Sunday, August 7, 2011

never-ending story


the recurring conversation of the festival .....



random festival goer: "what ARE you doing?"

me: "I'm binding a very very VERY loooooooong book"

rfg: "so how long does it take?"

me: "well I started making this in June, I manage to bind about this much in one hour" (pointing to about a 10cm segment of the long book)

rfg: "oh goodness... don't your fingers/arms/ back/ neck (insert other random body part here) hurt?"

me: (slightly pained expression) "oh no I can do this for hours....."

rfg: "what's it going to be when you are finished?"

me: "well strangely enough it's going to be a very very VERY looooong book"

rfg: (offering a perplexed yet sympathetic look) "but WHY?"

me: "ahhh you've asked the vital question"

(to be continued)



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big top afternoon


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late afternoon... 
the last gasp of the festival


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the gathering storm


clouds are building overhead
oooo the tension! the suspense!
will it or won't it
(rain that is)
so far it's been absolutely glorious
let's see if we can get to the festival end before any rainy weather sets in....



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the weather man




gathering clouds - but no rain
makes for a very happy festival crowd



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(not so) happy!



happy dog

happy was the inspiration for
the 'snow white and the seven festival dwarfs'
photo portrait series 

he's not so happy here
as he has been relegated to car sitting duty

sad happy dog


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sneezy (breezy!)



aka Rod
the volunteer with the mostest


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grumpy (so not!!!)



aka the ever lovely, ever cheery Gabby

from the Collins crew


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sleepy (or at least they should be)



aka the Collins crew


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snow white (definitely not dopey!)



 aka site-sidekick Tracey



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bashful



aka sign man Ralph


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