Filk Con
I spent last weekend at the UK Filkcon in Colchester (or possibly Chelmsford - I always get those two muddled - especially when half-way along the A12). The animals went on their own holiday to the Animal Country Club.
As we were installing the cats the kennel assistant asked me about food. "They have dry food, and the three boys share a couple of sachets of wet in the evening - Zara won't eat wet, unless it's fresh tuna." "Oh," she said, "I can give her fresh tuna." Which explains why, when we picked them up, Zara came running - and was first down for supper on Monday evening (and most miffed that tuna is no longer on the menu).
The hotel was wonderful - also the food (better organised this year). We got to see most of the con sets - I missed the Aquapella session in the pool one of the highlights of my con last year, because I woke up on Sunday morning with exploding bowels Went into town to shop on Saturday morning, and came back with a light bulb to replace the one which blew in my bedside lamp on Friday, three new cordial glasses for my collection from the PDSA charity shop, and a new pack of Tarot cards* from the esoterica shop by the castle - which has survived there for at least 20 years since we first moved to Essex.
I took the almost-finished cardi I'm knitting and finished the border ribbing - and then had to frog most of it back because the sides came up uneven. Was about to sew in the sleeves but the shape is out - so I need to frog those back by 30 rows and re-knit.
It was a good con though. Looking forward to next year.
*A reproduction of the Visconti-Sforza, cards of the Milanese tradition, originally commissioned in the mid 15th century and extensively copied and reproduced in the Renaissance period. These are also the most complete of all the medieval card packs known today - 74 cards of the 78 still in existence, scattered in several museum collections. The Devil, Tower, Knight of Pentacles and Three of Wands are missing and have been recreated by a modern miniaturist working in the traditional style to complete the deck.
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As we were installing the cats the kennel assistant asked me about food. "They have dry food, and the three boys share a couple of sachets of wet in the evening - Zara won't eat wet, unless it's fresh tuna." "Oh," she said, "I can give her fresh tuna." Which explains why, when we picked them up, Zara came running - and was first down for supper on Monday evening (and most miffed that tuna is no longer on the menu).
The hotel was wonderful - also the food (better organised this year). We got to see most of the con sets - I missed the Aquapella session in the pool one of the highlights of my con last year, because I woke up on Sunday morning with exploding bowels Went into town to shop on Saturday morning, and came back with a light bulb to replace the one which blew in my bedside lamp on Friday, three new cordial glasses for my collection from the PDSA charity shop, and a new pack of Tarot cards* from the esoterica shop by the castle - which has survived there for at least 20 years since we first moved to Essex.
I took the almost-finished cardi I'm knitting and finished the border ribbing - and then had to frog most of it back because the sides came up uneven. Was about to sew in the sleeves but the shape is out - so I need to frog those back by 30 rows and re-knit.
It was a good con though. Looking forward to next year.
*A reproduction of the Visconti-Sforza, cards of the Milanese tradition, originally commissioned in the mid 15th century and extensively copied and reproduced in the Renaissance period. These are also the most complete of all the medieval card packs known today - 74 cards of the 78 still in existence, scattered in several museum collections. The Devil, Tower, Knight of Pentacles and Three of Wands are missing and have been recreated by a modern miniaturist working in the traditional style to complete the deck.
This entry was originally posted at http://inamac.dreamwidth.org/99933.html. You may comment here or there (or not).