Eeyore’s Birthday 2007, Austin, Texas

Eeyore’s Birthday is an annual keep-Austin-weird celebration in Austin, Texas. People come in costumes. In some cases, the costumes consist mostly of paint, but majority are tame enough. I noticed that many women indulged their inner fairy by slapping on a pair of wings.

A person in a long white dress dances with a stick with silver strings near the band stage.

A dancer with silver strings at Eeyore's Birthday 2007
CIMG5704 A dancer with silver strings

Tattoos, colorful braids, a dog with fairy wings

Colorful braids, a dog with fairy wings at Eeyore's Birthday 2007
CIMG5708 Tattoos, colorful braids, a dog with fairy wings

A child behind mom’s wings

When your mom is a fairy, her wings are the best place to hide behind
CIMG5718 A child behind mom’s wings

Blue hat, blue face paint — perhaps stylized rivers of tears?

Blue hat, blue face paint at Eeyore's Birthday 2007
CIMG5719 Blue hat, blue face paint

People playing soccer — among them, one in a Native American costume.

People playing soccer at Eeyore's Birthday 2007
CIMG5721 People playing soccer

The soccer player in a Native American costume up close.

The soccer player in a Native American costume
CIMG5722 The soccer player in a Native American costume

A woman juggler, one of many jugglers seen at Eeyore’s Birthday

A woman juggler at Eeyore's Birthday 2007
CIMG5729 A woman juggler

E watches jugglers from the stroller.

E watches jugglers at Eeyore's Birthday 2007
CIMG5735 E watches jugglers

Old skool hippies are a prominent force in Eeyore’s Birthday too — after all, this festival started in their times. This one is wearing a War Is Not Healthy t-shirt.

Old skool hippie in a War Is Not Healthy t-shirt
CIMG5742 Hippie in a War Is Not Healthy t-shirt

Face painting is not just for faces anymore! At Eeyore’s Birthday there are artists who will paint any part of the client’s body. And a tree, being a symbol of life, is fitting for a pregnant belly.

Face painting is not just for faces anymore! Eeyore's Birthday 2007
CIMG5743 A tree painted on a pregnant belly

Children’s activities table at Eeyore’s Birthday. At this table there were scraps of paper and crayons for children. E wasn’t too interested in drawing, though — maybe she didn’t want to jostle with other children for access to the few left good crayons. (That’s not her in the picture, by the way.)

Activities table for children at Eeyore's Birthday 2007
CIMG5752 Activities table for children

A small fairy with wings at the children’s activity table

A fairy-in-training, with wings, seen at Eeyore's Birthday 2007
CIMG5754 A fairy-in-training, with wings

Butterflies on cheeks and a Wonder Woman costume.

Butterflies on cheeks, seen at the Eeyore's Birthday 2007.
CIMG5757 Butterflies on cheeks

Hippie and Keep Austin Weird spirit alive and well — a man in a tie-dye with a snake-shaped tail, another in a long green sarong, a woman in a long green dress, evoking a forest spirit.

Tie-dye, snake-shaped tail, long green garments
CIMG5764 Tie-dye, snake-shaped tail, long green garments

Green fairy wings and a green skirt

Green fairy wings, seen at the Eeyore's Birthday 2007
CIMG5770 Green fairy wings

A very long necklace, or perhaps a small apron, in a Native American style

A very long necklace or a small apron
CIMG5781 A very long necklace or a small apron

A tall purple hat and a rainbow wig

A tall purple hat and a rainbow wig
CIMG5783 A tall purple hat and a rainbow wig

Animal prints, ripped fuchsia leggings, cat’s ears — and a camera dangling from a wrist, an accessory that’s close to my heart. Those were the days when people still carried cameras with them, since smartphones were in their infancy.

Animal prints, fuchsia leggings, cat ears
CIMG5784 Animal prints, fuchsia leggings, cat ears

Pink and white gingham and ruffle dress

Pink and white gingham and ruffle dress, Eeyore's Birthday 2007
CIMG5789 Pink and white gingham and ruffle dress

People with block-colored hair (or chunk-colored?) in wild colors, before this style became popular

Block-colored hair, Eeyore 2007
CIMG5792 Block-colored hair

A dancer with a veil dances to the sound of nearby drums — and there are lots of drum circles at Eeyore’s Birthday.

Dancer with a veil at Eeyore's Birthday 2007
CIMG5797 Dancer with a veil

Purple dress, blue veil, blue eyeshadow

Purple dress, blue veil, blue eyeshadow at Eeyore's Birthday 2007
CIMG5799 Purple dress, blue veil, blue eyeshadow

A henna-patterned skirt and an interesting headdress — or a wig, or a hairdo?

A henna-patterned skirt and an interesting headdress at Eeyore's Birthday 2007
CIMG5801 A henna-patterned skirt and an interesting headdress

A young family dances to drums

A young family dances to drums at Eeyore's Birthday 2007
CIMG5807 A young family dances to drums

Long blue or purple fuzzy hair

Long blue or purple fuzzy hair, Eeyore's Birthday 2007
CIMG5809 Long blue or purple fuzzy hair

Red dress

Red dress, Eeyore's Birthday 2007
CIMG5810 Red dress

A merman with a hula hoop

A merman with a hula hoop, Eeyore's Birthday 2007
CIMG5819 A merman with a hula hoop

The merman spins with a hula hoop

The merman spins a hula hoop, Eeyore's Birthday 2007
CIMG5825 The merman spins a hula hoop

An outfit with bellydance elements and tie-dye fabrics, and a dainty pink parasol

Tie dye and pink parasol, Eeyore's Birthday 2007
CIMG5824 Tie dye and pink parasol

Another bellydance-inspired outfit with a turquoise veil and necklace, and an indigo veil-skirt.

Turquoise veil, indigo veil -- Eeyore's Birthday 2007
CIMG5829 Turquoise veil, indigo veil

Red Riding Hood with a baby in a sling

Red Riding Hood with a baby in a sling, Eeyore's Birthday 2007
CIMG5830 Red Riding Hood with a baby in a sling

A dog in a pink tutu, its owner in purple pigtails

Dog in a pink tutu, Eeyore's Birthday 2007
CIMG5835 Dog in a pink tutu