This weekend excitingly is my weekend of French tunes and dance with Blowzabella, unfortunately it was also the weekend the spring craft fair came to Abingdon, so I decided to take the Friday off and head along to see what was for sale. It came as quite a surprise when on arriving outside the tent there were lots of birds of prey there! The chap who was with them runs a local rescue and was trying to drum up visitors and funds. He had all sorts of birds with him, a dinky little owl, a barn owl and then this beautiful creature.
She is called Daisy and she is a European Eagle owl. The chap spotted me looking adoringly at her and asked if I wanted to hold her, I made some affirmative sound and after donning a very large glove she stepped onto my hand, my goodness she was heavy and I dared hardly breathe for fear of upsetting her, she seemed perfectly content however and stayed for a couple of minutes which totally made my day! Inside the craft fair there were lots of lovely things, I nearly gave into a purple cardigan but it was somewhat game over when I spotted this scarf.
Its woven silk and the threads just glow the only way silk can, its beautiful and pashmina size so good as a scarf and wrap (although I haven’t had the occasion to wear it out yet. I also bought a Cornish slate heart (no pic as its a present for someone who reads this blog) and there were some great handmade velvet coats with sew in ruffles (think like layers of fake skirt, they were very Helena Bonham-Carter but sadly out of my price range. Another very exciting craft fair, I shall look forward to the next one in the autumn!
