A change of plans = a new adventure

We were planning on going to see friends in Akron Colorado on Saturday but they were ill.  We found the Boulder Art Festival instead.  It was a lot of fun.  In the past we talked about trying to show there, now that we have seen it I think we will consider it next year.

This booth was Haute Chocolate meets the movie Labyrinth. 

They had face painting - Izabel chose princess eyes, Seamus chose princess eyes too.  I asked the lady if she would do them in green or more like leaves.  We brainstormed and she did a dragon.  Once we told Seamus that he would look like Toothless from How to Train your Dragon he was set.  He loved getting the paint put on and sat perfectly still.  He then loved breathing fire on everyone, every dog and everything we passed.

Seamus gets his face painted.

Izabel refused to pose for anymore pictures.  This is the best I could get. 

The Golden History Museum that is adjacent to the festival had an open house with reenactors, the Colorado Lace Makers Guild, and a blacksmith.  The guild had a woman making a design with human hair like those memorials that you see in history museums. 

Izabel learns how to spin wool.

Seamus checking out his makeup.

On the way out the door we met a new friend.  Honestly, I was rather started at this catipillar crawling across the parking lot.  It is 3 inches long and strong enough that it can moove around some rocks.  We looked it up it is a virginia creeper shynx moth.  Those moths are as big as a hummingbird; we used to get them in Brush in our morning glories.