A&S daycamp on Saturday was it's usual blast... lots of time chatting and geeking. No photography this time because I spent too much time chatting and geeking...

My corned beef for Saint Patrick's Day turned out excellent except for a little grayish strip running through some of the meat. Does a wet cure need a little extra time, or did I try and ( Read more... )

Went to Kingdom A&S on Saturday, and by the end of the day my brain hurt badly... soooo much good information. Plus plenty of time hanging out and chatting with friends.

Two funny anecdotes...

• We stopped by Starbucks on the way out of town, and the lady at the drive up window asked if we were "going to Seattle". The looks of confusion on our faces ( Read more... )

A first for me... a June Faire post in February!

Anyhow, I was asked and accepted the job of RV coordinator for the Faire. It's a good fit for me because most of the work is on Thu and Fri and that means I can spent the rest of the weekend on something else. The downside is that I may not be able to help set up Culinary on Thurs, and there's ( Read more... )

Busy weekend, busy Monday, so I forgot to post my weekend update. After the relative quiet of October, November starts with a bang and we're busy practically every weekend from now until after the New Year...

Saturday

• Not one, but *two* parties/gatherings. First off, a geocaching gathering down in Port Orchard to welcome Donna, Todd, and the quads ( Read more... )

Busy, busy, busy...

The week past:

• Wensday:  All day long at the county fair, alternating wandering about with working the desk in the photo competition area.  So far, of the photo's I took, there's a dismaying lack of keepers.
  
  
• Thursday: Cleaning house in the AM, and our friends Chas and Andy arrived from out-of-town.  Up late chatting and catching ( Read more... )

Sorry I haven't posted in a bit... as I said a couple of weeks back, August is crazy busy.

Last week was all about getting my prints ready for the County Fair, and I'll have a post on that in a day or two.

Saturday was actually a free day, so Brenda and I ran off to Seattle and hit Pike Place. Haven't done that in way, way, too long. I'd forgotten ( Read more... )

Yeah, I know, first world problems and all that... But August is going to be one busy month, lurching from one thing to the next.

August 3-5 Summer MadnessThe annual Baronial Picnic - and I'm in charge of the meat for the feast... Brenda will be staying home to deal with a sick piggie, so I have to camp by myself.

August 11-12 Photographic entries ( Read more... )

June Faire is Officially Ovah! I just pulled the last checklist from my clipboard a little bit ago.

Yeah, there's some tasks left, but they're now part of ongoing work like "laundry" and "clean up the workshop".

And now, June Faire by the bullet points...

• June Faire was as usual, pretty awesome. Seeing and hanging with friends old and new. Seeing ( Read more... )

It's been a busy week so far, two nice warm days to get out into the shop, and today crawling through a backlog of email and projects at the computer and I still haven't had a chance to write and post on the weekend... Plus it's a three meeting week! (Tues, Fight Practice, Wens, Culinary Guild, Thurs, Wyverns ( Read more... )

Mostly a list for my reference, mostly in priority order...

Current projects:

Refinish scullery table.
Refinish low work table.
The scullery table especially has been subject to years of abuse, and is way overdue.
Overhaul/rework water tank stand ( Read more... )