Twice a month is not enough
And that is to be said about more things than just this blog which has fallen into a sad state of neglect. Really. Has it been two almost two weeks since I last updated it ? What's up with time ?
Now, life has changed in many respects since the beginning of the year. Working outside our home has changed our daily pace somewhat - not too much - and definitely increased my level of energy and efficiency. I'm loving it and I'm learning things I never thought I'd ever learn. How cool is that ?
Finndragon is going to school with as much enthusiasm as before and we've found a pretty neat place for him for the summer. Last week we dropped off his Kindergarten application and now it's on to waiting until we will hear back from the school office. I'm hoping-praying-begging-br ibing the Gods he'll make it to our No 1 choice while trying not to get my hopes up too high. Chances he will end up going to this school are fairly slim, we were told, but that'll not keep us from keeping our fingers crossed. Finndragon has grown so much and is a happy loving and determined little boy.
We had a wonderful time taking him to the Battle of Olustee only a few weekends ago, complete with beautiful weather, a great encampment and skirmishes, a picnic in the woods and some fun shopping. If it weren't for the hoop skirts I'd be seriously tempted to play some Civil War Reenactment. Their love for detail and their striving for accuracy has me green with envy and coming back, I was brimming with inspiration.
Shopping, I was told, is great at Olustee and I can only agree. Even though my time period and theirs are a few hundred years apart there were a couple of things I'd have loved to take home. As it was our loot consisted of a clay pipe for hubby, a deluxe wooden sword for Finn, purple and white striped stockings and 3 yards of scrumptious fulled light madder-red wool for me :o) This will at one point become a very pretty Schaube for my German wardrobe (and if the weather continues to keep up with the sudden brisk cold spells, maybe sooner than later).
SCA-wise I think I'm finally getting past the first month shock after the elevation. I feel like I'm slowly able to move again, as if I was shock-frozen. Now I'm almost back in full swing and that just in time for Gulf Wars and Coronation. I also managed to pick up another office. I'm now the hospitaller aka the welcome wagon for my local group and have had three new contacts and a demo request already in the past week. I have a feeling that this will keep me pleasantly busy ... :o) Now I only need to get rid of these stupid sniffles I picked up yesterday.
Dis'n dat
February
several scrolls for Kingdom use, both Calligraphy & Illumination
1 painted Nine Man Morris Game board with game pieces
cast several dozen bees as personal token in pewter
1 16th century German Renaissance T-front dress, Landsknecht-style with hand-sewn reverse applique trim in navy and green linen
3 linen pillows with handmade tassels, based on late 15th/early 16th century German illuminations and paintings
1 painted Fox & Geese game board with game pieces
1 red linen Nuremberg/Housebook-style dress
1 handwoven red wool "Gefrens" as part of Nuremberg-style headwear (simple woven headband with integrated fringe)
See the above excerpt of my quarterly A&S report to see what has been keeping me busy aside from a new job :o) My new life is more fast-paced and requires a bit more advance planning and it's so much fun ! I'm enjoying every minute of it :o)
Today is Monday and so it's household battle day. Tasks to be tackled are laundry and general overhaul of the dwellings to tidy up after a weekend that was a load of fun despite hubby's extra work on Sunday. More on that later !
Cool kids and all that jazz :o)
How did you find out about the SCA?
At one point I was heavily involved in an Elfquest Fan Art group and online RPG. One of my favorite co-players excused himself for 2 weeks with the excuse of going to 'Pennsic'. I asked 'Pennsic what ?' and it all went downhill from there :o) He showed me to the SCA home page, then a couple of photo pages and I was hooked. A few clicks later I had an email address for the Seneschal of the local group in my hometown. The rest is history ...
What made you decide to try it out?
It's a dress-up pretend game with experimental archeology ! All the good things rolled into one big hobby and they didn't suggest I start out in the kitchen doing dishes like some other LARP and Reenactment groups I tried getting in touch with :o) How could I not try it ?
What was your first activity? Meeting? Event?
My first activity was one of the biweekly a Shire meetings where I successfully fought off the office of herald and was mesmerized by the planning and plotting of all kinds of get-togethers and craft nights. This was followed by fabric shopping sprees, trips to local fleamarkets for gear and history lessons on Sundays.
What at your first activity was the most likely thing to have kept you away from the second, though you ended up coming back anyway?
That would have been my first event (the Shire meetings were held at a local pub and just too much fun). It was muddy and cold and never in my life did I freeze so badly.On top of that I was exposed to bad coffee and the worst lentil soup ever. I did, however, have too much fun to not come back :o)
When I started, I filled out a card with my name, number, and potential interests. What would you have put on that card for potential interests, when you attended your first activity?
I only had a very vague idea of all he things you can do in the SCA when I started so I happily joined in everything we managed to organize in our Shire, and while I have discovered a few main interests in the past couple of years I still make a point of giving new things a shot or two.
What made you come to your second activity? Why have you stayed as long as you’ve stayed?
All those interesting people to geek out with, a never-ending outlet for my creativity and a constant encouragement to learn and to teach - what more could you possibly ask for ? And for an immigrant like myself there is the added advantage of having a more or less build in social network :o)
One of my favorites
