*grins* No, I am not coming over to the dark side.

This just came out on the Yahoo MEDTC Discussion group and I thought I would forward it on via e-mail and then I realized that there's too many of you who would be into this. By the way, if you're into medieval and early modern clothing, dress accessories, and textiles (including tools and ( Read more... )

Some of you may not know, but I am now the new Regent of Their Highnesses University of Avacal.

One of the many things on my plate is to get our website up and running with good content.

Question for you all - apart from An Tir's Ithra website, are you aware of any other websites in the Knowne World that manage registrations, keep student and teacher ( Read more... )

I am catching up on my e-mail. Thanks to ( Read more... )

Learned today that next week's episode of my beloved Gilmore Girls is the series finale.

Chris hates that show with passion - in fact I tape it and watch it when he is otherwise occupied.

Since he is such a nice guy, he promised to watch the finale with me next week.  I am so lucky.

Yay.  One less show to tape!  (Really the show has run its course and ( Read more... )

San Pellegrino makes an italian soda called  "Chinotto".  Now in Canada, the ingredients have to be listed in French as well.  Imagine my surprise to find amongst the ingredients "extrait de chinois" listed.  Yup that translates to extract of a Chinese Person.

Ummph.

Photos here - http://blog.troisiemeoeil.org/une-envie-irresistible-de-chinois/

'Tradescant's Orchard': watercolours of garden fruits, arranged roughly by date of ripening; made perhaps in association with the elder John Tradescant,? after 1611, perhaps 1620s

Description and further catalogue information from the website:

Watercolours of garden fruits: strawberry, gooseberry, cherries, plums, damsons, date, apricots, ( Read more... )

Anyone pruning a cherry, plum or apricot tree this spring?

I need some of the gum that would exude eventually after you cut into your tree.

Cut down to the cambium layer, not too far. It's a white, soft-looking layer. Depending on the time of year, you'll see sap withing a month. Branches pruned near the main trunk will yield a lot of sap. It flows ( Read more... )

If you read this, if your eyes are passing over this right now, even if we don't speak often, please post a comment with a memory of you and me. It can be anything you want -- good or bad. Feel free to post this little paragraph on your blog and be surprised (or mortified!) about what people remember about you.

I am preparing to be mortified...

Everybody is complaining about the snow.  Well, no surprises here, there is lots of snow left up here in the arctic.  Probably enough for another month or so of melting/sublimating.  The ice road just closed on this past Monday ( Read more... )

... is staying at a B&B in the Okanagan before going to an SCA event.  I am starting to get visited out.  Back to work on Tuesday!

Oh and in a first, this B&B is not owned by a gay couple and as such not frou frou victorian.  I find it hilarious that when I select a B&B from the internet, I always end up with a male couple owning the place and lots ( Read more... )