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[etienettebluet]

Heading to Lilies on Friday Od and I made good time and we trolled in before eight o'clock.  As I was laying out the tent Cat, Laura and Bindi swarmed down the hill to help me raise it and a couple young men from the camp across the way came over to help too.  With all that help we quickly got the tent up, the groundcloths laid and the bed and totes unloaded into the tent.  Having thanked them all profusely for the assistance I moved the van out to parking via Smithville (for a McDonald's supper).  Back in the tent around eleven I discovered the rachet set was missing the socket I needed to put the bed together so I did the best I could with just fingers.  Upon proceeding to blow up the air mattress I discovered I had no C batteries so I spent considerable time blowing into it.  The evening had been pleasant but the night was extremely humid and somewhat chilly.  At one o'clock I rolled up (fully dressed) in a wool blanket on the somewhat flat mattress on the slightly wobbly bed and slept right through until nine a.m.  I later overheard it rained very heavily here Thursday.

Saturday late morning when the sun came over the trees I headed up-the-hill where I helped when the baronial pavilion was being put up.  I spent all my available time thereafter embroidering Eleanor's garden badge through Tuesday when I handed it off to be basted to her mantle.  I'll get it back to finish adding the face and plants later this month.  Sash wasn't able to come afterall this year due to health issues so there was a cooking group meeting to adjust plans.  Gotta say meals all through the week were entirely to my taste!   Bindi stayed in camp during court to make chicken noodle alfredo for our supper.  I took time to put a tarp over one end of the tent, anticipating rain and it's good that I did.

It rained pretty hard early Sunday morning but cleared off to a fine day before anyone was up.  Sunday supper was Haldara's beef stew.

Monday morning I headed out to Smithville for batteries and a socket and took the chance to have a hamburger steak with bbq sauce at Lowman's for lunch   Supper Monday was Oz's pulled-pork cooked with Dr Pepper which was very yummy.  I had a deer tick attach but since I'd showered a hour earlier I'm thinking it was not "with" me more than a few minutes.  It itched... that's how I found it so quick.

Tuesday for handwork I mended poof-pants and altered sleeves on some of my camp tunics (much more comfortable in the Lilies heat and humidity).  I made supper, cabbage-apple-sausage skillet.

Wednesday for handwork I put together a double-layer arming coif for Oz.  I covered two troll shifts, one 2-4 with Cat and the other 8-10 with Felix.  Skipped Laura's supper and missed out on the taco salad

Thursday was closing court (sic).  Killian did steak and potatoes for supper.

Friday the windiness we'd been having all week left off and the resulting heat was brutal.  The fireworks were glorious and afterwards I brought the van in.  Rain is predicted for Sunday, possibly morning, so Saturday morning I struck camp while I had the shade.  Od was relieved to be going home early, too.

On the drive home one of the topics that came up was 'who next' for baronial.  Very interesting.

All in all it was a really good year, though I really missed some of the regulars.  Our 'living room' was peaceful, tidy and having visitors was a pleasure.

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[rosinavs.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry to hear Sash wasn't well enough for Lilies, I hope he's well enough for Pennsic this year. I keep trying to have him over for dinner there, and keep missing. I did bring him a fresh-baked loaf of bread once though. It was pretty funny, he didn't want to let go of it so folks could slice it up for him, he was having too much fun just smelling it.

[etienetteblue.livejournal.com]

Sash and his apprenti (incl. me) are going to Battlemor in August. I understand we were invited to enter a group, on-site sewing competition there. I'm thinking I remember him saying that's instead of Pennsic this year although I'm not positive that's the case.

[rosinavs.livejournal.com]

Well, I'll try again in the future.

[etienetteblue.livejournal.com]

I know he'll like that! He's bound to attend Pennsic again.

[elasait.livejournal.com]

This seems to have been a year for a number of people to either not be able to make it, or only for a little while.

[etienetteblue.livejournal.com]

Were you there? I don't recall seeing you. I stayed pretty close to MagMor camp except for courts and troll duties.

[elasait.livejournal.com]

Yes, we were there all week. I spent a lot of time with my butt parked on a chair under my shade fly, conversing with a significant chunk of the war as it dropped in and out of our camp...

[etienetteblue.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's what I did too. No wonder we missed each other.