MN Renfest has a surprising amount of animals. Of course, it helps that you're allowed to bring your own dogs. But look pretty much anywhere and you can find some sort of animal, possibly in costume.
We tend to bring Tula at least once each year. She behaves fantastically, also she's period authentic since the MN Renfest takes place during the Italian Renaissance and Tula is a Spinone Italiano.
awww, puppy Tula! Back before she got giant
Onto the animal pics!
Frenchie Puppy! Full of squeee!
shop dog at Beowulf Clothing
Seamus the tortoise
He wears a kilt
cart horse
piglets at the petting zoo
sorry to tell you this, people, but your "irish wolfhound" has some poodle in him
Yay puppies!
the MN herpetological society has a booth every year
War horse rides anyone?
This is Katie
And this is Daisy
If horses don't do it for you, how about elephants?
You can ride them, or camels if you prefer
Tomorrow, my final renfest post, will be about some activities one can partake in as well as a few miscellaneous photos.
The tortoise in the kilt.
ReplyDeleteROTFL! Looks like me after a night of binging.
The choral group I sing with does a renaissance feast program at Christmas. It's a hoot. It's all in period costume with period music. I love it! If I summon up the courage maybe I'll post a pic this year...but then maybe not. I'm pretty camera shy.
ReplyDeleteI don't know who's scarier, the yellow snake or the guy holding it.
ReplyDeleteYay Puppies, yay horses, yay Tula, yay for tortoises in kilts, yay yay yay.
Someday I'll get to a Renfest or Ren Faire. Maybe when Monster Baby is bigger.
OMG! I want a snake so bad!!! Maybe I can convince Sam when we move next year...
ReplyDeleteyou totes should do it! But even better, adopt one instead of purchasing- i'm sure there are plenty of homeless reptiles looking for a home. What would you name him?
ReplyDeleteMan these posts make me miss renfest real bad already
The snakes would give me the heebie geebies, but I loved everything else, especially the kilted tortoise!
ReplyDeleteMost likely Barnabus because I love that name. Or or or!! Obadiah.
ReplyDeleteMaria - HAH! win!
ReplyDeleteMara - oooh you should totes post pics!
Piedmont - Monster Baby would love it! There's so many great things for little girls at them
Hannah - i always wanted a little snake.
Anne - oooh good point. And yeah, me too
Janel - they also have another tortoise, Zelda, who walks around in a fairy costume
Hannah - oooh Barnabus! I thought Obadiah was reserved for tigers?
You're right but when am I ever going to get a tiger?? *sad Bluth walk back to my desk*
ReplyDeleteSeamus is awesome!
ReplyDeleteOh, I picked the perfect day to visit! Look at all that fun and all those cute animals!! :-)
ReplyDeleteLooks like a blast!
ReplyDeleteI'm with Anne/PW--that first snake guy? He's as scary as his evil yellow snake. *shudder*
ReplyDeleteBut how much do I love the kilt wearing tortoise seams!!!?! SO MUCH!
Hannah - well MN is one of the states where you can legally own one, so...
ReplyDeleteHolly - he is indeed!
Shannon - there is indeed much cuteness
Stephanie - it definitely is
Lola - he's so adorable too, just walking around the fest, earning tips for his cuteness
More great pics! I especially loved the horse ones. God I miss my riding lessons.
ReplyDeleteFantastic photos! Looks like so much fun. Thanks for posting!
ReplyDeleteLast time I rode a horse, he bit me.
ReplyDeleteNicole - yeah they're super cute. Makes me want to go riding right now.
ReplyDeleteTalli - thanks! And thanks for stopping by!
Alex - awww. Maybe he thought you tasted sweet
LOL - I loved the tortoise in the kilt!!! Awesome!!! The horses and the elephants. All of it. What a fun time it looks like you had. =D
ReplyDeleteYay, I love animals. <3 The puppies were adorable! Thanks for posting!
ReplyDeleteSo how many people screw up Tula's breed when you're there?
ReplyDeleteShe strikes me as the type that people who don't know better would come up and say "oh, it's a ___ " and be wrong.
RaShelle - He's a pretty awesome tortoise. Kids love him
ReplyDeleteShelley - the amount of cute dogs you can see every weekend is great
Teebore - oh pretty much everyone who sees her. Though this year someone knew what she was because they also had a Spinone. For some reason she got a lot of "irish wolfhound" this year...
I think Irish Wolfhound might be the new "it" dog this year, or something.
ReplyDeleteTeebore - i guess. She's not anywhere close in size though
ReplyDeleteOMG--the tortoise in kilt. That just made my day! (can*not* show that to oldest son--he'll be all "mama! I want a tortoise!", and I'll have to be all, "No! We already have a turtle, a lizard, and a box full of crickets!")
ReplyDeleteAnd *sigh*, I want to ride the war horse, too. But not the elephant, thank you. Did that in Thailand--got car sick. I had no idea you could get car sick riding an elephant...