Weekend wrap up

[gurdymonkey]

Oh, look, LiveJournal FINALLY let me onto this page. It's still being geologically slow for me.

Kingdom A&S was at the usual location in Ed Levin Park. The site is beautiful, the sole drawback being that you can't bring cars in off the pavement so you have to carry your gear out to wherever you want to pitch your tent. Several trips later with my little folding wagon, I'd made camp next to the pond, enjoyed watching the dusk fall over the water and the vocal stylings of an unseen basso profundo bullfrog who clearly needed some bullfrog lovin' because he didn't shut up all night. 

Had no takers for my 9 AM class on stitched-resist shibori, so I started the big piece I've been wanting to do, having pre-marked the fabric Friday afternoon during my break at work. It'll incorporate ori-nui and karamatsu shibori effects and hopefully make a nice "futon cover" for my sleeping bag.

Had a full class of four for my 10:30 beginner taiko class, which included Umm Jibril, Sedany and Cynthia.

Nice turnout for the HOCM Japanese picnic, though I still ended up coming home with leftover onigiri.

Cyn and I chatted photography for a bit over at Chateau Rose and I was surprised and flattered that she handed me her brand new Canon DSLR and said, "Here, go play." I took a few scenic shots over by the pond - won't know what I got until she downloads them. When I went to take some comparison shots with my little Fujifilm point-and-shoot, I discovered I must've done something to the memory card on my last download because it insisted it was write-protected. (Fortunately, cards have gotten pretty cheap and I replaced it on the way home tonight.)

Ended up hanging out and chatting with Umm Jibril and Owen at the picnic tables by the pond Saturday night. We could hear madrigals coming from one of the other encampments. It was nice, but I don't actually miss singing 'em. Periodically, the lovesick bullfrog would blat from somewhere near the willow tree.

Took Tangwystl 's Sunday morning paint-your-own pottery class, which was fun. The Perfectly Period Feast crew had researched 15th c. Spanish ceramics for last year's feast, so the handout featured a hefty swath of color-copied images. Islamic influence was obvious in a number of them and I was torn between an abstract, vaguely botanical plate and a leaping fish - so I ended up combining elements of both. Unlike most of my classmates, I eschewed laboriously sketching my design onto the premade bowl in pencil and grabbed a brush as soon as I'd roughed out where I wanted the fish to go with a couple quick pencil lines. Be interesting to see how it turns out once it's been fired.

Stopped at Daiso to pick up an extra tea strainer and a couple odds and ends, and replaced the memory card at Office Depot, still made it home by about 2:30, got unloaded, showered and had a nap.

Have decided to attempt day-tripping Crown next weekend. It's a bit of a haul up to Duncan's Mills, but I don't get to see didjiman  and karisu_sama  very often so their party invite is a must!

Comments

[bovil.livejournal.com]

There's a little slide-switch on the edge of SD cards that's a write-protect. Of course, SD cards are also a bit fragile, a bit of stress the wrong way and it could write-protect permanently. Try formatting the card in-camera if you can get it to unprotect.

We're planning to be at the party, see you Saturday.

[gurdymonkey.livejournal.com]

Sweet! I've been missing you guys too!

[broider-barones.livejournal.com]

wish our chat could have been longer - I love that you are taking a path your heart has chosen and we all get to come along for the ride. I think the SCA is about sharing ideas and figuring out the how - then playing with it. Thanks for letting us/me look over your shoulder. Wish I had the time to try out the Shibori -- maybe in a year or so.

[mochimonkey.livejournal.com]

Maybe you're in a black hole of LJ interfacing? You need to open up another wormhole in the fabric of the time-space continuum and run your cables through that. Yup.

Kenny & I will probably see you at party, too! Although, I know that we're less important on your scale of PEOPLE MUST BE WITH ladder. I know. We're just not japnee enough. haha

[gurdymonkey.livejournal.com]

Awesome. I wasn't sure if you'd still be in town or not, but I WAS hoping. ;-D