Twenty days gone by...
Jun. 21st, 2011 12:11 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
etienettebluetEarly in June the house air conditioning unit wasn't dealing with the heat AT ALL and Leofwyna was having trouble sleeping days. I called in Biggerstaff and learned the motor needed to be replaced so I scrambled to get that accomplished before leaving for Lilies. So that occurred the same week I was busy packing and loading the van. This was interesting as I needed to reduce our usual packing for war to keep an extra seat up for another passenger. Odierne rode with us to war, having found another ride for her baggage.
Lilies War... Laundry Lilies... we had the wash and air dry cycles on three occasions; fortunately spin dry didn't quite happen. Friday was good for the fireworks and mostly the daytimes were dry for activities. The three main courts were filled with taps for peerages and there was a "drive-by" knighting early in the war. We may well get a couple peer elevations at Cattle Raids again this year which would be good for our coffers. And best of all, in opening court Oz petitioned for permission to marry above his station and proposed to HE Catherine right there before us all. How cool and SO romantic.
It was really good for have Leofwyna there this year but the heat got to her a great deal (because of the meds she's on). She only went out drumming a couple times and found it disappointing. Now she's saying she probably won't go for an entire Lilies again, but maybe she'll come down for 3-4 days at the end of the war for the fireworks and parties and to help me break camp. (Additional motive might be a Sunday run into KC as well... snerk!) We'll see what happens; she really doesn't enjoy staying quietly close to camp watching the world pass by as I do. This year I was the one getting out and about more when Sash wanted me to go along on some of his rounds. This resulted, the last day, on a purchase of six yards of a lovely dark brown linen for a gown. I'm planning real embroidery and all for it and will be great with the golden linen undertunic I haven't gotten made up yet.
We joined the food group and had really yummy breakfasts and suppers throughout the war. Wednesday we put on mundanes and went to KC to pick up Rosina as Gyda had to go back to Lincoln for work. Turned out this was one of the two hottest days in camp so being in the air-conditioned van that day was definately a boon. Leofwyna and I decided we were jinxes when we tried to go to anything together; the evening movie Monday and Jenna's stories Tuesday didn't happen. Turns out Jenna was rescheduled Wednesday while we were gone.
I spent quality quiet time in camp hemming four headrails and I spent one afternoon in Marcella's camp stitching Royal Crown flannel bags to a big purple fleece blanket. I'd meant to go again but the second round of 'interesting' weather kept me close in camp. A good thing too as I had to run down the hill and drop the sunshade when the winds pushed a couple of the poles through and was ripping it up. After court Thursday I stopped by at Marcella's camp but they were preparing for Ed's household meeting so I didn't stay.
After breaking camp Sunday (and finding room somehow for Od's kit for the return trip) we headed back into KC to hit the SAVERS stores. I got a nice set of intensely hot pink twin flannel sheets and a couple books. Od found her queen bottom sheet (leopard print, of course) and a pretty black blouse. And Leofwyna came out with bags and bags of little stuffed toys, puzzles, baby onsies, dish towels, blouses and I don't know what all else. For a wonder we did find room for it all but we were definitely packed tight.
On the way home (we crossed the Missouri at St Joe since everything north to Sioux City is closed due to the floods) we were watching a huge thunder storm to the north with the most unusual lightning. It looked amazingly like shorthand, all crimped up in loops and squiggles, which lasted all the way from St Joe home.
Monday afternoon, although it was rather hot and muggy, I did get most of the lawn mowed while Leofwyna unloaded the van. I had to leave the backyard unmown as the ground was still wet from yesterday's rain. The tent and groundclothes need to be spread to dry soon. We left the beds, well secured, in the van for the Niobrara trip next month rather then handling them an extra time. I will need to pull out a couple of the sunshade poles to repair, make the new siderails for my bed and at least one of the new sunshades before that trip.
Lilies War... Laundry Lilies... we had the wash and air dry cycles on three occasions; fortunately spin dry didn't quite happen. Friday was good for the fireworks and mostly the daytimes were dry for activities. The three main courts were filled with taps for peerages and there was a "drive-by" knighting early in the war. We may well get a couple peer elevations at Cattle Raids again this year which would be good for our coffers. And best of all, in opening court Oz petitioned for permission to marry above his station and proposed to HE Catherine right there before us all. How cool and SO romantic.
It was really good for have Leofwyna there this year but the heat got to her a great deal (because of the meds she's on). She only went out drumming a couple times and found it disappointing. Now she's saying she probably won't go for an entire Lilies again, but maybe she'll come down for 3-4 days at the end of the war for the fireworks and parties and to help me break camp. (Additional motive might be a Sunday run into KC as well... snerk!) We'll see what happens; she really doesn't enjoy staying quietly close to camp watching the world pass by as I do. This year I was the one getting out and about more when Sash wanted me to go along on some of his rounds. This resulted, the last day, on a purchase of six yards of a lovely dark brown linen for a gown. I'm planning real embroidery and all for it and will be great with the golden linen undertunic I haven't gotten made up yet.
We joined the food group and had really yummy breakfasts and suppers throughout the war. Wednesday we put on mundanes and went to KC to pick up Rosina as Gyda had to go back to Lincoln for work. Turned out this was one of the two hottest days in camp so being in the air-conditioned van that day was definately a boon. Leofwyna and I decided we were jinxes when we tried to go to anything together; the evening movie Monday and Jenna's stories Tuesday didn't happen. Turns out Jenna was rescheduled Wednesday while we were gone.
I spent quality quiet time in camp hemming four headrails and I spent one afternoon in Marcella's camp stitching Royal Crown flannel bags to a big purple fleece blanket. I'd meant to go again but the second round of 'interesting' weather kept me close in camp. A good thing too as I had to run down the hill and drop the sunshade when the winds pushed a couple of the poles through and was ripping it up. After court Thursday I stopped by at Marcella's camp but they were preparing for Ed's household meeting so I didn't stay.
After breaking camp Sunday (and finding room somehow for Od's kit for the return trip) we headed back into KC to hit the SAVERS stores. I got a nice set of intensely hot pink twin flannel sheets and a couple books. Od found her queen bottom sheet (leopard print, of course) and a pretty black blouse. And Leofwyna came out with bags and bags of little stuffed toys, puzzles, baby onsies, dish towels, blouses and I don't know what all else. For a wonder we did find room for it all but we were definitely packed tight.
On the way home (we crossed the Missouri at St Joe since everything north to Sioux City is closed due to the floods) we were watching a huge thunder storm to the north with the most unusual lightning. It looked amazingly like shorthand, all crimped up in loops and squiggles, which lasted all the way from St Joe home.
Monday afternoon, although it was rather hot and muggy, I did get most of the lawn mowed while Leofwyna unloaded the van. I had to leave the backyard unmown as the ground was still wet from yesterday's rain. The tent and groundclothes need to be spread to dry soon. We left the beds, well secured, in the van for the Niobrara trip next month rather then handling them an extra time. I will need to pull out a couple of the sunshade poles to repair, make the new siderails for my bed and at least one of the new sunshades before that trip.
