Loooong day
Oct. 13th, 2007 08:17 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
altivoSo... Put everything else on hold, and showed up on the square in Woodstock as planned, 10:00 am. Met one guild member there and we sat on the courthouse steps spinning to wait for the doors to open so we could get into the gallery at 11:00.
One passerby was a man who said he grew up in Peru. He recognized what we were doing because his mother and grandmother had done it. He wanted to know what we were spinning, and went on to tell us about the special animal they have in Peru that is so good for spinning and weaving: the alpaca. He was very nice and sincere, and it was fun talking with him.
We'd only been there a short time when we heard a horse whinny. There is a carriage ride concession that takes people around the edges of the square in summer, but today's weather was gloomy and chill, so I didn't think they were there. While we hunted for the horse, we heard it again. Fairly realistic, but it had an electronic feel to it as well. We thought it might be a Mustang with one of those novelty horns, but no. There were no Mustangs in sight. Only after the third time did it dawn on me that it was my cell phone, which is rarely turned on and even more rarely gets any calls. By the time I got it out, the call had gone to voice mail. It was a third spinner calling to say she was coming but would be a bit late.
Duh. I completely forgot that I had found a ring tone of a horse whinnying. That was almost three months ago, and this is the first time the phone has actually rung since then. ;p
Did our gallery watching shifts, six hours all told, and with much fun conversation. Then home to make dinner. Now I'm ready for bed, early, but I'm not gonna last much longer.
One passerby was a man who said he grew up in Peru. He recognized what we were doing because his mother and grandmother had done it. He wanted to know what we were spinning, and went on to tell us about the special animal they have in Peru that is so good for spinning and weaving: the alpaca. He was very nice and sincere, and it was fun talking with him.
We'd only been there a short time when we heard a horse whinny. There is a carriage ride concession that takes people around the edges of the square in summer, but today's weather was gloomy and chill, so I didn't think they were there. While we hunted for the horse, we heard it again. Fairly realistic, but it had an electronic feel to it as well. We thought it might be a Mustang with one of those novelty horns, but no. There were no Mustangs in sight. Only after the third time did it dawn on me that it was my cell phone, which is rarely turned on and even more rarely gets any calls. By the time I got it out, the call had gone to voice mail. It was a third spinner calling to say she was coming but would be a bit late.
Duh. I completely forgot that I had found a ring tone of a horse whinnying. That was almost three months ago, and this is the first time the phone has actually rung since then. ;p
Did our gallery watching shifts, six hours all told, and with much fun conversation. Then home to make dinner. Now I'm ready for bed, early, but I'm not gonna last much longer.
