It's quite obvious this is not proving to be anything more than a means to spy on my SCA friends. So hi *waves* I still exist, I'm just emerging out from my time in the forest as Puck. Natalie was amazing (seriously pinching myself how awesome my baby is) as the changeling child. She already has a fan club to rival Justin Beiber's. The trick is to ( Read more... )

February 4th and I've been to 2 SCA events (Birka and K&Q Rapier) with another in my sights (Hrim Schola), and I'm feeling motivated. While the hubby has found some niches and become all yeomanny, I've been looking to find my thing(s). With the Little Princess, I'll be staying home doing photography full time, which puts me in an interesting ( Read more... )

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I'm 11 weeks "in trouble"....

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I'm in Denmark. And here? We're all a little bit mad.

Hamlet opened last weekend to a piddly crowd, the BEST CROWD EVER, and a Mother's Day crowd, in that order. But most of the piddly crowd were my coworkers, who, unbeknownst to me, had been planning this trip ever since I told them the dates. Unnerved me a bit when I first saw them...because my ( Read more... )

 
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So much went on in the Casa Gardell this weekend. And only a couple plans went according to, well, plan.

First: we have a clean house! Well, for the most part. It was clean Saturday.

Second: we had our first Hamlet rehearsal! It was so great to see the rest of the cast assembled, and after reading through the first half, I was pleased to see that ( Read more... )

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I've determined that I need more girly weekends. I had a blast this weekend with some friends at Birka and got my shop on :)

What was on my list:

•  Boots
• Men's pants

What we came home with:

• new feast gear basket
• pair of candlesticks
• wooden serving platter

 35 yards of linen are headed to my doorstep. Lots of beautiful linen to make easy breezy beautiful summer camp garb. Gothic fitted gowns for me and some simple t-tunics for Sean. As much as I love making pretties, they just aren't practical in the dirt, mud and rain.