[Father Time? Father Rutabaga? Who knows...] For the first time, I attended the "rutabaga curling" event in Ithaca at the Farmer's Market. I saw 5 other friends there, none of whom had ever seen the event before. It was fun and quirky, as one might expect. It was cold-ish, as one might expect. And people were dressed up in fun costumes (as one might suspect if one thought about this sort of event for a moment). Just before going, I grabbed my camera, figuring there might be some photo opportunities. There were. I took a picture of this guy, dressed up as...something. His torch was smoldering, it had been lit earlier, I guess. And after taking this picture, the battery in my camera went dead and I could take no more pictures. Oh well. It simplifies how many pictures I have to sort through in order to decide what I want to include here. images/Photos/rutabaga-curl.jpg