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This past Saturday, I went to the Lochmere event known as Night Under a Fae Moon. (Lochmere is one of the neighboring SCA baronies.) It was relaxing and productive at the same time. I didn't have any tasks to do, other than perform four carols/songs/motets/whatever with Laydes Fayre, an a-cappella women's group. And performing with them is fun, rather than a choir.
Every year (well, except for the plague years), this event has a component called "Lochmart," which is basically a flea market for SCA stuff. I brought a bagful of items and managed to sell three of them, netting me a total of $15. My friend Teleri sold her lightly used Panther hunter's tent for $400, half of its original price. A good deal all around.
I also got my new-to-me archery bow inspected by a marshal. This is a fiberglass recurve bow I bought at a yard sale for $10 last summer. (The sellers were people who had played in the SCA back in the 1980s and 1990s but are no longer active.) The bow is sound, but the metal nock thing on the string is in the wrong place. I will bring it to an archery practice session one of these days and see what can be done about it. I'm happy the bow is safe, because even a used fiberglass bow costs upward of $100 at Pennsic.
The boy toy and I had a quiet Easter. Instead of cooking up a huge ham, we just had some barbecued meats from Mission BBQ, plus a couple of homemade sides.
Today I took Julia the cat to the vet for another round of blood and urine tests. We shall see what the results will be.
Every year (well, except for the plague years), this event has a component called "Lochmart," which is basically a flea market for SCA stuff. I brought a bagful of items and managed to sell three of them, netting me a total of $15. My friend Teleri sold her lightly used Panther hunter's tent for $400, half of its original price. A good deal all around.
I also got my new-to-me archery bow inspected by a marshal. This is a fiberglass recurve bow I bought at a yard sale for $10 last summer. (The sellers were people who had played in the SCA back in the 1980s and 1990s but are no longer active.) The bow is sound, but the metal nock thing on the string is in the wrong place. I will bring it to an archery practice session one of these days and see what can be done about it. I'm happy the bow is safe, because even a used fiberglass bow costs upward of $100 at Pennsic.
The boy toy and I had a quiet Easter. Instead of cooking up a huge ham, we just had some barbecued meats from Mission BBQ, plus a couple of homemade sides.
Today I took Julia the cat to the vet for another round of blood and urine tests. We shall see what the results will be.