Today's finds
Jun. 6th, 2009 10:42 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
herveusThanks to events elsewhere, about which I will not bore my readers, I was not tied up with Highland River Melees and was thus able to offer the use of our pavilions to the Strawberry Festival at Adelphi Friends Meeting.
The person in charge of setup said that he'd be there at 0700. I arrived at 0705 to find no one yet present. On the other hand, I knew where to put the tents so setup commenced. Constructive help showed up and was put to work helping with the stake driving. The public erections having completed, I helped with other setup and setting out of stuff to sell. The Strawberry Festival sells fresh strawberries plus used books, clothing, and White Elephant goods.
Once things got under way, I got some lunch and strawberries and crashed. I managed most of three hours of nap.
Once I got moving again, I found![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
sister_devora and pedro_padrao about. I expected that they would show up at some point. It turns out that one of their astronomy friends is also a member of the meeting.
Among the used books was one whose spine said "Medieval Combat'. Naturally, I investigated and picked up a copy of Mark Rectors translation of Talhoffer. I could not let that go, even if I'm not actively into historical combat.
Twelve quarts of berries made their way home as well. I have six quart bags of washed and hulled berries in the freezer, two more quarts sliced and sugared, and four pounds in the pot turning into secanjabin. The rest got eaten straight, or turned into puree or smoothee. Nom. Oh, and a pan of gingerbread from the bake sale.
I'm pleasantly worn out from the days exertion. The Nats putting a beating on the Mets (and John Lannan pitching a complete game) doesn't hurt.
The person in charge of setup said that he'd be there at 0700. I arrived at 0705 to find no one yet present. On the other hand, I knew where to put the tents so setup commenced. Constructive help showed up and was put to work helping with the stake driving. The public erections having completed, I helped with other setup and setting out of stuff to sell. The Strawberry Festival sells fresh strawberries plus used books, clothing, and White Elephant goods.
Once things got under way, I got some lunch and strawberries and crashed. I managed most of three hours of nap.
Once I got moving again, I found
sister_devora and pedro_padrao about. I expected that they would show up at some point. It turns out that one of their astronomy friends is also a member of the meeting. Among the used books was one whose spine said "Medieval Combat'. Naturally, I investigated and picked up a copy of Mark Rectors translation of Talhoffer. I could not let that go, even if I'm not actively into historical combat.
Twelve quarts of berries made their way home as well. I have six quart bags of washed and hulled berries in the freezer, two more quarts sliced and sugared, and four pounds in the pot turning into secanjabin. The rest got eaten straight, or turned into puree or smoothee. Nom. Oh, and a pan of gingerbread from the bake sale.
I'm pleasantly worn out from the days exertion. The Nats putting a beating on the Mets (and John Lannan pitching a complete game) doesn't hurt.
