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Queensland dispatches

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I’m posting from Brisbane, we’ve just spent two days at Abbey Medieval Festival. We’re happy, tired and broke. And the kids are trying to kill each other. Fun times. Somehow or other, despite Dave, Tom and I all having the horrible lurgi all week we managed to get all the post-Winterfest laundry done (all right, Adam did the laundry) and get ourselves packed up and ready to head off to Queensland on Friday morning. We were on the road at 6:30am, Adam did the driving, I was no use drugged up on Codral and snoozing most of the way. A … Continue reading Queensland dispatches

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What we did at Winterfest

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After a frantic week of shoe making, cloak hemming and costume tweaking we were more or less ready for our first whole family participation in a Huscarls camp. This was a paid gig for the group and our job was to come along, look authentic, talk to the public and have fun. I think we managed to meet all those criteria fairly well. We arrived at about 8:00am after stopping off to pick up firewood at the servo. Helped with the last bits of setting up camp, fortified ourselves with bacon and egg rolls, mini Dutch pancakes, hot chocolates and … Continue reading What we did at Winterfest

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The dog got lonely on the weekend

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When I went to bed on Sunday night Clara climbed up beside me and demanded cuddles. Her bed is in the other half of the rumpus room which has been converted into our bedroom and a gym area and is divided by bookshelves so there’s no door on our bedroom as such. When I told her to go to her own bed she made it perfectly clear that she had other plans. “I’m sleeping HERE!” Mind you, because she is not only a great big sook but also an extremely well behaved puppy she didn’t persist with this and did … Continue reading The dog got lonely on the weekend

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Need a laugh?

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Head on over to Shapely Prose and read all about spaghetti language. Spaghetti language is what you speak when you’re half-asleep and you think you’re having a real conversation but actually are spewing gibberish. Make sure you read the comments too! I have vivid memories of being the one doing this while reading bedtime stories to the kids. I’d be exhausted from the small-baby-in-the-house effect and reading a favourite book the words of which I knew off by heart. A page would be turned, “yep, I know this bit” I would think, my eyes would drift closed as I recited … Continue reading Need a laugh?

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Winterfest

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This weekend we will be getting dressed up as vikings and hanging out at Winterfest with the Huscarls. I’m looking forward to having a play with my longbow and watching the very gorgeous falconry displays. Jousting, fighting displays and a working trebuchet also promise to be lots of fun. So, if you’re in Sydney and at a loose end this weekend come along, it’ll be awesome, I promise! Winterfest 2008 5th and 6th July, 2008Marsfield ParkCulloden Road, North Ryde(opp. Golf Range adjoined to Macquarie University)10.00am- 5.00pm Saturday & Sunday The draft timetable (which will in all probability have changed by … Continue reading Winterfest

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Replica bead making

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One of my justifications for the acquisition of my own glass bead making gear is that I will be able to make replica Anglo-Saxon/Viking beads to go with our, and other group members’, Huscarls costumes. This weekend I finally got around to making a couple of sets of replica-ish beads. The purple ones are for Caitlin and I do wonder if the encased flowers are historically accurate but the green and brown ones are, I think, pretty close to being HA. I’m still short a few tools that I want for shaping beads so I had to improvise a bit … Continue reading Replica bead making

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Another Book Meme

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Yeah, it’s a bit on the repetitive side but books just happen to be one of my obsessions so I’m doing it anyway. The Big Read reckons that the average adult has only read 6 of the top 100 books they’ve printed. Well let’s see. 1) Look at the list and bold those you have read.2) Italicise those you intend to read.3) Underline the books you LOVE.4) Put an asterisk next to the books you’d rather shove hot pokers in your eyes than read5) Reprint this list in your own blog so we can try and track down these people … Continue reading Another Book Meme

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Menu plan 23 June 08

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Haven’t done one of these in a while and the lack has been showing up very clearly in our grocery budget and our eating out/takeaway budget – oops! Time to get back on track. MondayOven fish and chipsFruit & yoghurtTuesdayBangers and mashFruit & yoghurtWednesdayBaked dinner – leg of lambRice puddingThursdayChicken Korma curry & riceFruit & yoghurtFridayBBQ ribs, corn, jacket potato and saladIce cream & fruitSaturdaySteak sandwiches and chipsFruit & yoghurtSundayHam and cheese pasta bakeIce cream & fruit Continue reading Menu plan 23 June 08