I just finished performing 2 weekends at the Canterbury Renaissance Faire in Silverton OR. Its my most lucrative event of the year and its a really special faire because its the first faire I performed at many many years ago and the proprietress and her family do such a good job running it. In my experience the best faires are those owned by an individual or a family or 2 close friends. Faires that have a board tend to get very dramatic and stressful more often.
Continuing to enjoy my frequent river swim playtimes, so many wonderful and free river accesspoints around, including but not limited to: Riverside Park (Clackamas), Elk Rock Island (Milwaukie), Swiftshore Park (West Linn), and George Rogers Park (in Lake Oswego on the Willamette). A few days ago my husband and our friend and I went swimming at Elk Rock and on the hiking trail we found a cherryplum tree fruiting, we each tried a cherryplum and it was the best cherry I've ever had, I'm not a huge fan of cherries generally, so I guess being more like a plum made it tastier.
Speaking of plums I harvested ornamental plums recently from the tree across the street from my father's house, my favourite plum variety they're sweet and sour and little and tasty, best harvested in early to mid July, earlier for more sour, later for sweeter. I've come across a lot of people around here who don't realize that these mini plums are edible. I've loved them since I was a kid, plus they have very special and treasured memories attached to them for me.
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