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Not about weaving...
Mar. 15th, 2016 06:26 amIt's been a while since I wrote about anything except weaving, so I thought I would give a brief rundown of the parts of my life that aren't warped...
To be honest, things have been pretty quiet since Christmas. Most of my time not at work has been crocheting, weaving, or tooling about in Fallout 4, with some light feast organising in between.
The feast is the Barony of Innilgard's 30th Anniversary, which has now turned into a transvestiture too. I am pleased to say that I am once again teaming up with Eleanor/Bron. We did a highly successful and extremely well received Midwinter together back in 2012, so hopefully the results will be just as good.
I am not as enamoured of Fallout 4 as I was of Skyrim, I have to say, but I have played Skyrim to the point where I can no longer sustain interest in it, so it is good to have another open world game to scratch that particular itch while I wait for the next Elder Scrolls game (from my fingers to your ears, Bethesda). I think the two main reasons that I like it a bit less are: it is a less pretty world (kind of shallow, but while the Wasteland is well imagined, it is not beautiful or awe inspiring, and you can't really make it so - even the buildings you can put up are ramshackle and dirty); the character mechanics, while a bit more of a standard roleplaying approach, don't give me the feeling of the character making themselves as they go along that I got with Skyrim.
The garden is usually pretty quiescent at this time of year, as even the weeds struggle in Adelaide summers. I tried to plant a few hardy/ drought tolerant varieties, but this year it was too hot too soon and most of them were killed off before they had time to get established. I was pleased to discover that a couple of clumps of Portulaca (also known as Moss Rose - in the purslane family) seem to be clinging on. They are a perennial, so if they can manage not to be overwhelmed by heart's ease come Spring we will have a few summer flowers for the future too.
And to finish, some pics: the boys cakes from Crazy Birthday Week (a chocolate cheesecake and a strawberry gateau) and a couple of crochet projects...
To be honest, things have been pretty quiet since Christmas. Most of my time not at work has been crocheting, weaving, or tooling about in Fallout 4, with some light feast organising in between.
The feast is the Barony of Innilgard's 30th Anniversary, which has now turned into a transvestiture too. I am pleased to say that I am once again teaming up with Eleanor/Bron. We did a highly successful and extremely well received Midwinter together back in 2012, so hopefully the results will be just as good.
I am not as enamoured of Fallout 4 as I was of Skyrim, I have to say, but I have played Skyrim to the point where I can no longer sustain interest in it, so it is good to have another open world game to scratch that particular itch while I wait for the next Elder Scrolls game (from my fingers to your ears, Bethesda). I think the two main reasons that I like it a bit less are: it is a less pretty world (kind of shallow, but while the Wasteland is well imagined, it is not beautiful or awe inspiring, and you can't really make it so - even the buildings you can put up are ramshackle and dirty); the character mechanics, while a bit more of a standard roleplaying approach, don't give me the feeling of the character making themselves as they go along that I got with Skyrim.
The garden is usually pretty quiescent at this time of year, as even the weeds struggle in Adelaide summers. I tried to plant a few hardy/ drought tolerant varieties, but this year it was too hot too soon and most of them were killed off before they had time to get established. I was pleased to discover that a couple of clumps of Portulaca (also known as Moss Rose - in the purslane family) seem to be clinging on. They are a perennial, so if they can manage not to be overwhelmed by heart's ease come Spring we will have a few summer flowers for the future too.
And to finish, some pics: the boys cakes from Crazy Birthday Week (a chocolate cheesecake and a strawberry gateau) and a couple of crochet projects...
