some weekend whatnots

in which our plucky heroine does her best...

This weekend has been the 6th Annual An Tir backlog Scribal challenge, which I chose to participate in (as I mentioned in Friday's post). So. I'm not done, but I didn't expect to be. I have never finished in the 48 hours in any of these, and likely never will, and am totally okay with that. There will be continued work on the project, and eventually, once it is done, there will be a whole photo essay up here to view...

I'm fairly pleased with what I have done so far, considering it is a new direction for me. I still very much love the Gothic art style, and probably always will, but I also want to continue to challenge myself. The most successful new thing I did on this piece was to use The Odda Stone as a source for a calligraphic hand. Why? Because I didn't want to try and learn an uncial hand overnight, and the latin style hand, carved in stone, was similar (but not identical) to the Roman Rustic I had learned a while ago, and of an appropriate time period for the scroll.

My take-away from this weekend is that I will attempt to complete between six to eight new scrolls over the course of a year, which is a reasonable amount of scribal activity. This will allow me to make good on my promised backlog scrolls for friends, and allow me to continue to be a part of the SCA even though I must remain socially isolated for my own safety

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~ beautiful quinceling ~

The quince blossoms are opening up, a sure sign of springtime!

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I got distracted by the rabbit holes inherent in design planning on Friday night, and forgot I'd left the blood orange marmalade on the lowest simmer burner. It didn't burn, perzactly, but by the time I woke up Saturday, it went way beyond dark caramel color. The orange peel shreds turned black, as did the syrupy liquid. I am sad at the waste of energy, time, and food.

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April SMART goals (x=extra)

#	THINGS MADE	THINGS FIXED	THINGS GONE
1	tiny angora print	computer zone lamp	persimmon prunings
2	5th God bag	blog template	forsythia prunings
3	-	grey turtleneck collar	yard waste bin
4	-	indigo bunny art	recycle bin
5	-	taxes done	-
6	x	x	x
7	x	x	x
8	x	x	x
9	x	x	x

today's gratitudes -
1. I'm not going to send in my scribal project for feedback, which relieves some of my time pressure. I will send it in to be signed sealed and delivered to the recipient, as that is the part that is the most important aspect of the activity. I'd rather focus on getting it done and mailed off rather than hassle with yet another Google Docs interface.
2. Salad Semi-Nicoise was pretty darn tasty, even if without either olives or tomato. My HB eggs turned out perfect. Might need to get some more green beans, that last batch were great!
3. I need to figure out WordPad, which is as far as I can figure out the word processing program on my laptop. Never a dull moment here at Acorn Cottage

Time of Isolation - Day 1379