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Storytime (1459 words) by Thistlerose
Fandom: The White Queen (TV)
Rating: General Audiences
Characters: Anne Neville Queen of England, Richard III of England, Edward of Middleham
Summary: Edward finds his aunt Isabel's old shadow puppets and wants to know what they're for.
I can stop any time I want. *nodnod* And I am working on that sequel to And Still, She Said, I Will Find You, I Will Find You. It's all very meta.
And I'm working on the last two scenes of my Brittany/Santana road trip fic. I still don't remember where that scene was headed, but I'll figure something out. By the time I do, maybe it'll be time to focus on Yuletide! That's the only holiday exchange I think I'll do this year.
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I had a fantastic weekend. My cousin drove up from Brooklyn late Friday night and we went out for margaritas. (Which were sadly not that good. The other Mexican place in town is better. Note to self.)
Saturday, we got up early and drove to Bennington, Vermont. My cousin had been there twenty years ago and she still remembered a fantastic breakfast she'd had at a diner. We found the diner and had breakfast, and I can understand why the food had haunted her all these years! We had pumpkin waffles with fried apples on top, and a yummy Greek omelet with just the right amount of seasoning, and home fries. MMMMM. We went to Old First Church, where Robert Frost and his family are buried. We went to the top of the Bennington Battlefield Monument - about 260 feet up, with great views. Bennington's in the southwestern corner of the state, so from that height you can see all the way to New York and Massachusetts. We walked around Bennington and saw the catamount statues on Main Street, which were fun. We went to Hoosick Falls, NY, to see the actual site of the Battle of Bennington (1777). We drove back to New Hampshire and went for an early evening hike in Madam Sherri Forest Park. That was a little strenuous since we'd already done a lot on very little sleep, and we got a little turned around and became worried that we wouldn't find our way out of the woods before dark. But we did. And then we went out for dinner. We had these maple-glazed brussel sprouts that were actually good. And chocolate bread pudding. Yum.
Sunday, it was supposed to be cold and rainy, but we woke up to the sunshine so we hastily put our hiking gear back on and headed up to Goose Pond, which is actually just ten minutes from my apartment. We about a two-mile hike around the lake, which was GORGEOUS. The leaves are a couple of weeks away from their peak, but there's still a lot of color. Afterward, we picked apples. On the way home I hit a squirrel with my car. I felt very bad about that. I tried to brake, but by the time I saw it, I don't think there's any way I could have avoided hitting it without slamming on my brakes. And we were on a major road. (Obviously, for cats, dogs, and people, we slam on the brakes.) Poor little thing.
Anyway. When we got back to my apartment, we made an apple crisp, which came out DELICIOUS. I'm going to bring it in to work tomorrow. The cousin left in the late afternoon and I went in to work because I'm a dork.
So, apart from the squirrel murder, it was a very good weekend.
Fandom: The White Queen (TV)
Rating: General Audiences
Characters: Anne Neville Queen of England, Richard III of England, Edward of Middleham
Summary: Edward finds his aunt Isabel's old shadow puppets and wants to know what they're for.
I can stop any time I want. *nodnod* And I am working on that sequel to And Still, She Said, I Will Find You, I Will Find You. It's all very meta.
And I'm working on the last two scenes of my Brittany/Santana road trip fic. I still don't remember where that scene was headed, but I'll figure something out. By the time I do, maybe it'll be time to focus on Yuletide! That's the only holiday exchange I think I'll do this year.
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I had a fantastic weekend. My cousin drove up from Brooklyn late Friday night and we went out for margaritas. (Which were sadly not that good. The other Mexican place in town is better. Note to self.)
Saturday, we got up early and drove to Bennington, Vermont. My cousin had been there twenty years ago and she still remembered a fantastic breakfast she'd had at a diner. We found the diner and had breakfast, and I can understand why the food had haunted her all these years! We had pumpkin waffles with fried apples on top, and a yummy Greek omelet with just the right amount of seasoning, and home fries. MMMMM. We went to Old First Church, where Robert Frost and his family are buried. We went to the top of the Bennington Battlefield Monument - about 260 feet up, with great views. Bennington's in the southwestern corner of the state, so from that height you can see all the way to New York and Massachusetts. We walked around Bennington and saw the catamount statues on Main Street, which were fun. We went to Hoosick Falls, NY, to see the actual site of the Battle of Bennington (1777). We drove back to New Hampshire and went for an early evening hike in Madam Sherri Forest Park. That was a little strenuous since we'd already done a lot on very little sleep, and we got a little turned around and became worried that we wouldn't find our way out of the woods before dark. But we did. And then we went out for dinner. We had these maple-glazed brussel sprouts that were actually good. And chocolate bread pudding. Yum.
Sunday, it was supposed to be cold and rainy, but we woke up to the sunshine so we hastily put our hiking gear back on and headed up to Goose Pond, which is actually just ten minutes from my apartment. We about a two-mile hike around the lake, which was GORGEOUS. The leaves are a couple of weeks away from their peak, but there's still a lot of color. Afterward, we picked apples. On the way home I hit a squirrel with my car. I felt very bad about that. I tried to brake, but by the time I saw it, I don't think there's any way I could have avoided hitting it without slamming on my brakes. And we were on a major road. (Obviously, for cats, dogs, and people, we slam on the brakes.) Poor little thing.
Anyway. When we got back to my apartment, we made an apple crisp, which came out DELICIOUS. I'm going to bring it in to work tomorrow. The cousin left in the late afternoon and I went in to work because I'm a dork.
So, apart from the squirrel murder, it was a very good weekend.