Dogs, Kids, A Dickens Christmas Street Fair

We spent the last 2 nights in Fernandina Beach in the northernmost part of Florida, visiting with friends from Annapolis who now live here (Julia Newhouse and Dennis Jay). Fernandina Beach is a beautiful little city and we always enjoy stopping here. One afternoon we borrowed the loaner car at the marina and went into town to wander around a holiday street fair in the sun. After several cold and rainy days, this was heaven.

This is a little house on a side street right downtown. Fernandina Beach is a charming place to walk around and explore neighborhoods.

The bookstore on the main street had this window decoration last year too. The mannequin's skirts and the tree are made of curled and pleated paper from old books.

Lots of vendors were dressed as characters from Dickens' era

Jim alight as a candle. Not a very smiley candle...

A big chess game in the street

LOTS of dogs! This is Georgia, 8 weeks old. SO cute.

 These two had holiday bells around their necks

 Sorry - back to random shots of lovely old brick facades and pretty, shadowed doorways

If you have Instagram, go to my account (cspsail) and watch the video of an impromptu street enactment of the carol "The 12 Days of Christmas". Jim got roped into playing the part of "6 Geese A-Laying". He's in the red baseball cap. It's hysterical.

Here's a chimneysweep and his mate

Another dog. A huge one.

Dickens street players on stilts

A cute little kid in a great hat, working with popsicle sticks and markers

Another one with her pony...

This little guy was super friendly

We had such a good time! More coming soon...