Anno Sociatus XLII
HE Santiago and HE Elisabeth do send these warm greetings,
HE Elisabeth and I
would like to thank everyone at fighter practice for participating as we
celebrated May 1st, the birthday of the SCA. There was food and drink and our
new practicing voice herald, M'lord Oakum, open court for us and called to
everyone to attend. We awarded Lord Adolf the Bear with A Sable Thistle for
leather-working.
He has consistently made beautiful and practical leather pieces that he donates
as prizes for our champions. He has also helped many with the construction of
their leather armor. He is now fabricating HE Elisabeth's leather scale armor so
she can soon join Bordermarch on the battlefield.
Court was short but full of ambience provided by Countess Tessa, HE Elisabeth,
Lady Catalina and HE Amber lea Fairchild. They hung banners between the tall
pines and tied them off so they would billow out like sails
filled with a strong ocean breeze.
I am once again limping because of my leg bruise that was a present from Lord
Brand Eric. My fight with Lord Zane and his glave was a challenge because his
dancing skills keep him moving all the time. I would have fought some more, but
as I was watching Sir Simonn demonstrate his way of fighting from his knees, I
fell asleep in full armor. I was standing up! M'lord Oakum had to pinch me to
wake me and then I realized that
all the blood in my brain was now collected in the swelling bruise on my leg. We
ended up packing thrones, table, armor, banners, and ourselves into my new
little car that looks like a big blue tick. We stopped on the way home to pick
up Termiticus, our son, and made him lay flat on his back on top of everything
in the blue tick. He had just enough room to shove a french fry in his mouth,
one at a time. The leftover cheese from last night is still in the tick this
morning and should be ripe by the time I leave work this evening. I'll save the
crackers, where ever they are, for next practice. They should be nice and
crispy.
In Service We Remain, Santiago and Elisabeth - Baron and Baroness of Barony Bordermarch
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