From the offbeat files

More images from the weekend:



And sure enough:



I mean, how often in your daily life do you see a parade of alpacas walking down the street?

Those of you who celebrate Christmas may want to look into a purple metallic tree with felted ornaments of your own:



It's the other white meat.



Please note the socks on this patient carder/spinner:



I do have a penchant for encountering frightening, Cabbage-Patch-like felted objets d'art:



Here's the hurdy-gurdy man, who was about one-fifth as annoying as the magician-slash-comedian who was terrorizing entertaining the children:



In case you're wondering about the food -- Marilyn wasn't joking about the fried pickles:



But don't worry, there were other choices:





Dolores, this one's for you.



Ewe go girl!