Pirates in Paradise 2008 - Key West, Fl
Extra Page: The Thatchers
(Photo: "Poppa Ratsey" Callahan,Callahan Digital Art)
I must admit, I am always fascinated with people who,
knowing almost no one from the piracy re-enacting world, decide
"What the heck? I think I'll go to Key West and hang out with a
group of people whose idea of fun is to spend untold amounts of money on
period correct clothing and equipment that has little use outside of
events where such people hang out." The Thatchers are such
people.
Not only did they decide to take the time and money required to come down to Key West from Missouri, they decided to bring five or six of their kids with them. Lady Constance and Silas (at right) showed up on the Pyracy Pub in January of 2008 and announced they would be coming. Lady C made quite serviceable garb for her brood. The kids were great fun and very well-behaved. Here's some shots of them.
(Photo: Thatchers)
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(Photo: Thatchers)
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The great thing about being a kid is that there is always something to do or explore in a place like Fort Taylor. Above left: the kids warm the seats of ease inside the fort. From left: Miles, behind him is Grace, Katie and Ryan. Note Katie's teen look of death. Someone probably tried to pull that absurd "Yellow fever!" line on her. (She's no fool.) Above right: Miles and Zach on the Hammock Ride. Top that, Disney! Below left: when the beach is literally on your doorstep, how can you not play there? From left: Ryan, Grace and Zach. (Of course pirates had pink towels!) Below right: are Ryan and Zach hanging out at Captain Jim's ore house?! No good can come of this...
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(Photo: Thatchers)
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(Photo: Brig)
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Above left: Lady Constance (front) with Zach, Katie, Grace, Ryan and Miles on the Fort Wall. Above right: some things never change. Grace, Ryan and Zach hide from Miles. (The girls always seem to have to look, don't they just?)
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(Photo: Thatchers)
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The saga of Portside Tom's attempt to press Ryan into powder monkey duty, as made up by the Mercury ship's surgeon. So, Grace, Ryan, Zach and Youngblood of the Pirates of the Coast are sitting around, planning to heist the money machine when Portside Tom arrives and tries to take Ryan! Youngblood, being the eldest here, protests, which causes Tom to grab his ears. (It's the lowest form of powder monkey insult.) So Youngblood hauls off to whack Tom one, with Ryan, Grace and Zach lending what passes for support. Youngblood then drags Tom down by his beard and the children dog pile on Tom. The End. ;)
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(Photo: Thatchers)
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(Photo: Thatchers)
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