So very proud of my home state.
Last night, Maryland became the first state to approve an equal marriage law by popular vote.

Maine and Washington state also approved equal marriage laws.


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A total stranger just made my day.

I was walking down the pavement when a middle-aged woman crossed the street near me.  Looking over, she smiled and shouted across to me, "Redheads are the most beautiful people in the world!"

Then she grinned and added, "I'm not just sayin' that because I have one and because I love one...They really are the most ( Read more... )

Every summer, American Green Tree Frogs hunt around our sitting room windows.  They're very used to people and will even peek in the windows to see what we're up to.  This one was waiting patiently on the shady hydrangea leaves during the hottest part of the day.


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We have very cheeky bugs here at Loam's Down,  ;D


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We're finally back from FaerieCon.
We had such a good time there.
The Guests of Honor were author Charles de Lint and artist Charles Vess.
(As soon as I'd found this out, I'd written to stormsongk, "We are going.")

We arrived late in the afternoon on Friday - after the panels had finished for the day. We checked into our room, relaxed for a while, then got ( Read more... )

Yesterday, I went to the Renaissance Festival with stormsongk and enemyfrigate.
Arrived first thing in the morning and stayed until after dark.

It was the last day of faire - Day of Wrong.

We saw all sorts of fairegoers in costume - a Star Wars stormtrooper in a kilt, a couple of furries braving the mud, a load of comic book superheroes-gone-Rennie, the dread pirate ( Read more... )

I had a really, really good weekend.
( All aboard, ye scurvy dogs! )

Well, the musical guests have been announced for FaerieCon in November and I'm excited.

Faun and Priscilla Hernández at the Bad Faeries Ball
Woodland and Trillian Green at the Good Faeries Ball

*dances*
We have tickets.

Now I need garb!

Dearest enemyfrigate, would you please kindly lend your opinions on how to craft my faerie best? These are masquerade balls.