familiar in his mouth as household words-
Harry the King, Bedford and Exeter,
Warwick and Talbot, Salisbury and Gloucester-
Be in their flowing cups freshly rememb’red.
This story shall the good man teach his son;
And Crispin Crispian shall ne’er go by,
From this day to the ending of the world,
But we in it shall be remembered-
We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
For he to-day that sheds his blood with me
Shall be my brother; be he ne’er so vile,
This day shall gentle his condition;
And gentlemen in England now-a-bed
Shall think themselves accurs’d they were not here,
And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks
That fought with us upon Saint Crispin’s day.”

- King Henry, in William Shakespeare’s Henry V

A great video of one of the Staffordshire Musicians...

Fri, 28 May 2010 10:40:00 -0400

A great video of one of the Staffordshire Musicians performing!

Jonathan Mac Kilcullen - Virginia Renaissance Faire (via ragc1406)

"My loving people, We have been persuaded by some that are careful of our safety, to take heed how we..."

Thu, 27 May 2010 12:01:50 -0400

“My loving people,
We have been persuaded by some that are careful of our safety, to take heed how we commit our selves to armed multitudes, for fear of treachery; but I assure you I do not desire to live to distrust my faithful and loving people. Let tyrants fear, I have always so behaved myself that, under God, I have placed my chiefest strength and safeguard in the loyal hearts and good-will of my subjects; and therefore I am come amongst you, as you see, at this time, not for my recreation and disport, but being resolved, in the midst and heat of the battle, to live and die amongst you all; to lay down for my God, and for my kingdom, and my people, my honour and my blood, even in the dust. I know I have the body but of a weak and feeble woman; but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too, and think foul scorn that Parma or Spain, or any prince of Europe, should dare to invade the borders of my realm; to which rather than any dishonour shall grow by me, I myself will take up arms, I myself will be your general, judge, and rewarder of every one of your virtues in the field. I know already, for your forwardness you have deserved rewards and crowns; and We do assure you in the word of a prince, they shall be duly paid you. In the mean time, my lieutenant general2 shall be in my stead, than whom never prince commanded a more noble or worthy subject; not doubting but by your obedience to my general, by your concord in the camp, and your valour in the field, we shall shortly have a famous victory over those enemies of my God, of my kingdom, and of my people.”

- Queen Elizabeth, to the troops at Tilbury, 1588

"Our conquering swords shall marshal us the way We use to march upon the slaughtered foe, Trampling..."

Wed, 26 May 2010 11:23:38 -0400

“Our conquering swords shall marshal us the way
We use to march upon the slaughtered foe,
Trampling their bowels with our horses’ hoofs —
Brave horses, bred on the white Tartarian hills.
My camp is like to Julius Caesar’s host,
That never fought but had the victory;
Nor in Pharsalia was there such hot war
As these my followers willingly would have.
Legions of spirits fleeting in the air,
Direct our bullets and our weapons’ points,
And make our strokes to wound the senseless air;
And when she sees our bloody colours spread,
Then Victory begins to take her flight,
Resting herself upon my milk-white tent.
But come, my lords, to weapons let us fall!
The field is ours, the Turk, his wife, and all.”

- Tamburlaine, in Christopher Marlowe’s Tamburlaine the Great, Pt 1

The Virginia Renaissance Faire 2010 is here!

Tue, 25 May 2010 21:29:15 -0400

The Virginia Renaissance Faire 2010 is here!:

A nice mention from the Children’s Events of Northern Virginia blog. :)

"O, pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth, That I am meek and gentle with these butchers! Thou art..."

Tue, 25 May 2010 14:36:27 -0400

“O, pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth,
That I am meek and gentle with these butchers!
Thou art the ruins of the noblest man
That ever lived in the tide of times.
Woe to the hand that shed this costly blood!
Over thy wounds now do I prophesy,—
Which, like dumb mouths, do ope their ruby lips,
To beg the voice and utterance of my tongue—
A curse shall light upon the limbs of men;
Domestic fury and fierce civil strife
Shall cumber all the parts of Italy;
Blood and destruction shall be so in use
And dreadful objects so familiar
That mothers shall but smile when they behold
Their infants quarter’d with the hands of war;
All pity choked with custom of fell deeds:
And Caesar’s spirit, ranging for revenge,
With Ate by his side come hot from hell,
Shall in these confines with a monarch’s voice
Cry ‘Havoc,’ and let slip the dogs of war;
That this foul deed shall smell above the earth
With carrion men, groaning for burial.”

- Antony, to Caesar’s corpse, in William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar

abandonedplaces: 1st Post - VA Renaissance Fair

Mon, 24 May 2010 15:19:00 -0400

abandonedplaces: 1st Post - VA Renaissance Fair:

New pics from the old VRF site — it’s been eleven years now, and you can really see how much nature is reclaiming the territory.

"All furnish’d, all in arms; All plumed like estridges that with the wind Baited like eagles..."

Mon, 24 May 2010 14:52:22 -0400

“All furnish’d, all in arms;
All plumed like estridges that with the wind
Baited like eagles having lately bathed;
Glittering in golden coats, like images;
As full of spirit as the month of May,
And gorgeous as the sun at midsummer;
Wanton as youthful goats, wild as young bulls.
I saw young Harry, with his beaver on,
His cuisses on his thighs, gallantly arm’d
Rise from the ground like feather’d Mercury,
And vaulted with such ease into his seat,
As if an angel dropp’d down from the clouds,
To turn and wind a fiery Pegasus
And witch the world with noble horsemanship.”

- Vernon, describing Prince Hal, in William Shakespeare’s 1 Henry IV

Spiral-Bound Sketches

Sun, 23 May 2010 20:58:04 -0400

Spiral-Bound Sketches:

One of our vendors keeps a blog — go check her out! This post has some pics of her gorgeous wares!

A Midsummer Night's Dream Weekend

Fri, 21 May 2010 15:50:44 -0400

As you may have guessed from my quote earlier this week, our theme this weekend is A Midsummer Night’s Dream — Shakespeare and fantasy! Our faire is always family-friendly, but this would be a great weekend to bring your little fairies by! Hope to see you there!

"I know a bank where the wild thyme blows, Where oxlips and the nodding violet grows, Quite..."

Wed, 19 May 2010 11:02:27 -0400

“I know a bank where the wild thyme blows,
Where oxlips and the nodding violet grows,
Quite over-canopied with luscious woodbine,
With sweet musk-roses and with eglantine:
There sleeps Titania sometime of the night,
Lull’d in these flowers with dances and delight;
And there the snake throws her enamell’d skin,
Weed wide enough to wrap a fairy in.”

- Oberon, in William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Merry Meet!

Bonz Blogz: Virginia Renaissance Faire

More of a 'share' than ask but found some more rather good VARF pics, owner ok'd sharing them with everyone: http://www.flickr.com/photos/24534038@N03/ Enjoy! -V aka Mistress Cunningham

Top 10 Things to Do with Kids in Washington, DC, This Weekend: June 4 - 6, 2010

Pirate History

Arrrrrrrre ye ready for pirate weekend?

VARF 2010 - a set on Flickr

Little Reviews: Poem for Wednesday and Renfaire Fun

littlereview: Poem for Memorial Day and Virginia Renfaire

Virginia Renaissance Faire honors military

"If we are mark’d to die, we are enow To do our country loss; and if to live, The fewer..."

A great video of one of the Staffordshire Musicians...

"My loving people, We have been persuaded by some that are careful of our safety, to take heed how we..."

"Our conquering swords shall marshal us the way We use to march upon the slaughtered foe, Trampling..."

The Virginia Renaissance Faire 2010 is here!

"O, pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth, That I am meek and gentle with these butchers! Thou art..."

abandonedplaces: 1st Post - VA Renaissance Fair

"All furnish’d, all in arms; All plumed like estridges that with the wind Baited like eagles..."

Spiral-Bound Sketches

A Midsummer Night's Dream Weekend

"I know a bank where the wild thyme blows, Where oxlips and the nodding violet grows, Quite..."

More of a 'share' than ask but found some more rather good VARF pics, owner ok'd sharing them with everyone: http://www.flickr.com/photos/24534038@N03/ Enjoy!

-V aka Mistress Cunningham