I thought this was pretty neat. Since there are people still lurking on LJ that enjoy haiku, I figured I'd pass the link along.

And you can see all of the curbside haiku samples here.

I used to envision a field of wild flowers on a bright Spring day to help relax me. I now envision my C&P press. In my mind I can hear the sound of the machine working, feel the paper in my hands, and smell the ink. I can feel the rhythm of the machine and the treadle under my foot. It is a glorious feeling and it calms me right down.

For my birthday, I got a gorgeous set of 18 point Garamond type and the italics set is coming. I sat and stared at it. It's just the beginning....

My press is still occupying space at my cousin-in-law's shop. We've done some tree clearing in the yard this past fall and we meet with a contractor this weekend to start talking about the shop.

Hopefully by the end of the year, we can bring her home. I've made contact with the folks down at Lead Graffiti in Delaware and they can likely help inspect the press and help me tweak her once she's settled.

And then it'll be time to get to the really fun stuff...

I can't wait.

As promised, Coronation pictures from this past weekend are now up. You can either click on the picture or click on the link which will take you to the collection home page. Also, please feel free to pass the link along to anyone you think may be interested. And as always, if there's a photo of you that you'd like me to take down, just let me know and I'll be happy to oblige.

Coronation fell on my father's 60th birthday so thomas_delbroc and I left in the afternoon in order to celebrate with my parents. Otherwise, I suspect I'd have taken a few more pictures. ;-)

The time we did spend at the event on Saturday was fabulous. I highly enjoyed last court especially when the court business pertained to family and friends. I got to schmooze. And best of all, lissa510 and I formalized our relationship, which is awesome in oh so many ways.

I can haz protege!

My photo taking at Pennsic with the SLR was limited to Wednesday of war week. The other days, I was snapping random pictures with my phone. I'll add those pics to the collection tonight. I wish I had been able to get better shots of Vairavi's Laurel ceremony. The lighting was crappy and I had a hard time getting into a good spot to get primo pictures. Not too happy about that. *pout*

Anywho, here is the link for the Pennsic collection.

Tonight I will be uploading pictures from Coronation this past weekend.

Here's a teaser pic from Coronation yesterday. I think this is one of my favorite shots.

However, while sorting through the pictures on the flash card, I noticed that I still haven't uploaded pictures from Pennsic yet. Whoops!

katnboots and I are heading back to the site shortly. Once we're home again, I'll start sorting out the Pennsic pics and the Coronation pics. Promise.

I've got a bit to say about Roses this past weekend. I just haven't had the time to put the thoughts down.

However, I did spend the time uploading a bunch of pictures to my Flickr account. You can view the set here.

Please feel free to pass the link around. If you are in one of the photos but would like it to be removed, please let me know. I'll be happy to remove the picture.

pictures are up. You know...just in case you weren't already aware. ;-)

I think they turned out alright.

Crown Tourney pics have been uploaded.

There were times when I felt pretty silly taking a gazillion pictures this past Saturday. I mean, how many pictures of fights does one really need? But after giving them a once over, I'm pretty happy that I did. There are some shots in the set that I really, really like.

In particular:
This one

This one

And, This one

There are more but it's late and I need to get myself to work. Feel free to pass the link along.

Pictures from River Wars have finally been uploaded. Overall, they're sorta meh. The overcast skies during Court made for some fussy picture taking. So not everything that we shot came out. :-/

Could someone send the link over to the Baroness of Bhakail? We got a couple cute pictures of Mina that they'd probably like to see.