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Come Socialize My New Puppy
May. 10th, 2010 10:53 pmSunday is sewing day and rapier practice. ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
theceredwin won't be there, but folks can practice anyway.
BONUS: In addition to sewing and hanging out, you can come socialize with my new puppy! Or play, or snuggle, or whatever you want to call it.
Yeah, I got a new baby for Mother's Day. :-D I'm totally in love. He's adorable, funny, eager to please, smart, and sweet. Can you tell he's already got my heart?
Golden retriever. 8 weeks old. Boy. Fluffy as can be. No name yet.
( Meet puppy )
theceredwin won't be there, but folks can practice anyway.BONUS: In addition to sewing and hanging out, you can come socialize with my new puppy! Or play, or snuggle, or whatever you want to call it.
Yeah, I got a new baby for Mother's Day. :-D I'm totally in love. He's adorable, funny, eager to please, smart, and sweet. Can you tell he's already got my heart?
Golden retriever. 8 weeks old. Boy. Fluffy as can be. No name yet.
( Meet puppy )
I have pictures up from the weekend. I didn't really get out of camp at all, so these are mostly from La Belle, with just a sprinkling of Grey's Retinue (the great-grandkids).
I was strong, and managed to get some pics of people OTHER than just the kids I think are the awesomest in the whole wide world. It was difficult, but I managed. :-)
The funniest moment this weekend *wasn't* caught on film, though. As you can tell from the pics, Edward was REALLY into the armour. On Saturday afternoon, he put on a breastplate, a couple of gauntlets, and walked around with a buckler. We all went about our business, until suddenly everybody noticed him laying in the middle of the field, flailing about, unable to get up.
So, that myth about knights falling over in their armour and not able to get up on their own? Only if you're THREE. Poor boy!
And now, on to the pics. Oh, the full set is available here.
( La Belle Compagnie, teasers )
I was strong, and managed to get some pics of people OTHER than just the kids I think are the awesomest in the whole wide world. It was difficult, but I managed. :-)
The funniest moment this weekend *wasn't* caught on film, though. As you can tell from the pics, Edward was REALLY into the armour. On Saturday afternoon, he put on a breastplate, a couple of gauntlets, and walked around with a buckler. We all went about our business, until suddenly everybody noticed him laying in the middle of the field, flailing about, unable to get up.
So, that myth about knights falling over in their armour and not able to get up on their own? Only if you're THREE. Poor boy!
And now, on to the pics. Oh, the full set is available here.
( La Belle Compagnie, teasers )
Marching Through Time
Apr. 18th, 2010 10:18 pmThis spring's reenacting season has been fanTAStic. Jamestown was busy and warm, and our Marietta Mansion event this weekend was busy and cool. I think this is the first year in a long time where all of us made it out to both events both days, without staying home for somebody or other being sick or not wanting to be out in dreadful weather. Hooray!
This weekend was my debut event as Lady Joan Peel, taking over the role fromichseke. I eased my way in gently by being Lady Joan's daughter-in-law at Jamestown, while shadowing ichseke. I still have a lot to remember and figure out, but I'm comfortable talking with visitors, and I'm able to extemporize in character.
The boys had a wonderful time as well. We had a bit of crankiness and tantrums, but that's kind of to be expected when you're out working and playing so hard. The boys continued what they started at Jamestown, actually interpreting to the guests. Henry LOVED being "the teacher", and said that the best part of the weekend was playing with the kids that came into camp. We were really rocking and rolling with the family friendly and history-is-fun atmosphere. :-D
For once, I took the camera and made an effort to get around and take pictures. But I'm working on uploading them, and I'm going to touch them up and crop a bit before posting, so in the meantime, I'll give you a quickie I took with my phone on Saturday morning:
And now, I'm exhausted, and about ready to fall into bed. It was so luxurious to just sit on the couch and do NOTHING tonight. Tomorrow will be plenty of laundry and clean up.
This weekend was my debut event as Lady Joan Peel, taking over the role from
ichseke. I eased my way in gently by being Lady Joan's daughter-in-law at Jamestown, while shadowing ichseke. I still have a lot to remember and figure out, but I'm comfortable talking with visitors, and I'm able to extemporize in character. The boys had a wonderful time as well. We had a bit of crankiness and tantrums, but that's kind of to be expected when you're out working and playing so hard. The boys continued what they started at Jamestown, actually interpreting to the guests. Henry LOVED being "the teacher", and said that the best part of the weekend was playing with the kids that came into camp. We were really rocking and rolling with the family friendly and history-is-fun atmosphere. :-D
For once, I took the camera and made an effort to get around and take pictures. But I'm working on uploading them, and I'm going to touch them up and crop a bit before posting, so in the meantime, I'll give you a quickie I took with my phone on Saturday morning:
And now, I'm exhausted, and about ready to fall into bed. It was so luxurious to just sit on the couch and do NOTHING tonight. Tomorrow will be plenty of laundry and clean up.
Started Quilting
Feb. 16th, 2010 10:59 pmThis weekend after the La Belle meeting, I started quilting Jeff's arming doublet. Yes, it's been sitting waiting for that for a little bit.
Quilting and padding is something that I'm kind of making up as I go along. There are a lot of things I have on my mind during this process:
-Being able to fit it directly to Jeff
-Not having 20 layers in each seam allowance
-Making sure that all of the layers end up where they're supposed to be.
-Since it's about a 1/4 inch thick, sizing the outer layer correctly so it's not too small.
Notes on how I'm dealing with some of this. For some reason, I'm too tired this evening to write this in coherent paragraphs, so you get something along the order of bulletpoints. :-D
( picture heavy under the fold )
Quilting and padding is something that I'm kind of making up as I go along. There are a lot of things I have on my mind during this process:
-Being able to fit it directly to Jeff
-Not having 20 layers in each seam allowance
-Making sure that all of the layers end up where they're supposed to be.
-Since it's about a 1/4 inch thick, sizing the outer layer correctly so it's not too small.
Notes on how I'm dealing with some of this. For some reason, I'm too tired this evening to write this in coherent paragraphs, so you get something along the order of bulletpoints. :-D
( picture heavy under the fold )
WAY too amused
Aug. 20th, 2009 08:48 pmI'm having WAY too much fun with this squirrelizer. If you haven't seen it yet, some people on a vacation in Banff got a funny addition to their posed portrait. The very notion of it all had me holding my guts giggling for about 15 minutes.
But the squirrelizer! Now you can squirrelize any picture that you want!
I've littered a few of my friends' posts with them today, and I'm sure people are wondering what the hell the squirrel is about. I hope you're at least a little amused with them, because I can't begin to hope that anybody else giggles maniacally on the inside (mostly on the inside) whenever they see this ( little guy. )
But the squirrelizer! Now you can squirrelize any picture that you want!
I've littered a few of my friends' posts with them today, and I'm sure people are wondering what the hell the squirrel is about. I hope you're at least a little amused with them, because I can't begin to hope that anybody else giggles maniacally on the inside (mostly on the inside) whenever they see this ( little guy. )
Pennsic Pictures!
Aug. 9th, 2009 10:40 pmWell, these are Henry's Pennsic pictures. Mine will come in a bit. I still have to do a recap post. Oy.
One of these shots is actually very nice. The rest are just silly. He didn't take all that many. But there IS a picture of my new dress!
( Through the eyes of a four year old )
One of these shots is actually very nice. The rest are just silly. He didn't take all that many. But there IS a picture of my new dress!
( Through the eyes of a four year old )
Henry has been using our old 2 megapixel camera for snapshots around the house for about the last year. He's finally dropped it one too many times, or rather, Eddie has gotten to it, and it's dead. All of the internals still work, but the lens won't pop out when you turn it on, meaning that it won't open to take pictures.
So, we decided to get him one of those little kid cameras that they can drop and throw all over the place. What a mistake.
Ok, I'm sure that what's most important is that he can play with taking pictures, but I see no reason on earth why the camera has to take such crappy pictures. I mean, for under $100 I can find a 10 megapixel camera, way less if I look at discount sites. Sure, it's not ruggedized, but why would it be so difficult to make a kids camera have 3, or even 2 megapixels?
He's shooting pictures, and he's having fun, but what happens if he manages to get a well-composed picture? It's still going to look like crap. For heaven's sake, he took the picture that is my default LJ user pic. It's conceivable that with a decent camera we could put together a silly album for his grandmother.
There's a flash on the thing, but every picture is too dark or way overexposed. Even a shot that should have been cake, five feet away or so, came out dark and blurry. Which is too bad, because it would have been an otherwise cute picture of Eddie. Ugh.
It's a nice idea, and one that I actually thought of about five years before they appeared on the market, but the execution is awful. I don't know if we can return it, but I'm thinking of looking for older, used point and shoot cameras on the cheap that he needs to try to be careful with, but I won't cry if he ruins.
So, we decided to get him one of those little kid cameras that they can drop and throw all over the place. What a mistake.
Ok, I'm sure that what's most important is that he can play with taking pictures, but I see no reason on earth why the camera has to take such crappy pictures. I mean, for under $100 I can find a 10 megapixel camera, way less if I look at discount sites. Sure, it's not ruggedized, but why would it be so difficult to make a kids camera have 3, or even 2 megapixels?
He's shooting pictures, and he's having fun, but what happens if he manages to get a well-composed picture? It's still going to look like crap. For heaven's sake, he took the picture that is my default LJ user pic. It's conceivable that with a decent camera we could put together a silly album for his grandmother.
There's a flash on the thing, but every picture is too dark or way overexposed. Even a shot that should have been cake, five feet away or so, came out dark and blurry. Which is too bad, because it would have been an otherwise cute picture of Eddie. Ugh.
It's a nice idea, and one that I actually thought of about five years before they appeared on the market, but the execution is awful. I don't know if we can return it, but I'm thinking of looking for older, used point and shoot cameras on the cheap that he needs to try to be careful with, but I won't cry if he ruins.
Obligatory MTA Post
Mar. 23rd, 2009 09:39 pmSo, MTA. It went pretty well. The weather was amazingly good, if a little chilly in the morning, and a little sunny in the afternoon, but that's quibbling. It was perfect wool weather, and sun is better than rain any day. Especially at Mud Through the Ages.
We made it right at five for set up. The boys and I explored the site while Jeff worked. Saturday, we arrived a bit late, but shaving a few hours off of the beginning made the end of the day much easier on us, parenting-wise. By the end up Sunday, we were all a bit crunchy, but what else is new. I think maybe it'd be better to not go to site with the boys ahead of time, so all is new and shiney on Saturday.
Henry is in LOVE with Jamestown. Why not? There are tall ships, the fort, the church, a forge, the powder magazine, big fields, guns, motorcycles, swords, tents, fencers, chickens, everything that a little boy could possibly love. We sat and watched somebody make nails for about a half hour, and it was me who dragged him away, not the other way around. When Robert Beddingfield gave Henry a nail on Sunday, Henry was in seventh heaven, clutching it the rest of the day. We wandered through the church shortly after that, where Henry inspeced all of the forged nails and wood joinery in the lectern for well over 30 minutes.
I had one of those "magic moments" in there. You know, those moments where you're transported back, if only for an instant. We were sitting in the lectern, and although it was an Anglican church, and we'd have been good Catholics in 1471, the wood joined with cut nails, Henry looking all studious in his gown, quietly inspecting everything around him, crouching down with the light falling gently on his face. It was a moment. The fur on his gown, the dark wool, it all combined to make just the right picture and feeling for me.
The boys were simply adorable. By the end of Sunday Henry was weary of having his picture taken. He and Edward stole the hearts of so many little old ladies.
They were good. Intense, but relatively good. Had they not been good it would have been impossible, not just intense. It's getting easier. Every year gets just a little more manageable. We do need to come up with some more toys and activities before MTT.
A couple of non sequiter highlights. We met the man who built the HMS Surprise (think Master and Commander). He coordinated the building of a replica of the Rose, an earlier Revolutionary War era warship. The Rose was pressed into service once again as the Surprise, for the movie. She was renamed after that, and is now in San Diego. It was a bit of a geekgasm highlight. We also met the author of the book Growing up the Middle Ages. It was released after Edward was born, and after I did most of the research for my swaddling articles and such. We talked shop and traded notes, and I've resolved to pick up the book.
( ok, on to the pictures )
We made it right at five for set up. The boys and I explored the site while Jeff worked. Saturday, we arrived a bit late, but shaving a few hours off of the beginning made the end of the day much easier on us, parenting-wise. By the end up Sunday, we were all a bit crunchy, but what else is new. I think maybe it'd be better to not go to site with the boys ahead of time, so all is new and shiney on Saturday.
Henry is in LOVE with Jamestown. Why not? There are tall ships, the fort, the church, a forge, the powder magazine, big fields, guns, motorcycles, swords, tents, fencers, chickens, everything that a little boy could possibly love. We sat and watched somebody make nails for about a half hour, and it was me who dragged him away, not the other way around. When Robert Beddingfield gave Henry a nail on Sunday, Henry was in seventh heaven, clutching it the rest of the day. We wandered through the church shortly after that, where Henry inspeced all of the forged nails and wood joinery in the lectern for well over 30 minutes.
I had one of those "magic moments" in there. You know, those moments where you're transported back, if only for an instant. We were sitting in the lectern, and although it was an Anglican church, and we'd have been good Catholics in 1471, the wood joined with cut nails, Henry looking all studious in his gown, quietly inspecting everything around him, crouching down with the light falling gently on his face. It was a moment. The fur on his gown, the dark wool, it all combined to make just the right picture and feeling for me.
The boys were simply adorable. By the end of Sunday Henry was weary of having his picture taken. He and Edward stole the hearts of so many little old ladies.
They were good. Intense, but relatively good. Had they not been good it would have been impossible, not just intense. It's getting easier. Every year gets just a little more manageable. We do need to come up with some more toys and activities before MTT.
A couple of non sequiter highlights. We met the man who built the HMS Surprise (think Master and Commander). He coordinated the building of a replica of the Rose, an earlier Revolutionary War era warship. The Rose was pressed into service once again as the Surprise, for the movie. She was renamed after that, and is now in San Diego. It was a bit of a geekgasm highlight. We also met the author of the book Growing up the Middle Ages. It was released after Edward was born, and after I did most of the research for my swaddling articles and such. We talked shop and traded notes, and I've resolved to pick up the book.
( ok, on to the pictures )
Christmas Crafts
Dec. 21st, 2008 10:21 pmOk, I admit, one of the reasons I'm not working on Twelfth Night stuff right now is that I'm...
I'm...
I'm...
Crafting. There. I said it.
If you'd asked anybody in high school if I'd ever be known for sewing, they'd have laughed in your face. Now, I sew, but it's all serious historical stuff. (Right? Stop laughing.)
But for Christmas, my mom requested aprons. I figured, I can do aprons!
Do I make a simple apron? No. It's never that easy. I make a fully reversible apron, with pockets of the contrasting fabric on the opposite sides (which, by the way, is a much easier feat when hand-sewing). And THEN I decide that I have enough extra fabric to make a matching one for my niece, so my mom and her only granddaughter can be all cute together. Only, the matching one for my niece has a ruffle around the pocket.
I know. I can hardly stand the 'twee. Oh. And they're pink. (Well, a small turkey red pattern on white, but the overall effect is pink.)
( Aw. How precious. )
That's ok. Even if I weren't working on this (and making more Christmas cookies because we ate the first ones) I STILL wouldn't be working on Twelfth Night clothes. I made a New Year's resolution a couple of years ago that I'd like to finish up soon. Hopefully more about that will be forthcoming...
I'm...
I'm...
Crafting. There. I said it.
If you'd asked anybody in high school if I'd ever be known for sewing, they'd have laughed in your face. Now, I sew, but it's all serious historical stuff. (Right? Stop laughing.)
But for Christmas, my mom requested aprons. I figured, I can do aprons!
Do I make a simple apron? No. It's never that easy. I make a fully reversible apron, with pockets of the contrasting fabric on the opposite sides (which, by the way, is a much easier feat when hand-sewing). And THEN I decide that I have enough extra fabric to make a matching one for my niece, so my mom and her only granddaughter can be all cute together. Only, the matching one for my niece has a ruffle around the pocket.
I know. I can hardly stand the 'twee. Oh. And they're pink. (Well, a small turkey red pattern on white, but the overall effect is pink.)
( Aw. How precious. )
That's ok. Even if I weren't working on this (and making more Christmas cookies because we ate the first ones) I STILL wouldn't be working on Twelfth Night clothes. I made a New Year's resolution a couple of years ago that I'd like to finish up soon. Hopefully more about that will be forthcoming...
Picture post!
Jul. 14th, 2008 11:44 amEventually, I will do one more post, hopefully a sort of dress diary, with pics and explanation of the gown process. For now...
( Accompanying pictures )
( Accompanying pictures )
