tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31205162391662364922024-03-19T02:56:25.487-07:00The Merry Bard - by T.L. MerrybardJournaling life as a Novelist, Artist, Druid, Heathen, Mad dog mum and chicken lady, Volunteer Firey, Nature nut and Crocheter in the hills above Perth, Western Australia. T.L. Merrybardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03713406934061779754noreply@blogger.comBlogger367125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3120516239166236492.post-16193677909782716772023-05-19T02:17:00.010-07:002023-05-19T02:22:30.217-07:00The joy of role-playing games (Spoiler art for Court of Fey and Flowers on Dimension 20) <p></p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm3MsJMSHFgAG-WjOMo7OULR145131Tu_PdOKGk4rnAsYgLxZrKGe6dnZUxEnOSnWGP6icvxoQr1L04Ek4tWUKzeOnfebQgycJN543uwizWjJdNMUx6j8I9CPm0z2dS7lwmWD8BgxfBSgKolH_EHvl0v_Y_Z0r5H4xZf9EE4RUwrwsQj2RN0ClPDtU/s198/luka%20shiny%20eyes.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="198" data-original-width="148" height="198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm3MsJMSHFgAG-WjOMo7OULR145131Tu_PdOKGk4rnAsYgLxZrKGe6dnZUxEnOSnWGP6icvxoQr1L04Ek4tWUKzeOnfebQgycJN543uwizWjJdNMUx6j8I9CPm0z2dS7lwmWD8BgxfBSgKolH_EHvl0v_Y_Z0r5H4xZf9EE4RUwrwsQj2RN0ClPDtU/s1600/luka%20shiny%20eyes.jpg" width="148" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p> </p><p> Pic of ~Luka to avoid showing thumbnail of below art on top of post! <br /></p><p>Ever since covid, I've been getting so much joy and inspiration from watching Dungeons and Dragons and other role playing games like Wanderhome and Good Society played on screen on youtube, twitch and Dropout TV. I've even started running my own games for friends and family. Never let it be said that an old chook can't learn new tricks!</p><p>There is something about this medium of shared storytelling that I just get. I love the two layers of the relationships between the players, and the relationships between their characters, I love the spontaneity of it and the amazing humour and emotion that can be generated by a group of people sitting around a table together. The long play style and slow burn of the stories are peaceful for me, too. </p><p>For some time now, most visual media have just been to over-the-top for my senses. Too violent, too emotion-jerky, too camera-twitchy, too manipulative. I begin to watch things that are supposed by others to be so great, and then back out early on because I just don't feel good for watching them. RPG, though, the stories they tell give me joy and live in my head in a happy way, and may they live there forever!</p><p>If you'd like to get a feel for a role playing game where dice and improvisation decide the outcome of the story instead of a script, watch this lovely series of edits of just one thread of A Court of Fey and Flowers.</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uszsCnSQs9k&t=206s">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uszsCnSQs9k&t=206s </a><br /></p><p></p><p>Beware below pics the spoiler for this thread! Come back after you watch!</p><p> </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdMKXaiL2IZ78FvcmFK9FrPOfeWykvcmUJ4bimyhEf3Il50kFYrHMb7Sx9yTZlGkFhTmANxZ5pewK_sbwkKgNz-TmczLbfG78V3A4yFKQBUHIKbOFmtM6StbgH2Qfgxm1TTr9C42k6XwzbmeTKedI8jRtYC2gqDvObfFAW6xw841IxdmcB3bf3RC85/s1280/Bonnie%20Luka%20angus%20group%202023.JPG.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="672" data-original-width="1280" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdMKXaiL2IZ78FvcmFK9FrPOfeWykvcmUJ4bimyhEf3Il50kFYrHMb7Sx9yTZlGkFhTmANxZ5pewK_sbwkKgNz-TmczLbfG78V3A4yFKQBUHIKbOFmtM6StbgH2Qfgxm1TTr9C42k6XwzbmeTKedI8jRtYC2gqDvObfFAW6xw841IxdmcB3bf3RC85/s320/Bonnie%20Luka%20angus%20group%202023.JPG.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi74hfPRt6_k-W256woDKSVP67inXP9KBO0DocfkyhHbs4hXlaXnbdjaxjXmp27cUu2GspXFOKYuyiY9o_W4vs2NLFjtAfxptZQP6FsXIBL18ThZjFoRGzocVpjmra8h1SSK2znm7hBGhnWkU34wov0NiHHMq5DbOijd566Dl9HUSHS46PqEFWN2Hdw/s4032/20230514_082812.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi74hfPRt6_k-W256woDKSVP67inXP9KBO0DocfkyhHbs4hXlaXnbdjaxjXmp27cUu2GspXFOKYuyiY9o_W4vs2NLFjtAfxptZQP6FsXIBL18ThZjFoRGzocVpjmra8h1SSK2znm7hBGhnWkU34wov0NiHHMq5DbOijd566Dl9HUSHS46PqEFWN2Hdw/s320/20230514_082812.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p> <br /></p><p>There is something about this pair of beings who see themselves as unlovable and monstrous and yet find each other that just grabs my heart. So many of us think we will not be worthy of love because of what we perceive as our flaws, but actually there is somebody out there who will see your beauty and worth just as you are. This story was beautiful, and it was played out by a pair of fellas who were as surprised by its unfolding as we were. That's the beauty of RPG. <br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqvNBVkkJp7LzgGHIclBkrCxfaBudUK_QnKd-SLePkHqOOGMhPjmvyIEk3md4ztNgvfEJ5FWE-A5AHWnBPm3uRPfsP4PZ7Hq-URpCT8T33_UCGrOBuv2tuw4GWAOacVawux8YyyRoAeYtpKR5BEMu1Cd2DRCW_xJig6W1gqlNOJiZdzYjlWuc0OQXq/s559/Ruehob_Hug.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="559" data-original-width="555" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqvNBVkkJp7LzgGHIclBkrCxfaBudUK_QnKd-SLePkHqOOGMhPjmvyIEk3md4ztNgvfEJ5FWE-A5AHWnBPm3uRPfsP4PZ7Hq-URpCT8T33_UCGrOBuv2tuw4GWAOacVawux8YyyRoAeYtpKR5BEMu1Cd2DRCW_xJig6W1gqlNOJiZdzYjlWuc0OQXq/s320/Ruehob_Hug.png" width="318" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>These two have my heart. This is my first
ever piece of fan art! Oscar Montoya and Brennan Lee Mulligan played
them to perfection. Drawn in ink and coloured-pencil then put into
procreate to add the circle and text. </p><p> <br /></p>T.L. Merrybardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03713406934061779754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3120516239166236492.post-48768087161193712062023-05-19T01:51:00.004-07:002023-05-19T01:51:38.091-07:00Look at our little beauty! <p>She's just turned 10 months old. As usual with puppies, it seems forever we've had her, but also yesterday that she arrived. </p><p> <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisO03gx180lhElvcXSdOfjHtZ9jggAHAA0LiHNLaCPw2mb5TLq-vMuafWTj3qCQSyryjkfOKM_E6KGinKuyeMMcsELyx6DYbWodMN44N_OQ_jfq2AEnWpN9FrHDqSHbyjtYbrM5YGz_k2gPT7kO55CUr3wVEBOLwFLKaQ6cu1EaiGZobOxGPNOwIc0/s322/luka%20grumpy%20at%20Bonnie%2010%20months.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="242" data-original-width="322" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisO03gx180lhElvcXSdOfjHtZ9jggAHAA0LiHNLaCPw2mb5TLq-vMuafWTj3qCQSyryjkfOKM_E6KGinKuyeMMcsELyx6DYbWodMN44N_OQ_jfq2AEnWpN9FrHDqSHbyjtYbrM5YGz_k2gPT7kO55CUr3wVEBOLwFLKaQ6cu1EaiGZobOxGPNOwIc0/s320/luka%20grumpy%20at%20Bonnie%2010%20months.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4fw_PmWnAFW60BZSFJUKW27mRlBgBIClpLRt1LIqSGO6i8Wc45HXsqIpT1grsFlnA5bUaVBPTOjXv0I3b9Q6wJrrvAEqJWrlH4dFs-qQ48nep1T-_ewhXB8qI2rfJgqMp1dxvgb_DkC_MHxmHjdaIq9su2Hcpm3ZtL2AeGfE_Y5oEH_N3DwvRzvcV/s559/Bonnie%20with%20cushions%2010%20months.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="559" data-original-width="419" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4fw_PmWnAFW60BZSFJUKW27mRlBgBIClpLRt1LIqSGO6i8Wc45HXsqIpT1grsFlnA5bUaVBPTOjXv0I3b9Q6wJrrvAEqJWrlH4dFs-qQ48nep1T-_ewhXB8qI2rfJgqMp1dxvgb_DkC_MHxmHjdaIq9su2Hcpm3ZtL2AeGfE_Y5oEH_N3DwvRzvcV/s320/Bonnie%20with%20cushions%2010%20months.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJOipA7n0BHyjZY9DgU4ZO38Axx49QXQLUn_VkY0KcXLAcb0vUVYRqWbf0oP0bmS79tqnxlCeeWa8ydKz1OSKXTiQPXOaZE6DYdAGBhT3_5lK41UK212T3uTWqL6MVGUFYxeGvG2QeSzoukLLuINONmRtn4g6iy_wp1TtMGq1ZTr1W1pB_0Q-B4kKQ/s559/bonnie%20snuggled%20to%20angus.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="559" data-original-width="419" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJOipA7n0BHyjZY9DgU4ZO38Axx49QXQLUn_VkY0KcXLAcb0vUVYRqWbf0oP0bmS79tqnxlCeeWa8ydKz1OSKXTiQPXOaZE6DYdAGBhT3_5lK41UK212T3uTWqL6MVGUFYxeGvG2QeSzoukLLuINONmRtn4g6iy_wp1TtMGq1ZTr1W1pB_0Q-B4kKQ/s320/bonnie%20snuggled%20to%20angus.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijHOvzlhkOV3VAtj74VxJQpU0YTkkAi6weduRMxAcwbZ55H7wRuureuUpZzITR_gzWnjtWAcx2EZoC_d0ASTfsW5V7c2AHBJGXg1k9e6hPnnenAEvfefOFe7C0Ix7QmC8Mg4XE7BAQy3H2wWCw1-OOF3zZC7j0rR9NGUyFwzzfE3z46vsrapU3IiuP/s745/bonnie%20sheep%20ball%209%20months.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="559" data-original-width="745" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijHOvzlhkOV3VAtj74VxJQpU0YTkkAi6weduRMxAcwbZ55H7wRuureuUpZzITR_gzWnjtWAcx2EZoC_d0ASTfsW5V7c2AHBJGXg1k9e6hPnnenAEvfefOFe7C0Ix7QmC8Mg4XE7BAQy3H2wWCw1-OOF3zZC7j0rR9NGUyFwzzfE3z46vsrapU3IiuP/s320/bonnie%20sheep%20ball%209%20months.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO3r0PfS8asK1vC8R8JCTo3PIg28z_QFLsLustpzoymsg7j0y5ZXtZ3WQfR_xhZWPfu7TDRINt45Ko0_TwYZAwEE8SgXjwgEEvCVqoHK4jXXJ7eMWyo48AVjQJ_7UFCqlkSiL_Q4sH78kTNgt7n_N-VtdK8xgLh8NSP3VnnPt_4mDgJ8QbswZpcQq1/s745/Bonie%2010%20months%20tina%20behind%20sleeping%20bonnie.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="559" data-original-width="745" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO3r0PfS8asK1vC8R8JCTo3PIg28z_QFLsLustpzoymsg7j0y5ZXtZ3WQfR_xhZWPfu7TDRINt45Ko0_TwYZAwEE8SgXjwgEEvCVqoHK4jXXJ7eMWyo48AVjQJ_7UFCqlkSiL_Q4sH78kTNgt7n_N-VtdK8xgLh8NSP3VnnPt_4mDgJ8QbswZpcQq1/s320/Bonie%2010%20months%20tina%20behind%20sleeping%20bonnie.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <br /><p></p>T.L. Merrybardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03713406934061779754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3120516239166236492.post-86500717780752235182022-12-01T22:58:00.001-08:002022-12-01T22:58:14.030-08:00And another new baby!<p> Meet Montego Bonnie!</p><p>She's an Australian Koolie. She's our best girl! (Our only girl now.) <br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5Df1MT7xRz8DWC4fP8oDRC_3snI6SDnRkAFfxzTw2b0cpHpXL5duX9TSjC1_U0IRE_FEv9eiFQSPZ0qClPXimhuESNLrf56he4Vx-adBRa04kkdbLwc_GeFaLrklbtA4tiZ-Vcs-wtwU_6_icxFvqTMR0jXob0exdaVeKPSF3KHGc9VlevTBbb-Ly/s4032/20221201_125058.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5Df1MT7xRz8DWC4fP8oDRC_3snI6SDnRkAFfxzTw2b0cpHpXL5duX9TSjC1_U0IRE_FEv9eiFQSPZ0qClPXimhuESNLrf56he4Vx-adBRa04kkdbLwc_GeFaLrklbtA4tiZ-Vcs-wtwU_6_icxFvqTMR0jXob0exdaVeKPSF3KHGc9VlevTBbb-Ly/s320/20221201_125058.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMzjQxv83-wvMoy9vW7EcMiNXl60zS5wo7kftleziVgOPn7BrHwaIJtx0kjta52V3hiPL8S9LvMlzGblChyvdd__ikpNoJGNsVTXKvI_EnAeg9HEsvhRZ6a4c6F2SUcjjCfFVQGzpyYatOqf44uYJ6uU-jIhZMdZYDPkKj2pEc_tT7UDHwl07E60ow/s4032/20221130_105503.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Merrybardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03713406934061779754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3120516239166236492.post-63818693650839266972022-07-23T00:07:00.008-07:002022-07-23T00:10:16.879-07:00Too Long! <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE7Xc8655d1tZjBUG8A5w8Vnhl_MAA9VnyuXXQOPX7E-C2UWqOZ0PBtFLJ5O90r4o0EyrY7Wk_GzZb1uZYyEbWVzmP_EMQzf4GfddRJh_br6dq98OY3Bfwo4aTgHzaX-IItjdKVWQJyWEgYn4tUSfQrAbkn2u-Rn1KxHPdbAAupQA4rFSyNvTYdqAm/s1042/cyrano%20rosie%20tuppy%20copy.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="586" data-original-width="1042" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE7Xc8655d1tZjBUG8A5w8Vnhl_MAA9VnyuXXQOPX7E-C2UWqOZ0PBtFLJ5O90r4o0EyrY7Wk_GzZb1uZYyEbWVzmP_EMQzf4GfddRJh_br6dq98OY3Bfwo4aTgHzaX-IItjdKVWQJyWEgYn4tUSfQrAbkn2u-Rn1KxHPdbAAupQA4rFSyNvTYdqAm/w400-h225/cyrano%20rosie%20tuppy%20copy.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /> You know it's been too long since you blogged when you have to report the loss of three animals all at once. <p></p><p>Three in two years. First the sweetest kitty ever, Cyrano. </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv7WBrKWgodYyQ-XGg8qx4l2varA-hTPXf-xpSsMMiiIM8CipgJHlHmsq-YnXsDhVNhzGHLksDa5VpmeSK1UJlNWvw7g5SvPCU05llm7LKXjZjr2_zJwlZpZz659UVYpyHrbH0a05iG6zKOegJrIBzsR7fIRq9w-4QJXjBAsf9Z8ApqPm0PZs7kYLa/s1154/Tina%20&%20cyrano%20close.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="649" data-original-width="1154" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv7WBrKWgodYyQ-XGg8qx4l2varA-hTPXf-xpSsMMiiIM8CipgJHlHmsq-YnXsDhVNhzGHLksDa5VpmeSK1UJlNWvw7g5SvPCU05llm7LKXjZjr2_zJwlZpZz659UVYpyHrbH0a05iG6zKOegJrIBzsR7fIRq9w-4QJXjBAsf9Z8ApqPm0PZs7kYLa/s320/Tina%20&%20cyrano%20close.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>Then a year later, our dearest darling Rosie. My puppa. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNe1HIjlFV7mrM49_TODWm5ExKq8nJ8o35UtJlijNbs16lo0tuMZJrDQ-4ub0maLJE7jFT67A1UySGQ9R4XiSZdUVbgEpVR-7pb13YBD4AHQpz1iEhS6FLtYAdlCvepOgv8dGIsBOIVu7ZlHJN3na1usLjeKcWJ6aEe9ExHtqAHgEEnlGHkaHiwrQJ/s649/rosie%2012%20years%20old%20smiling%20at%20picnic.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="649" data-original-width="365" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNe1HIjlFV7mrM49_TODWm5ExKq8nJ8o35UtJlijNbs16lo0tuMZJrDQ-4ub0maLJE7jFT67A1UySGQ9R4XiSZdUVbgEpVR-7pb13YBD4AHQpz1iEhS6FLtYAdlCvepOgv8dGIsBOIVu7ZlHJN3na1usLjeKcWJ6aEe9ExHtqAHgEEnlGHkaHiwrQJ/s320/rosie%2012%20years%20old%20smiling%20at%20picnic.jpg" width="180" /></a></div><br /> And then only a year later, her daughter, Tuppence, the guardian of the family. <p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNg1_3HVS9Ex-FtltPJ-45FhgOdOhNWf-f3J4-3TkXV4eJfTmFRrlzToFSmfsnRJchxdyZ9gBT2ifpLows4_xWAG8I0G9mJAE6y6QwRp5TWJ0OCjjMouwiGHyLj-GnYoRCrMcfF7IwR-61vDXxT-yuQw2p9McXPGzLljapsei02pSVKTrsm_KqG6Pd/s1271/Tuppy%20and%20guitar%209%20years%20old%20copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="618" data-original-width="1271" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNg1_3HVS9Ex-FtltPJ-45FhgOdOhNWf-f3J4-3TkXV4eJfTmFRrlzToFSmfsnRJchxdyZ9gBT2ifpLows4_xWAG8I0G9mJAE6y6QwRp5TWJ0OCjjMouwiGHyLj-GnYoRCrMcfF7IwR-61vDXxT-yuQw2p9McXPGzLljapsei02pSVKTrsm_KqG6Pd/s320/Tuppy%20and%20guitar%209%20years%20old%20copy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <p></p><p>All sent peacefully ahead of us via Pets at Peace vet, Dr Ann, and a huge shout out to her, since I'm not sure I'd have survived these last two years without knowing we could call on her compassionate expertise when we needed to. </p><p>More sad changes: Mum is in care as her dementia was just too bad for us to cope any more. So, now mum's boy, Angus, Tuppy's litter brother, is living with us. He's a very very lovely boy and we feel privileged to be able to care for him when mum can't any more.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2W2e_6agKb5Cn8CBboZM6Cfq431XvJIaahAdWMIExVaP32a00_eGe2f_gY5TzXtp9e1CoA5XMS-1grdHCwMfwWqoyZt4SV4Gpl03MMrbEbDNvLCJIhYIWL_WRvtyFqLDQ0NvzjWsY2MN-pY54Ydn-C1zAG4RD4Uw_u8vu8S42p-btBfOIJzcQxa9n/s4032/20220720_105353.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2W2e_6agKb5Cn8CBboZM6Cfq431XvJIaahAdWMIExVaP32a00_eGe2f_gY5TzXtp9e1CoA5XMS-1grdHCwMfwWqoyZt4SV4Gpl03MMrbEbDNvLCJIhYIWL_WRvtyFqLDQ0NvzjWsY2MN-pY54Ydn-C1zAG4RD4Uw_u8vu8S42p-btBfOIJzcQxa9n/s320/20220720_105353.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>Here he is visiting mum. He still loves her best but he understands he lives with us now, and every time we visit he gets a treat on the way home to cheer him up, because he is sad to leave her. </p><p>Dementia is so cruel. Endless cuts of grief for all concerned. I loathe it. <br /></p><p>We still have Luka the poodle who is now three. Yegods, what a character!</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjup3GDy7rlarrz3I6fAXs_MtC-gPKxZkwgNSkSampfH6I96MqNV9BEH3IIhjro6w_alff7fpOwEbMFYrOVttrk2Gii78m4n2_kUFwQJVO1acQgBBUPwgpzMbUw69smZhOGXqsEebezrEelFyqUXy-CypsqOLgrOZU9Kb6Mh6u36QnXUQyUe3uTKEhM/s4032/20220713_145327.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjup3GDy7rlarrz3I6fAXs_MtC-gPKxZkwgNSkSampfH6I96MqNV9BEH3IIhjro6w_alff7fpOwEbMFYrOVttrk2Gii78m4n2_kUFwQJVO1acQgBBUPwgpzMbUw69smZhOGXqsEebezrEelFyqUXy-CypsqOLgrOZU9Kb6Mh6u36QnXUQyUe3uTKEhM/s320/20220713_145327.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>Don't go daddy! <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjDDGUmWr1axtMuyrqV-QZdx_dQub2lVD_MVDJ1gTNbu40dKYQJLyqveaOABmH6DkxM11uvt3VdM31oo52r-QS34St7DlHdDh1Nz35cOvGeWdiTlA7xAtuc4TiClP555e_AdFWkmYGcKkctZ344CzgAfmKTWUk1YvWah67W4H8PVQ-Hpy277ib6fRz/s4032/20220713_145321.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjDDGUmWr1axtMuyrqV-QZdx_dQub2lVD_MVDJ1gTNbu40dKYQJLyqveaOABmH6DkxM11uvt3VdM31oo52r-QS34St7DlHdDh1Nz35cOvGeWdiTlA7xAtuc4TiClP555e_AdFWkmYGcKkctZ344CzgAfmKTWUk1YvWah67W4H8PVQ-Hpy277ib6fRz/s320/20220713_145321.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /> Loves his daddy!<br /><p></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsgv0p9zOPcZCbx2v9XGfmwnaf1HqPfXW8EMxBbTYy3OtJRF3z0amig6dkWjNXV-n9Z9sd1lTaF923kFV3Jn34-sKGTBHMc9DE52W9s9SOIBRS6hYrsfJJllTW5KefCGOyay1AEhqFt3rHOqahxagp61yQZpYyohRFdyGjCrdLL25fwExEg3Anac33/s4032/20220721_202308.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsgv0p9zOPcZCbx2v9XGfmwnaf1HqPfXW8EMxBbTYy3OtJRF3z0amig6dkWjNXV-n9Z9sd1lTaF923kFV3Jn34-sKGTBHMc9DE52W9s9SOIBRS6hYrsfJJllTW5KefCGOyay1AEhqFt3rHOqahxagp61yQZpYyohRFdyGjCrdLL25fwExEg3Anac33/s320/20220721_202308.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXx_AsIvgJiLps_jacwpiObp1Xxf-AilYUyp5kBHsoPGD1ESRv7cAlLTxcYc7qiSW-pd_VyDTUC-1LCKbrY8TyJs2gRjsTVdyfgbKErWCSwwhNsr8kYaGDIu1TYG3FHICCkX2E6ha8Cs8kFNKUG72cdAyNFoGq95mURcGHYpw2Rr_GbEpXi1vJHnYV/s4032/20220717_193910.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXx_AsIvgJiLps_jacwpiObp1Xxf-AilYUyp5kBHsoPGD1ESRv7cAlLTxcYc7qiSW-pd_VyDTUC-1LCKbrY8TyJs2gRjsTVdyfgbKErWCSwwhNsr8kYaGDIu1TYG3FHICCkX2E6ha8Cs8kFNKUG72cdAyNFoGq95mURcGHYpw2Rr_GbEpXi1vJHnYV/s320/20220717_193910.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <p></p><p>He and Angus get on well, though not perhaps as well as they would if Luka wasn't a bit of a dick at times. Mostly Angus just looks at him like, FFS calm down, dude! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb6Ejk3QYgTaBkqYTp0qs69d3dWntGXCi4kkYYWTXqwLk0Gbd2EB8lstOUK5Rq98uO-Xbw7SYyvGa0vxb2tBlX6Pi-HAfu5-bkWUjcttFr7X55kqmh8mHA5nx3OYlffUo8CXaXpSteolQh8ghVxCIzXl7tKTtzi8DUAMQYra2NrzIa9J1faYQwH60O/s4032/20220630_183849.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb6Ejk3QYgTaBkqYTp0qs69d3dWntGXCi4kkYYWTXqwLk0Gbd2EB8lstOUK5Rq98uO-Xbw7SYyvGa0vxb2tBlX6Pi-HAfu5-bkWUjcttFr7X55kqmh8mHA5nx3OYlffUo8CXaXpSteolQh8ghVxCIzXl7tKTtzi8DUAMQYra2NrzIa9J1faYQwH60O/s320/20220630_183849.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLVKT0tktURHRUizyX-_Y5uE4GTA6-cU4zKYv2-ncEzDF5VPTcF7kQfSb4RQJYCXn5ofIUKZK3SwLif6A7No1AEBxZgoLpAG78mdEMttz7m3McVreD1Iszdmm4DA-TE9TQVy_-vQFyC81rnqDuLAsdgsimSWfru7I1D93vqjUj0JAhea2e2YX-VCjX/s4032/20220703_130522.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLVKT0tktURHRUizyX-_Y5uE4GTA6-cU4zKYv2-ncEzDF5VPTcF7kQfSb4RQJYCXn5ofIUKZK3SwLif6A7No1AEBxZgoLpAG78mdEMttz7m3McVreD1Iszdmm4DA-TE9TQVy_-vQFyC81rnqDuLAsdgsimSWfru7I1D93vqjUj0JAhea2e2YX-VCjX/s320/20220703_130522.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>I dunno what else. I'm finally writing again, steadily progressing on the book that ground to a halt when mum's care just overwhelmed me to the point where I had no mind or energy for creativity. Interestingly, the bad tummy stuff has also slowly stopped, so just another example of how stress can affect your body. It's still stressful, and horribly sad, but not to the level it was when she was here and needing us day and night. </p><p>Also, aged care workers are underpaid saints. Just sayin'.<br /></p><br />T.L. Merrybardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03713406934061779754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3120516239166236492.post-63730301919729427832020-03-23T22:27:00.000-07:002020-03-23T22:27:55.622-07:00While we all wait...While we all wait for the Corvid virus to settle down, and hopefully keep inside as much as we can to slow the spread, I've put all my ebooks down to 99c on Amazon for as long as it takes. If you've been wanting to read them but think it is too expensive, or if you've never wanted to read them but now you're bored as and any escape will help, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/T.-L.-Merrybard/e/B00L8E4YOK%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share">go for it</a>!<br />
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Writing on my current book seems to be going as slowly as treacle runs. Life keeps getting in the way. Ah well, it's growing slowly and one day will be born.<br />
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In the meantime, here's some pics of Luka and stuff for your viewing pleasure! We've been having way to much fun with his grooming! <br />
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The two labs love him too. Bless their patient hearts! <br />
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We've been improving the cottage again. This time a fence to keep the zippy poodle safe when the front door opens, and a pergola off the new verandah, and paving, so less dirt gets tracked inside. It's such a lovely space now. <br />
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Next comes a vegie garden that is safe from the chooks! <br />
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I haven't been very well for the last few months, so what fires there were, I've missed. <br />
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We did get a new baby in the family, wee Elaena Pearl, and what a little angel she is. Almost as cute as a puppy!<br />
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T.L. Merrybardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03713406934061779754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3120516239166236492.post-60785182514840963312019-08-26T01:28:00.000-07:002019-08-26T01:28:00.022-07:00A new puppy...Introducing Luka..<br />
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He's a parti-coloured Mini poodle and the smallest dog I've ever raised. He gives me cycle after cycle of frissons of delight followed often immediately by rushes of fear, he is so brave and so vulnerable.<br />
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It was the eyebrows in his early pics that sucked us in. <br />
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I'd like to say that everything else goes on as usual around here, but it would be a total lie. Our whole lives are revolving around this precious little bundle of opinion, sweetness and grit! <br />T.L. Merrybardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03713406934061779754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3120516239166236492.post-16354761757354839712019-07-14T23:56:00.001-07:002019-07-14T23:57:24.630-07:00A song for you: The King of the BoarsThis song is based on two boar stories.<br />
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One of the boars is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twrch_Trwyth"><b>Twrch Trwyth</b></a> from Welsh Mythology.<b><br /></b><br />
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The other is<b> <a href="https://aliisaacstoryteller.com/2017/01/23/the-wild-boar-in-irish-mythology/">Torc Triath</a> </b>from Irish Mythology.<br />
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Were they the same boar? I posited so in this song! <br />
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It's autumn, but there has been hardly any rain. We're still turning out to fires, mostly ones lit by people who aren't very aware. They light a small fire and don't put it out properly, or they light too big a fire for the dry conditions. Ah well, at least it keeps us busy. And dirty...<br />
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I need to talk about the Druidcamp. It was while back now but it was most marvelous.<br />
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Damh the Bard, Cerri and Kristoffer were so lovely. As I've said before, if you want to see what a spirituality or philosophy will do for you, look at its leaders, and you couldn't ask for for kinder, wiser, more connected beings than these three.<br />
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I learned a heap, and laughed and cried a lot, and some of the moments in the ceremonies and bardic circle and giant music session were just mind blowingly amazing.<br />
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Julie, Tamzin, Cait and I performed Savage Daughter together at the eisteddfod.<br />
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Afterward at the bardic circle, I did my new song called King of the Boars that I wrote for my new lyre, Torc. I love this pic Michelle got of me.<br />
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I also got to spend time with my Druid peeps! Yay!<br />
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And we explored a bit of gorgeous Adelaide. The botanical gardens are lovely, as is the old architecture, and they have a lot of art and quirky bits that I loved, except the moment where I thought i was about to fall down these stairs, though it turned out there was glass over them! The sculpture at the bottom looks a bit worried that he might have had to catch me! <br />
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Around here, things go on as usual. The last chicks of the year are growing up. both roosters, dammit, but being part Hamburg, they aren't very big so won't be able to bully the girls, or very loud crowers, so they might be able to stay. Frankendotte has gone to live with mum's partner, Karl, and his hens. He is rechristened Frank Sinatra for his singing, which Karl loves. A lucky break for Frank! <br />
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One of the so called Hamburgs is definitely not all Hamburg. He is rather hideous in the face right now but his plumage is pretty and interesting. He was christened Chugly (chicken ugly) for a while but he's now called Bunky, short for Shubunken, because of his goldfish colouring.<br />
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The other one is classic Hamburg and is The Cisco Kid because of his embroidered black and white appearance. He is super pretty, which makes Bunky look worse.<br />
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I've been passed as a driver for the big ICV in our comms brigade (incident control vehicle). <br />
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We turned out to the late shift with our comms brigade to a large fire and got to see our brigade mates from Chidlow VBFB. Ha, I wasn't the grubbiest for a change! Away from the fire, it was cold out there! It seems silly to be fighting fires while it is cold, but there you have it. <br />
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It was hectic at first. We arrived to find many appliances and support crews on the boards to keep track of with our very good crew ...<br />
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No rain, but we know autumn is here because the Virginia Creeper has once more turned.<br />
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I found one of my books on the feature wall at our local library. Yay!<br />
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Roo and i got to turn out to a fire together in the back of the truck. Also yay!<br />
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Yes something weird happened to my face. Other than me just being weird as usual. <br />
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We had some of our Druid mates over for a Samhain night. It was lovely getting to see my friends enjoying playing my lyres. They're so calming to play. <br />
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Also Guinevere felt she should be part of the night, and Michelle got a pic of her for me.<br />
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Michelle also made me this quilt! Squeeeee! <br />
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It has the rune Ansuz on it, for my patron god, Odin, and for inspiration and skill in communication, and the two ravens who accompany Odin, Huginn and Muninn. I just can't even begin to say how much I love and appreciate this gift and all the work and skill she put into making it! I love you Michelle!<br />
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This gorgeous old Jarrah tree was on the side of the track we walked one morning this week.<br />
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Look at all the liminal space, and the face too! <br />
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Michelle also got this pic of my dear Rosie, who is 11-and-a-half now and showing her age a little more lately.<br />
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My sweet sweet baby, how did you get to be an old dog so suddenly? <br />
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Andy got a few good ones of the 2nd fire when it settled down. This is me out in a paddock, using a monitor to put out burning cow pats and wet down the edge of the fire on case of flare ups later. You can see why people use the cow pats for fires in wood free areas. The little buggers just keep smoldering!<br />
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Here's the traditional selfie by Andy!<br />
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There was a lot less slog in the black stuff than we usually get, just a bit at the end. I came home from the 2nd fire positively spritely and almost clean, though it's hard to see from this pic how that could have happened!<br />
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We also took the new caravan out for a trial run weekend. We went a little under 3 hours up the coast, to a town called Cervantes. It has a beautiful bay.<br />
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I loved these birdy footprints in the sand. <br />
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The sunsets were stunning.<br />
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We also went to check out the Pinnacles, which are stone left behind by an ancient forest. They had really interesting energy. Kind of treelike and yet stonelike, which I guess makes sense.<br />
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John Grey, if you are reading this, this pic is especially for you!<br />
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The caravan performed well and I wasn't affected by sleeping in it, so that is good news, but we were buggered by the time we came home, so we've pulled out of plans to drive over east to South Australia. It's 2700km one way, and we'd need to do the drive in four days. Um, nope! Maybe one day we'll do it when we don't have a time limit. <br />
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Instead, I've booked last minute plane tickets (or in fact darling Michelle who should be a travel agent has!) and Roo will hold the fort here (and happily read books) while I once more gad off to play with other Druids. Weeeeee!<br />
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Here I am communing with the local King Jarrah with one of my Druid friends, who came to visit on Sunday. It is so nice to be with people who see the world as I do.<br />
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In the world of chicken, things are going on as usual. Guinevere has two chicks left of the original four day-olds I bought her. The third chick was a lot smaller than the two that are left, and over the weekend she injured her leg somehow. It was not repairable and she was in pain, so I had to send her to chicken heaven. It was sad, but that is life with chickens. She had a good life while it lasted, and at six weeks, she was only a week or so younger than meat birds are when they kill them, believe it or not! <br />
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Here she is, tucked very close to mama, while they all dust bathed last week before the accident (whatever that was.)<br />
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I love how Pongo has his legs in the air! Yes, it is a he, and the remaining spangled girl is a girl, thank goodness, who I have boringly called Ham for now. Pongo is some sort of throwback, and has a few black feathers and some brown feathers on the back of his head. Odd. He looks rather Dalmatian-y, hence the name!<br />
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Hamburgs are supposed to be a bit flighty, but so far these babies have been particularly tame for hen-raised birds.<br />
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I can pick them up, push them gently out of the way, and they don't turn a feather. Guinevere is very friendly so that probably helps. That and the mealworms!<br />
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Frankendotte the rooster is now crowing and chasing the ladies, and as expected, just like his dad he has no manners, so unless he goes to a new home this week, he'll be in the pot. Poor Nanny Ogg's feathers have only just grown back from before Elvis went to rooster heaven. He's handsome though! <br />
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Behind him is one of my two Coronation Sussex girls. They are such a laugh! That is Mofo. When she needs to lay an egg, she runs around trying to find the very best hidey spot and ends by laying anywhere she ends up when it is too late. She has yet to lay an egg in the nesting box!<br />
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Rosie turned eleven. I can't believe my baby is eleven. Dear sweet Rosie. I have no idea how you had such a feisty daughter, who by the way bit our lovely postman this week when he came in the gate to give us a parcel. I'm so sorry Martin!<br />
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Tuppence is a handful, no doubt about it. I'm not sure why she bit him when she's met him many times before and been ok. She just has a loose wire in that ordinary lab-looking head of hers and sometimes it goes spoing!<br />
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Now I have to find some way to keep her from the driveway when we are out of the yard that attache sot our cottage, and on a rural acreage that is going to be tricky unless I just never let her accompany me about the property. Ah well, in the meantime, there is my sweet Rosie to comfort me. Can't you talk to Tuppy, Rosie and tel her to pull her fool head in? <br />
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Cyrano is wasting away to a baby elephant, as older family members used to say. <br />
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He is definitely getting around more easily. He might argue that that is no compensation for a full food bowl, but we'd run out of types of medication to add for him, so it was diet or curtains, and I want my boy around for a little longer yet! <br />
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At last the weather is turning towards coolness. Things are going on as normal around here, though I am just getting over a crappy cold of snotness.<br />
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The chookies are having a nice life as usual. Guinevere went broody again, and since none of her fertile eggs survived the heat while she was sitting, I bought her four day olds. Three Silver-spangled Hamburgs and one white Cochin, which were what the local stockfeeder had hatching that day. I like Cochins, but I think Hamburgs might be a bit flighty for me, so we'll see how they go.<br />
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At any rate Guinevere is happy, though she only has three now because one chick died two days after arriving. It was a very hot day. I gave them an ice bottle but Guinevere isn't the smartest chook and she didn't take them over to it. She's a sweet mama, though.<br />
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Morgana and her singleton child Mordred are still hanging out together. Luckily she hasn't gone back to broody again! Mordred is quite pretty, a cross of Silver-laced Wyandotte and black Australorp, and a hen thank goodness! <br />
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As usual, the dogs and cat are hard at work. <br />
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I've been playing lyre and guitar pretty much every day (till I got sick). I'm getting a few songs up to scratch ready to join in Bardic circles when we go over to South Australia for Damh the Bard and Cerri's concerts and camp. Weeeee!<br />
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We bought a caravan and have been getting it set up to drive across the Nullabor. We've never done it, and it seems like something every Aussie should do once, so we're going to do it. It's a Jayco penguin camper. I really like Jaycos and it is the thing we looked at that didn't smell of outgassing plastics.<br />
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The biggest hassle has been trying to remove all the left over perfumes in it. We've had to buy new foam to put in the mattress and kitchen seats because the one that was in them had some hideous chemical in it to keep it fresh. Bleagh. What a toxic world we are creating. The new foam is European standard and has no chemical outgassing or perfumes in it. Thank goodness! This chemical sensitivity drives me nuts.<br />
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Not that i had far to go to get there, as the next photo shows.<br />
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That's me embroidering my design on my ceremonial tabard. Jarrah leaves and blossom one side, oak leaves and acorns the other, and the Awen in the middle with the colours of blue for Bard, Goldy-brown for Druid and Green for Ovate. i love it now it's done but I will not be taking up embroidery for a hobby! Head torch, 2.5 times glasses, and still I tired my eyeballs out.<br />
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Kitty liked to help me. Help me not embroider! <br />
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Other current projects include a t-shirt design for the Druids of WA group. We put out the call for anyone in the group to design a shirt, and i figure someone else will make a more serious one, so I let myself be as twee as i wanted, and this is the result. Now being watercoloured.<br />
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Black swan, black cockatoo, blue wren, and a non-gendered druid. :)<br />
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We had a fun games night here not long before I got the snots. This pic came just before Thor crashed the Jenga pile. We'd already played three games of Forbidden Desert by then and died every time. Apparently the five player version is very hard to win, so we didn't feel too bad.<br />
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I'll leave you with these pics of a creepy place I found when walking a local reserve I'd found in the street directory. Turned out it was a whole big old granite quarry area, now abandoned, and it was one of those really weird moments to come upon it all out there when I'd expected just ordinary bush.<br />
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It had very odd energy and i found myself Druidly blessing the torn up land, and blessing the restless spirits of those who had laboured here, perhaps the convicts who built the railway lines in the area. <br />
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This was the deep and black lagoon I came across. A hole cut while chasing the dark granite into the ground, and now full of black water even so late in a dry summer. It reminded me of nothing so much as the pool at the gates of Moria. Brrr! Didn't even dip a toe! <br />
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Andy, I can't thank you enough for making this gif of me looking great after nearly 6 hours at a fire :D<br />
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That's me on the right, looking all cool and bushrangery under my smoke mask. We weren't posing, but it couldn't have been better if we had been! <br />
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Lots of stuff going on, as usual not finding time to blog it. I still can't comment on other blogs any more, so if i used to read your blog and comment, be assured I still do read them, and it is frustrating the hell out of me! <br />
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T.L. Merrybardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03713406934061779754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3120516239166236492.post-6713944975074331652019-01-06T01:00:00.001-08:002019-01-06T01:00:30.746-08:00LoveI'm not sure I deserve the love of this very large and devotedly snuggly cat.<br />
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Being the special person of a special animal is a privilege, but also a heavy burden at times.<br />
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Especially when the special animal is also bloody heavy! (And even more especially when the weather is hot and you are having hot flashes!)<br />
<br />T.L. Merrybardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03713406934061779754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3120516239166236492.post-82503074004057078212019-01-01T01:17:00.000-08:002019-01-01T01:17:18.391-08:00The Survivor Chicken.This is Spotty. This time last year she was raising a clutch of Wyandotte chicks for me.<br />
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She is the only one of my three red chooks who survived a recent fox attack. The fox got away with nothing, because it broke the necks of my other two red girls, then tried to drag Spotty away, but my dogs scared it off. (Go Rosie and Tuppy!)<br />
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It's one of those events that a chicken owner hopes they never experience. It was my own fault. I'd dragged a slab out from under the gate in my recent renovations and hadn't put it back, and mr or mrs fox dug under the gate.<br />
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I had to put down the two hens, my dear tamest Rover, and Fido the talker. In my nightshirt and bare feet within minutes in Fido's case, but in the morning for poor Rover, who I'd thought the fox had taken and only found the next morning, hiding under a piece of tin.<br />
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A lot of chicken owners hate foxes, but I never have. They are doing what they need to do, and it is up to me to make it so that they can't do it here. After this event, we now have electric fencing to top up our defences. Cheap hobby? Ha!<br />
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Anyway, it could have been much worse if it wasn't for the dogs, and because both my Wyandotte hens (Spotty's babies from last year) were safely tucked away in their own broody hutches elsewhere.<br />
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Guinevere was safely with her one baby, an obvious rooster right from hatching, who is called Frankendotte, or Frank, because his mama was a red hen and his daddy was Elvis the rooster (who was being an ass and is now in a better place). Frank is actually growing up to be quite pretty in a bit of a muddled way.<br />
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Since his daddy grew up to be a dickhead, maybe Frank will too, and in that case he will be off to rooster heaven as well, to a place where all the hens sit down even if you don't bother to dance for them or be nice to them (or to your owner's mother).<br />
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Morgana was safely sitting on eggs on the night of the fox, and she too only managed to hatch one chick. The word is that the weather has been too weird this spring. Her chick looks like a girl (praise be!) and I think is from the single, solitary egg laid by by my old, old, Black Australorp, Nanny Ogg, this whole year. She is black, with a tiny tipping of white on the wing feathers, but at only two weeks you can't tell yet. Morgana and her baby stayed safely in a borrowed rabbit hutch until this week, and are now in my new broody hen pen. Can you call a girl chicken Mordred? If so, that is her name, or maybe even if you can't. Has to be, really.<br />
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Old Nanny was right in the back corner and survived, as did bloody Elvis. What happened to putting his life on the line for his girls? <br />
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My other survivors were that trio of ratbags, known as Blue, Powder and Puff, the Sussexes. Blue is supposed to be a hen but is blatantly not at this point.<br />
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The two coronation girls are a delight, so silly and soft. I'm very glad they were safely in the broody pen at the time.<br />
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So, Spotty was saved by the dogs, left behind by the fox, dazed and bleeding, when she wouldn't fit under the gate. She was injured on the face and neck and I thought she might not make it, but a little rest and care saw her begin to perk up. Now she is back to true ferocious red chook form, and the other day she went weird on me and did this quite a few times in a row. <br />
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I think it was because I moved Morgana and Mordred to the new pen, but who knows with chickens, for the ways of chickens are strange!<br />
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In other news... wait, is there anything to life but chickens? Surely not! <br />
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Not really, it only seems that way some days. All is lovely in the world of the merry bard. Good friends and laughter, making music, work of the hands and mind, my Druidry to keep me grounded and floating at the same time, and some long-dreamed-of events coming up to enjoy in 2019. Weeeee!<br />
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I hope you have lovely year, with no literal OR metaphorical fox attacks upon your life. May 2019 bring you all that is for your greatest good and happiness, whatever that may be. Blessed be! <br />
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How do you go from blogging twice a week to blogging never in a few short months? I dunno. I am still saving photos, but not blogging. I know I'm going to regret it down the track because I forget stuff and this blog makes me remember it, and take photos of life too. I like that about blogging.<br />
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Ah well, we'll see. Maybe my holiday has done me good. In the meantime, here's the pics I've been collecting...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Druidy meditations with the help of a kitty. It is not conducive to concentration when a cat comes and sits on you and peers under your hood to make sure it is you before settling in to purr. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">At a training day, slacking off in the back of the truck. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Blacking out at a hazard reduciton burn with our wonderful new brigade.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Andrew crew leading on our first fire call of the summer. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Andrew trying to find the Oxfam trailwalker trail as a crew safety support officer.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My three new Sussex bandits, Blue the Light Sussex, Powder and Puff the Coronation Sussex. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My way cool new chook shed built almost totally by me! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mama guinevere and her singleton chick, a rooster of course. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">That is one scary fierce mama gaze!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">What i found next to my ear on the back of the shed door when i peered in looking for something one day. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jarrah blossom on a tree I planted some years ago. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The sun setting high above perth at the oxfam trailwalk. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Neighbours' bonfire, with high winds, in dry spring conditions. Yep, horizontal flames are ok aren't they? (Answer: NO!) </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pretty sunset over perth. </td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: small;">May you all have a lovely Christmas season, no matter what you call it, and to my Druid friends, I wish a very merry and fruitful Alban Hefin! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Here's your gift from me, a new story. It is not Christmassy at all, and yet somehow it is. I hope you enjoy it! It's called <a href="https://tlmerrybard.com/mistress-munchkin-the-plutonium-dragon/">Mistress Munchkin & the Plutonium Dragon.</a> </span></div>
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T.L. Merrybardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03713406934061779754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3120516239166236492.post-23244550502559168012018-08-31T00:57:00.001-07:002018-08-31T00:57:55.415-07:00Life and DreamThe dream was the 17th OBOD Australian Assembly, or maybe the assembly was real life at last. Not sure. At any rate, it was bloody amazing, and I can't talk about much of it because it is secret Druid's business (it is a mystery school and it is most fun if you get to learn things in their correct order) however I can say that a weekend with more than 40 people who are all open, heart-centred, nature-loving, creative and just downright wonderful, well, it was life-changing.<br />
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Ceremony, connection, laugher, tears, goosebumps, stories, singing, dancing, hugging, meditating, making music, walking amongst the trees with people who love them like I do. Pure bliss!<br />
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Can I show you pics of the lovely people and what we got up to? Nopey nope! I wish I could but I can't. I'll hold the times and the photos close to my heart instead. To those who were there, just let me say, I love you all, and you are all amazing humans, and may we meet again soon, because I can feel your hearts all the way out there across Australia and New Zealand, and it is something to hold to, but will not be enough forever.<br />
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Special mention to Dusty and Jenni, my fellow WA-ites, who shared a cabin with me and made me feel like a kid camping again. You both rock and I love you lots! <br />
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Here is the hillside beyond the campground with a distant rainbow.<br />
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Here is me just after my initiation as Druid. What can I can say about that but, hell yes, if you are an OBODie on the path, keep going, because it just gets better and better, and of the Druids who held space for my fellow initiates and me, I want to say a heartfelt thank you, and may it be so that I one day come to carry and share the joy, warmth and wisdom that you carry and share so gracefully.<br />
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Almost the very best thing? I made it! No crashes, no bad reactions, I was full of energy for the whole four days no matter how hectic it got. I had to be careful, especially of what I ate and breathed, but ten years ago, if someone had told me that one day I would be well enough to do such a thing, I'd have thought they totally sucked for teasing me. Chronic Lyme *can* be treated and managed well enough to have a good life again, and I am living proof, but I will never take it for granted. I'm loving every moment of it. <br />
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Home is good too. I'm still bouncy happy Tina. No post-con depression. I am every day working to add more of my spirituality into my life. Seeking to find out who I am at core, and making sure I prioritise those parts of my life that feed that. We are all works in progress, and I'm working on it. Always will be, I'm sure.<br />
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More time doing service for my community at both my brigades, including my amazing new bushfire brigade, Chidlow VBFB...<br />
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More time snuggling you-know-who...<br />
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And apparently less time crocheting, because that same you-know-who likes sitting on the current afghan way too much lately.<br />
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Blogging is still going to be less frequent, but I miss the diary element of my time here. I might endeavour to be more regular with it. We'll see. Lots else to do these days!<br />
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T.L. Merrybardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03713406934061779754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3120516239166236492.post-15927840484491747422018-08-02T21:46:00.003-07:002018-08-02T21:54:48.375-07:00PembertonPemberton is a long way down south of where we live in Western Australia. See...<br />
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Not that the long drive affected me at all...<br />
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We went down for a 20th Anniversary Handfasting for two of our Druid friends, the lovely Michelle and Dusty. How gorgeous is this photo taken by Ashley?<br />
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Pemberton is best known for being in the thick of the Karri forests. Karri are... well... I think unless I ever get to see a Redwood forest, they are probably the most amazing trees I'll ever be amongst. What better cathedral for a Druid than this?<br />
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Their energy is so peaceful and dignified, even if sometimes the humans amongst them are less so... :D<br />
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Don't ask me! Something about being vampires in our cloaks, I seem to remember!<br />
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There are beautiful waterfalls too. Above is the Cascades where we did the Handfasting and below is Beedelup Falls. Do not go on the swinging bridge down there with naughty people, I warn you now!<br />
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And there is this very odd little place known as the Goblin Forest. Creepy but very cool!<br />
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I could imagine so many little critters in there, and as somebody else said at the tine, "Do not touch the water!" (LOTR reference there for my fellow fans.)<br />
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I might try to use it as part of a piece of fantasy art at some stage. We got a bit lost finding it but when asking for directions we got to meet the lovely Patrick the Stick Obsessed, a Tricolour Rough Collie. Gorgeous boy and what a lovely place he gets to live!<br />
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We stayed in a lovely rammed earth chalet by a lake. In the first two hours I saw three birds I'd never seen before. Two of them, the Golden Whistler and the Firetail, were both just hopping around on the grass outside our window! It's a twitcher's paradise!<br />
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I won't horrify you with the blurry photos I got. Here's one of a Red-eared Firetail from <a href="http://birdlife.org.au/bird-profile/red-eared-firetail">Birdlife Australia</a>:<br />
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And here's a male Golden Whistler, from the same <a href="http://www.birdlife.org.au/bird-profile/golden-whistler">site</a>.<br />
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For comparison, here is my photo of one. As you can see, I'd better not give up my day job for nature photography just yet!<br />
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What, you say you can't see it? But it's right there in the middle of the lawn!<br />
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See? Heh.<br />
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I hope August sees you enjoying whatever season is yours to enjoy at this time, spring or autumn.<br />
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Get outside, look at birds and trees and skies and rocks. It's good for the brain!<br />
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It's been a stormy winter and so far we have three giant bonfires, nearly all from fallen trees rather than the planned grooming of the property that we do every year. I made this one all myself! It is densely packed with soft green branches and represents hours of hard labour. Who needs a gym? Hopefully they will be dry enough to burn before fire permit season begins at the end of August.<br />
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Today I finished piling up the last of the fallen tree, with the help of Gogs and Drew. It would have taken me quite a few more more hours, but we were done in 40 mins or so and off to a cafe for cake and a chat! What would I do without the Firey guys?! I got Drew to take the above pic before they added any branches, though, while it was still genuinely all my work!<br />
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On Sunday, just for a change of pace, I took off in Andrew's Jimny, Timmy, to have a drive out to the old farmsite of Malmalling, where we had a lot of bushfires this year, and where I get lost every time. I think it is because it is where two small rivers meet, so you tend to think you are on one river and suddenly realise you are now on the other one and facing a different direction. It is very tricky, especially at night when at a fire and trying to get back for water or food. Your GPS trail looks like spaghetti after you've done a few hours out there!<br />
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Despite being a good half hour's drive down gravel tracks into state forest, it is a favourite haunt of trailbikers, but I managed to find some peaceful places. This granite outcrop was a great place to have my sandwiches for lunch.<br />
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I love Granite outcrops. So much natural power.<br />
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There's Timmy waiting for me at the bottom like a good little Jimny.<br />
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The tracks were much wetter than they are in summer (Derrr, Tina!) and in places Timmy and I were up to our ankles in water. I had a bit of a girly squeal to myself as we slipped a bit while crossing here!<br />
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Timmy did a great job though, living up to his rep as a good 4 x 4, despite being a miniature version.<br />
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I also came across the old farmhouse site. These two magnificent old oaks stood sentinel over the rubble of the home that once they graced.<br />
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Their energy was so peaceful. I loved them at once and spent some time communing with them and thinking about the people who had once lived here.<br />
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These Friesias (?) had grown all alone and unaided into a beautiful setting of their own.<br />
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Down by the little river (I'd call it a creek but it does indeed own the grand name of Helena River) things were magically damp and a tad spooky. I kept expecting to see a gnome, or the Oz equivalent of such, peering at me,<br />
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Google did this, and not sure if I like it or not, but it does better capture the green of the grass across the river, and the bright shimmer of yellow winter afternoon sun on the water.<br />
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Ahhhh, nature, how I love you! Malmalling, I'll be back to visit again. Maybe during the week, though, when I will have you to myself! <br />
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<br />T.L. Merrybardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03713406934061779754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3120516239166236492.post-45554214680140738812018-07-01T21:39:00.001-07:002018-07-01T21:43:31.427-07:00Winter WarmIt is hard to believe today, holed up inside while wind and rain beat the trees about outside, that yesterday sister Jen and I went to the beach.<br />
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We took Jen's two 'Yellows' as she calls them, Kelly and Pippa, and my Rosie.<br />
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Poor Tuppy had to stay home with Daddy and her brother, Angus, because I didn't think it was fair either to her or the masses of dogs that go to the beach to take her along and let her brains get fried. Some dogs, just like some people, don't do well in crowded social situations.<br />
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It was a wise choice, because as a result I was able to relax and enjoy the company of my very special and gentle ten year old girl, who got to be my only dog for the morning.<br />
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This cute and amazingly-marked dog was just one of the squintillion pooches we passed on our walk.<br />
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Blue eyes too! Did you ever?<br />
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I love winter. Stormy beaches. Slanting light. Bonfires...<br />
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Amazing dawns...<br />
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Those were taken from nearly the same place on two separate days. Mind bogglingly inspiring!<br />
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And rainbows too.<br />
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The chickens are enjoying the green grass, guarded over by an almost fully mature Elvis.<br />
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In other news, I've been savaging this cheap new violin case to carry my lyre, because I am off east to go to the 17th OBOD Australian Assembly.<br />
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It has been kind of fun to hack apart something new. :D Let's hope I can get it back together!<br />
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At the Assembly, I am hopefully getting to be initiated into the Druid level, so it is very exciting for me! I think it is been 13 years of study so far, through the Bardic and then Ovate grades, and now I begin the next stage of my journey. Also, I get to meet heaps of lovely fellow Druidy people, some of whom I have been friends with online for years but never met IRL before! Yay!<br />
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The live story readings are still going well and am now up to the fifth chapter. I've made a playlist on youtube, so if you want to get the whole story in one place, here it is, or will be when I finish it. There are maybe two more sessions to go, unless I decide to belt the story out all the way to the end next Sunday! Beware, is not safe for work and contains some naughtiness and swearing.<br />
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Last week I finally took myself off to join in with a local ukulele group. OMG, so much fun! Do it!<br />
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I love a misty winter walk.<br />
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And of course, winter means bonfires at last while we are safe from the threat of bushfire!<br />
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Sis Jen had a fab one, organised for her by her hubby Rowdy for her birthday, on Saturday night. It was a biggie! Many thanks to Gogs for these gorgeous pics!<br />
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This one was taken by our other sister, PJ. She came over especially for Jen's birthday and that was some dedication because she lives at the top of Australia on the very opposite corner to us!<br />
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It is always amazing to us how similar the three of us are, even though PJ grew up so far away from us. There is magic in the three of us together. Magic and power! I am very proud of my two high-energy, intelligent, ethical and honest sissies! I am sooo lucky to have them in my life!<br />
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Kelly loves his Aunty PJ too.<br />
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Midwinter is a time of stillness, and yet change is coming too. Like a seed under the ground, we rest in the dark time and yet grow, and as the days begin to lengthen once more, we will burst out into new life and plans. To my friends in the Northern Hemisphere, happy Midsummer! Have a swim for me! <br />
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T.L. Merrybardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03713406934061779754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3120516239166236492.post-32668538683809580932018-06-14T03:02:00.002-07:002018-06-14T17:09:21.274-07:00Chickeny LoveThe problem with getting behind on your blog is do you catch up or just start where you are? The thought of catching up is enough to stop me posting, so starting where I am is the go!<br />
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The baby chickens are nearly all grown up now. Two of the three roosters went to new homes last weekend. They were good boys on the trip. I am fond of them but you can't have three roosters in one flock, for reasons of economy even if they do get on, so they had to go. Hopefully they will have a good life with their own wives in their new places.<br />
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Pellinore is the one who stayed. He was the biggest chick and had a little white on his face. He's growing up to be a very nice type of Wyandotte as far as I can tell. And he's pretty sure he's all that!<br />
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He's no gentle, slightly-confused King Pellinore though, so his name has changed to Elvis. He's flashy and showy and the way he looks past that comb that looks like a coifed hairdo, well, it was probably inevitable he end up an Elvis!<br />
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Here he is sunbaking on his feet, looking very flashdance.<br />
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I love how they spread a wing to catch the sun. Here is one of the girls doing it. I have no idea what to call the two girls now! Can I have an Elvis, a Guinevere and a Morgana? :D<br />
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In other news, I've been writing some fans from my <a href="https://www.facebook.com/tlmerrybard/?timeline_context_item_type=intro_card_work&timeline_context_item_source=1105526363">Facebook author page</a> into a Freya Fjordrider Sword & Sorcery story, and now I'm reading it live on Facebook video as I go. It's actually a lot of fun and people seem to really love it. The fast-paced, language-fun Freya stories are probably ideal for this sort of storytelling lark. <br />
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Walking continues. Here we are about to try a new trail in the bush.<br />
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And for Andrew, life with bonkers me continues, bless him! :D <br />
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Ok, so this is my very cool kolrosing experiment...<br />
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Rubbing raw cacao into the carved lines of the design. <br />
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After that, I burnished the lines back into timber with fine wet and dry. It's amazing how it goes back to smooth wood and you can't feel the cuts any more, but the lines are still there as colour.<br />
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Not to impressive to look at yet, though...<br />
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Then, the moment of truth... Olive oil!<br />
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The first trepidatious pass. Will it work? Will it look good?<br />
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Yes is the answer! Weeee! I love it!<br />
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I'll get you a better photo for next time. this one was taken outside while it was still wet with oil.<br />
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The design for this lyre was taken from it's name: Fréowine, meaning 'noble friend' or 'wine friend' (someone you would go drinking with.) I made a border of bees to represent the mead that the Anglo-Saxons loved to drink, and made a design of Odin's ravens, Huginn and Muninn knocking drinking horns for the central image.<br />
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The kolrosing looks quite delicate and decorative. Every bee was drawn freehand, so they all have their own character, and the two ravens look like they are having a lot of fun. I love it!<br />
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I am still working on the tailpieces and bridges for both new lyres, plus a new tailpiece for Mondream, my original lyre. I am hand-sanding them so it takes a bit longer but I love the meditative state of hand-working wood. There's no hurry. <br />
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Other cool stuff? I have finished my non-fiction book on how to write first drafts of novels, the same way I do. It is called "Wild Noveling: The First Draft." I wrote it to be amusing and light and yet useful. My very earliest report back from a first reader is that they loved it! Yay! More on that soon.<br />
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This morning we heard our very first rusty crow from our three baby roosters. It was King Pellinore who first crowed, of course. He is half again the size of the other two. He's a nice guy though... So far! I hope he stays that way because he would be handful if he turns agro. He is huge!<br />
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I'll try to get you a pic for next time. In the meantime, here is Morgana the more adventurous little hen. She's shaping up very nicely.<br />
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The virginia creeper has been putting on its marvellous autumn show for us again.<br />
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I think this one below is my all time fave pic of it, and it also sums up how warm and cosy the cottage feels, when you approach it form the paddock on a winter's evening.<br />
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There have been some warm days, though, warm enough for picnics.<br />
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With amazing skies.<br />
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And there is still time to enjoy the extra air and space provided by our new screen door! Yay! The building of the verandah was aimed for this moment, and now it is here!<br />
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Next comes raising, levelling and paving the entry area. It never ends, does it!<br />
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Mr Kitty would prefer that I did more sitting and crocheting. <br />
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Sis Jen and I posted each other matching pics of cats on laps last night. Funny! You can tell the cooler weather is here!<br />
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Enjoy your changing season, and I'll talk to you again soon. <br />
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T.L. Merrybardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03713406934061779754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3120516239166236492.post-33659627175825303542018-04-14T04:15:00.000-07:002018-04-14T04:15:04.615-07:00Catching up! I don't know, suddenly I never remember to blog. Maybe this happens to everyone who starts a blog. It's not like I don't have news. I have lots, I just don't have the urge to sit down and write it. the time I spend blogging could be time spent with a musical instrument, or my dogs or chickens, studying druidry, or chasing the autumn sun around the property.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The bridges for my two new lyres begin their journey. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lovely old jarrah cut out of a weathered old bit of 2 by 4. This will do for both the tailpieces and bridges. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Autumn skies over Lake Leschenaultia</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Roo doing a panorama</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lovely Wandoo trees nearby</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A great old grass tree.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">More lake, from the other end.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A family of black swans</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A coot. They have such bizarre feet, like little rows of leaves! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">See the feet? </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My view of WA author day on the verandah at Just Add Passion</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The sky fROM the roof of our friend Gogs's house. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A cutie clydie visiting the pie shop in Bakers Hill. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The lake again, on a day spent with druids. Lovely!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The embarrassed author at WA Author day. It was fun! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The copper piggy, as Roo calls him, also known as Torc, on the lyre of the same name! Woohoo!<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: small;">After a day of Incident Control Vehicle training today, I plan on tomorrow being a day of woodwork, art, music and kolrosing. Here is my very first bee, cut into the other lyre, Fréowine. The bees will go right around the hole in the lyre to represent the mead being drunk by the two 'wine friends' of the design that will be on the lower part of the lyre. I'll tackle it when all the bees have honed my kolrosing skills a bit more!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">When it has all been scratched in, I will rub cocoa into the grooves, then oil and burnish them. Cocoa made the nicest colour when we did a few tests, and smells delectable too. I hope some of the smell stays on the lyre when it is all done. :) Another arty adventure. I do love a challenge! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Have a lovely weekend. I won't promise to post again on Monday. Subscribe, and then you'll know every time that I do a post, no matter how irregular! </span></div>
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T.L. Merrybardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03713406934061779754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3120516239166236492.post-60548299863090284292018-03-31T04:08:00.000-07:002018-03-31T04:18:35.206-07:00Just a......man and his giant kitty kickin' back.<br />
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Just a floating Andrew in a lake...<br />
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And a niece enjoying herself with friends.<br />
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And a nice new tall chook pen fence!<br />
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A snuggly bug Tuppy in a half-made afghan...<br />
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An adorable Basset that I met today, name of Huey...<br />
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A moonlit bushwalk...<br />
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And a damn chicken scratching apart my raked piles of leaves as fast as I can rake them!<br />
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<br />T.L. Merrybardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03713406934061779754noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3120516239166236492.post-4488117028938244652018-03-25T00:08:00.001-07:002018-03-25T00:11:34.706-07:00Fun with olden daysy stuffWe've been having a good time today messing around with the ways I want to treat my two lyres, which are currently at this stage:<br />
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Holes all drilled for the zither pins to go in to hold the strings. Phew that was a bit of a mind bender but with Roo's help it got done.<br />
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As I said before, I want to use watercolour stain on one and then paint on it, and kolrosing on the other.<br />
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I think both will work!<br />
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The blue stain is just to die for, and the kolrosing is so lovely. It is amazing how, once oiled and burnished, you can't feel the scratches full of cocoa or coffee or cinnamon any more. They become once more a part of the wood, and yet they stay dark!<br />
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Andyroo made these while messing around deciding which of our tools worked best and which dark powder to rub in for best effect. How cool are they?<br />
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So, I will go ahead and do both as I'd planned, so long as the varnish over the watercolour stain and paint works.<br />
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It will be easy to slip during the scratching of the kolrose design, but I think a little roughness is part of the charm of such an ancient technique.<br />
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The blue-painted one will now be the boar one, Torc. With 8 strings, it isn't traditional anyway, so it might as well be fully modern, and with six strings, Fréowine will be more trad in style.<br />
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Torc's design currently looks like this: <br />
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I'm still not quite sure how it will look when on the lyre. More working out to do yet on colour use, line work compared to solid spaces, etc.<br />
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In other oldy-timey news, we got a couple of photos that were taken at the Norse storytelling night. I just adore them, especially the one of us both!<br />
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They're dark but that suits the theme of the evening. We off to another one soon, this one about medieval tales of King Arthur's court. I'm really looking forward to it, especially since some more of our druid mates will be coming too!<br />
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