But
life is never a material, a substance to be molded. If you want to know, life
is the principle of self-renewal, it is constantly renewing and remaking and
changing and transfiguring itself, it is infinitely beyond your or my obtuse
theories about it.
Boris
Pasternak
It’s that time of the year
again!
Leaves turn color and fall to
the ground.
The days grow longer.
The oncoming crispness in the
air can almost be felt.
Perryn is the Mayor of Mieville
inworld and impresario extraordinaire for all that happens there. His merry band helps him in all his
adventures and there’re a lot of those to be had!
The reason for the call is the
Renaissance Faire which takes place every autumn in SL. This year is the seventh event and it
promises to be the best ever!
(Significant Other is curious where Perryn gets all his ideas from. I attribute it to natural talent.)
Renaissance Hunt & Faire
VII, to use its full title, is celebration of the Renaissance inworld (Why the
Renaissance you may ask? Well, it was
certainly more fun than the Dark
Ages and Perryn would tell you its costumes
were more colorful.) and the SL community.
Merchants bring their Renaissance themed merchandise and SL residents
come from near and far to participate in the all the fun ‘n frolic.
This year’s theme is Kings, Queens, & Fools!
The venue for this year’s
Faire has been totally redone.
And, when Perryn and his crew
redo something, they really redo it!
The Faire occupies a full sim
and takes full advantage of the all the new allowed prims.
The new landing zone is in the
middle of town. From here, a visitor can
meander through its streets and wander off into the countryside and down to the
sea shore. Hills, dales, and mountains
await the intrepid explorer. Lush forests and meadows break up one’s walk. Waterfalls, brooks, and streams add a
peaceful serenity.
The landscaping alone is worth
a visit to this year’s Faire and It’s all the handowork of Mike Olbracht,
Perryn’s SL partner. I must stop here
and call out his work. Mike worked for
weeks to create the natural settings for the Faire and he has outdone himself! (Perryn and
Mieville have a knack for
attracting some of the best talent inworld.)
Mike’s trademark inclusion of natural wildlife in on display throughout
the Faire and trust me, you can’t miss them!
(Like my old friend, Donkey!)
BTW
Mike is available for private assignments when he’s not working in Mieville
somewhere.
Anyone thinking of doing any
landscaping or terraforming inworld should definitely look him up!
Several other Faire
participants whom I’d like to call out follow with their acheivements.
Miss DragonLady Majestic, an
old friend of Perryn’s, is giving away dragons which you might see some flying
about down by the harbor!
The popular Rennie dances by
Miss Cyneswith
Luik,
who isn't inworld as much since her lovely, little Real Life (RL) daughter was
born, are back again.
Ktahdn Vesuvino's
area, the Faire’s DJ has a spot and he'll have Music Nights there on Sunday
evenings, during September.
Artorius Constantine is
the brilliant designer of the Tarot reader in the Gypsy camp (my favorite
spot). He has male and female ones. They are amazing fun!
One of this year’s new
attractions to the Faire is a mini-hunt based on acorns which disappear and
reappear elsewhere at the Faire. This
has been designed by Tailahr
Winnikow, who is brilliant with this type of work. Regular visitors may recall her Great Pumpkin
patch from Halloween a few years ago. When
players have accumulated enough points by clicking acorns, they click a sign
and it gives them all of the prizes.
(Where’s the sign? Come on now, I
can’t give away all Perryn’s secrets!)
Sadly, we remember a member of
the Mieville community who passed away in RL since the last Renaissance
Faire.
Kaydge
(better known as Kage), partner of Seth Stratten, made
and donated a whole slew of buildings to use at the Renaissance Faire. They are located down at the harbor. He
died in RL not long ago, in his late forties,
far too young.
His buildings and the
harbor are named after him, the Kage Memorial Harbour.
Rest well old Friend and thank
you for all your work and friendship over the years! Your creations will stand in memory to
you!
As always, Renaissance Faire is
lots of fun!
Another new addition this year
is jumping in the leaves! (Significant
Other’s eyes roll.)
Apple bobbing is available
too!
Fortunes will be told at the
Gypsy camp which looks a lot bigger this year.
I think wandering inworld is becoming more popular!
There will be music and
dancing not to mention a tavern with a barmaid who serves your drinks! (Please remember not to touch her and to tip
well!)
The Maypole and tree house are
back as well.
And, of course, there will be
gachas!
Renaissance Faire VII runs
from September 1st to 30th and can be found here.
Additional information can be
found on their website.
I encourage everyone who can
to drop by and visit the Faire!
Whether it’s to participate in
the Hunt itself, the mini-hunt, join the revelry, or just
appreciate the
beautiful scenery, don’t this miss this opportunity to meet a great group of
people and have some fun as autumn draws near.
Renaissance Faire is fun and
challenging, come on down!
Additional pictures of
Renaissance Faire VII can be found on this flicker
page.
As always, I’m grateful to all
inworld for their kindness and time in stopping to talk with a stranger who was
passing through their lives.
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Ghostraven.
Open roads
and kind fires!