Spoiled Rotten...

I am so spoiled. :) I got the pictured package in the mail this morning. My apprentice, Jeanne Marie, sent a warp for me to put on my horizontal loom. :) (Any Crescent Moonies, note the color combo.) She is the bestest! :)

The reason I've been in Topeka is that I had guests last night. Two friends from the Outlands, Graf Hanse and Syr Zach, stopped in on their way to Pennsic in Pennsylvania. Here they are leaving this morning:And here are some amazing clouds I caught on my way to work (I was actually 15 minutes *early*):

Dirt Ties...

When I went to my last event as an Outlander, my apprentices and friends got together and made me this gift. It has soil from each of their homes, and some of the sacred Caer Galen dirt (which has ashes from each of the hearths of CG at camping events). On the outside it says:
"It is a tradition, when you leave a place for travels, you take a bit of the earth from that place. The earth will always make it's way back home safely and so to do we want you to always make your way back to us safely."

It lives above my TV, along with the three Anglo-Saxon books that didn't go into storage when I put all my books in storage: Wordcraft, Dress in Anglo-Saxon England, and North European Textiles. Oh, and my Firefly boxed set. :o)

Utlaaaaaaands...

Here's a look at the Outlands camp from a couple of directions. I spent some of Saturday sitting in their camp watching the fighting.

I never take pictures of war fighting. I just feel like you can't capture the magic of it on film (or, y'know, memory stick). You take a picture you think is interesting, but when you look at it later, it just looks like a bunch of guys milling around in armor with some sticks covered in duct tape. :)
And here is one titled: "Outlands camp, with barrel." It's one of my favorites (I really like the soft refracted lighting), except for the big ol' blue trash barrel.

Worlds Collide

Calontir Coronation but the Outlands Crown... And they brought Balthazar and Charlie with them. :o)

Other random images from the event:

SCA in the bleachers amused me greatly.

Pretty little Norse girl playing in the sand (aka the long jump pit).

One more of SCA fighting on the football field.