Cheeky Actress

This is my favorite interaction shot! Great job Kate/Trish for catching the moment. Way to go!

I know several people affiliated with ‘Past Time’ and though I cannot make it for this event (it would be great to see some of them again), I will see if my twin sister would like to go.

I hope Cheeky's fleur de lis' is not too tender. How did you guess?! AND it left a mark!

looks like an awful lot of new green coats runnin abowt.....noone was wearrin MINE were they!?!?!? Not that we know of Maddogge. Green is in this year...haven't you heard?~

...all ya have to do is ask, Jib! I found a few 'surf'n the web. A special thank you to Celticman for his wonderful work! Matty Bottles, Smelly Bob, and Cap'n Pete Straw make nice with the other pirates. Nice to see our very own Bilgemunky hanging with several members of the Crewe of the Archangel (Standing Smelly Bob, Matty Bottles, and Rats). "And I know a Pirate when I see one..." Says Cap'n Pete to Bilgemunky as they work the photo booth. Looking their best; "or their worst" Bilge and Cap'n Pete mug the camera. This is our 'Pyrate Dancer'...he dances for money.

Here is a bad cell phone picture of me without my new coat on in Hampton this past weekend. I will try to find on of me in the the new coat. If not I will take one tonight at some point. Im getting there. Still need some nice PC shoes. I just cant seem to find a pair that I love. I may have to buy/trade a pair and do some upgrades. I really want them in brown and all I see is black. Good to see the before shots, 1stMate Matt. It give more to the "Ooo Ahhh" moment.

YES! It was nice meeting you (briefly) I was a bit impaled by the pale ale. Hope to have more time in the future to get to know all of you. Everyone seemed very nice! Oh, that's okay Mooseworth. It's all part of being at an event. Here's to seeing you again...and hopefully quite soon!

Good to hear that you, the snotties, O'Keefe and Lily Alexander got back to your dwelling safe and sound...minus the soaking. Big hugs to you all around. Pet Sophie, Willie and Getty for me! Sleep tight!

What? No Teapot Dance this year?

Very nice work, indeed 1stMate Matt! Impressive amount of time and effort that went into that, no doubt. With any luck, I am sure that Captain Sterling is sleeping with his new pride and joy as we speak!

Once again, Kate, Mickey, Trish, Shannon, Mark G. and his lovely wife (whose name I escapes me now) - please forgive me - though she came to my aid soothing my sunburn upon the Kalmar Nyckel Sunday morning. Great fun and never enough time to spend and chat, laugh, plot, scheme, and lick windows (I am truly sorry Kate that we were not able to do this with you this year). Next year, you will have to pull me by the hand and make sure we do this! Mooseworth - I think I met you briefly at the ball...was this you?

Hey Dutch! Got home safely last night around 11:30 pm. Left Virginia with it's sunny skies and warm temps to come home to rain..rain...rain and 45 degree weather! Blackbeard's Pirate Festival was grand! Putting on an event this size is not an easy thing to do - we applaud the Blackbeard Crew's efforts for doing so much for the visiting crews. The only thing I wished I could have done is spend a little more time visiting with the other crews as well. Personally, I did not want to leave early yesterday. I know that there were several of us that missed the slide show event last night (how was it by the way)... and there wasn't enough time to say 'hello' or 'good-bye' to those I've befriended over the last several years. And, of course, after four years of being at the festival.... I finally got to see the fireworks on Saturday night! Well worth the wait. Hats off to you all for a splendid event. P.S. Bess says 'Hello' to Robbie.

This is for you William...we did not forget you...or the Bacon!

Here is a posting of my photos from this past weekend's event. 2009 Blackbeard's Pirate Festival

Yes! Nell's Clandestine operation was successful. She managed to seek out her target early and note his weaknesses with the assistance of one Bess Hagardy, indentured servant. Nell did the basic S&D moves to obtain her goal. By the middle of the day on Saturday, she had it. Though, Lily Alexander took the 'sweet and innocent' approach. But I'll let her tell that tale.

This year we event had a group of Marines from the 18th century help with running the pirates out of Hampton. These gents are real marines whom some are stationed over at Norfolk's naval base. The Marines put forth a challenge to any woman who could take a rifle from one of them. If the woman was successfull, they would be able to take a picture of with the said 'idiot marine' who let his weapon be caught up in the woman's possession and have him kneel upon a barrel with a sign hung about his neck saying, "I sold my King's musket for Puffy" - (note: during this time period "F" was used for "S"). They said that they would post them upon their webpage, which I need to find the link. No, I was not one of the lucky women to put these men in their place, but our very own Lily Alexander - Mistress of the Games won it. She not only got the Lt.'s musket but also got the Sgt.'s as well! The Crewe is so pround of her! Rusty Nell from The Bone Island Bucceneers, also grabbed one... You go Girls!

Ooo! So that's what you need to give 'im?! Damn...I am so jealous 1stMate. Cannot wait to see the pictures!

What a great event! Lots of friendly familiar faces and a few new ones to boot! Nothing could have dampened the spirits of this event – even though a deluge on Friday may have hindered setting up camp, yet…we all continued to pray for better weather and come Sunday we had sun and warmer temps! Both Pirate and Pirate Hunter showed the crowds our best this past weekend. The crowds were good and even the one of the Event Coordinator for Downtown Hampton stopped by to give praises to our Pirate Hunter’s camp! A big thank you to Blackbeard’s crew, the Bone Island Buccaneers for coming so far to ‘play’ to Gentleman Scotty and his lovely wife Kate who stopped by the pirate hunter’s encampment and kept us company, to Salty, whom I only got to see a glimpse of this past weekend, and to SutlerJon who somehow managed to pull himself away from his booth to say hello! And my regrets to those I was unable to meet up with or mention thus far in my posting. Keep your eyes upon this thread…photos will be coming shortly…

1stMate, I hope you found him this past weekend! He was a very busy Captain!

Gas hit $2.79 this afternoon (11:30 AM)...just in time for the weekend. I knew I should have got it yesterday – it was $2.72. In the last two (2) weeks, gas has gone from $2.52 to $2.79. In one month it has increased $.75.

Thinking about ditching the gym. I'm sure that I'll get enought workout this weekend!

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One of me "non-captain" kits. Comments? Chides? Lauds? Sorry for the delay in responding to this - Great Job!

Thank you for the kind words BlackJohn and Kenneth. I needed to do a few ‘test runs’ before Blackbeard’s regarding the new do. Shame I didn’t have the purple court gown (Captain Sterling has it in his possession as of the moment)…just had to pull out my little old red number… (ya….sad…sad…sad)

Great find Graydog! Though I do have some questions regarding this article. Massey believes witch bottles "emphasize just how frightened people were of the 'black arts' — the early settlers even took their superstitions to the New World with them as excavated witch bottles demonstrate." The general time period of the bottle coincides with the Salem Witch Trials, which happened in late 1600's America. I wonder if Puritans based in Danvers and Salem MA would have used such things to ward off the black arts. Massey states the early settlers even took their superstitions to the New World with them as excavated witch bottles demonstrate." Yet, Massey does not state where in the New World where these other bottles may have been found. I wonder if there is any proof of any of these items (open or not) were found in the Massachusetts Bay Colony during the time of the Witch Hunts?