arontius | Thoughts On A Thursday. (Reply)

.....I'm not necessarily a wedding enthusiast. Wearing a lot of dressy clothes and sitting through a ceremony are not things I normally like doing a whole lot. But, you know, there is something, special, about watching the wedding of Royalty in England. For one thing, you are looking at something steeped in history. The continuation of something that has direct connections to a World Event that happened almost a thousand years ago. It's rather cool.

.....Plus, I'm a big fan of British Royalty anyway. Well, maybe not Prince Charles. But definitely Queen Elizabeth and Prince William. :-)

.....I could not get tomorrow off from work though. Too many things happening, and I'm still trying to catch up from being away from my desk for four work days this last week. I'm reconciling the disappointment in my mind with the fact that I know a couple of people who are recording everything on their DVR's, so I'll be able to watch later. Plus, I'll catch a little of the aftermath tomorrow morning at around 4:30AM, when I normally sit down to breakfast and catch the early news.

.....Wish I could be in England to see it all in person. :-)

.....Still trying to decide what to do at the A&S Day Camp on Saturday. My initial inclination was to pack the Gemshorn and Recorder and play a little music. If I had thought of it earlier I would have e-mailed a few people to see if they'd consider bringing their instruments as well. Although maybe I could pack a handful of sopranos and the one or two altos I have in a bag somewhere? Then pass them out? Maybe I could get a little consort going for the day... Hmm...

.....Might pack some cards and threads, along with one of the frames and set up for some cardweaving. I have not done that in a while and it could be something I could put into a bag and pull around with me as a 'busy project' if it is on the small frame. I've got something on the frame, but it is in the wool-silk thread that I have not liked working at all. I may just pull it off and start over with a linen thread. I know we have a bunch downstairs in storage. And with the resident expert, Madrun, in attendance on Saturday, this may be the way to go.

.....Depending on who shows up, I may hit up some of the archery people to help with the archery section of the re-booted Serjeantry. Just to get their input as this is the weakest area of the Trials. The plan is to sit down with Master Andras, Master Cedric and THL Arion and discuss the tweaking of this portion, at some point in May. But things are going to be pretty hectic, so the more input I can get overall the better.

.....If some of the potential candidates are present on Saturday, it would be a great time to sit down with them and gage their preparations for submittal of their Letters of Intent at June Faire. TBT and I are hoping to sit down with each one and find out how their letters are progressing, who their support staff is, give them an idea of what to really expect with the process, and answer any questions they may have at this point. Which reminds me that I need to put out an e-mail on this topic.

.....I know that TBT has some projects in the hopper as well. Need to ask her about that. I saw the Baronial largesse bags on her Project Table downstairs. If she was thinking of putting them together on Saturday, I might get involved with that project. The bags look pretty cool, would make good largess bags, or maybe even cool prize bags for June Faire. It's all about the prizes for June Faire right now. :-)

.....I'm also itching to get started on the next silk banner as well. If I can secure the services of a projector for Saturday, I could get the elements of what I want on the next banner projected on a wall and then sketched on to some silk. I know that Talon has a projector. I believe that Anne has one as well. I'll have to see what kind of arrangements I can make in a hurry between now and then. I'll also need to see if I can sneak some time out of TBT's hectic schedule to serge a length of silk for me to use. We've got some left from our stash (five yards goes a lot further than I thought it would :-)). So I need to pull it out and make a cut on the remaining. If the right people are present on Saturday, I might even be able to get the first one sewn so that I can put it on a banner pole. Maybe I'll pack a pole and bar and fly the first banner to see how it looks.

.....Well, need to decide what to do fairly quickly. Don't have a whole lot of preparation time left. :-)

.....Aaron / Arontius.