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My last orchid from Ikea (by which I mean the last one I bought, not the last one I will ever buy, I'm honest) and the first orchid we bought from an orchid show when we moved here. Great condition on that orchid. Very few flowers and the colour is nothing unique or particularly flashy or special but they came out before any of the other orchids and outlasted them all. As of a few days ago they finally faded and fell off though, so I've only got the one orchid left in bloom now.
I'm feeling like a photodump today. Pics of my SCA campsite at Ansteorra's 30th year last weekend, orchids and beagles behind the cut.
A close-up of the orchid I saved from Ikea a few weeks ago. I love the splodginess and the number of different shades of purple on it.
This is what our set-up looks like when we camp for SCA events. We went light this time and didn't bring our wooden cooler or the table we normally have set up in the tent too. And by the next time we go I should have the viking boxes all finished up to serve as bed-side tables. We're also lacking banner poles and lanterns and other spiff because it was just one night and I couldn't be bothered.
Our tent comes with helpful guard dogs
Inside we sleep on a real bed off the ground. It was purchased used and whoever built it was kinda shit with measuring. The frame is a little too narrow and too long for the futon that goes on it. Also I really dislike the headboard and the gold-painted finials on the corner posts. It is soooo not my style. However, it was pre-made and ready to go. We needed something for Estrella and the workshop hadn't been set up yet so it was a bit of a lifesaver. I do plan on replacing it, but as this is probably the last time we will camp for some time it's rather low on the priority list.
And finally, a picture of happy Anna. The dogs do seem to enjoy going to events, especially if the campground is full of squirrels. I can't recall whether she's wagging at a squirrel or at Jason in this pic.
They finally started construction on the lot next to us. The "sold" sign has been there for almost 2 months now, and it seems to me like several other lots have sold and been built on since that sign went up. I was hoping they'd be done before the baby arrived, but with a house taking about 8 weeks and the baby due in a little over 5 the chances of them beating the baby coming home are slim. At least they'll be done most of the work and the bulk of the really noisy stuff at that point. I'll just have to deal with the painting crew and their Mexican ooom-pah music.
While it takes 8 weeks to complete a house, it takes very little time to get it looking like a house at least from the outside. I've decided to take a pic every day of the construction just to share how fast it really is. The whole process absolutely fascinates me.
Here's the house yesterday at noon when the lumber truck pulled up and dropped off the stuff they use to frame out the foundation. I happened to be outside in the garage working on my viking box so I grabbed the camera to start taking the "before" shots.
Here is is today around 3pm or so. The foundation is all framed out and they've dropped off the sand that goes under the concrete. I think tomorrow is just levelling the sand and the noisy concrete work will probably happen over the weekend - just great. And yes, they do work on the houses here every day of the week. I guess one of the many the advantages of illegal immigrant labour is that you can make them work even on weekends.
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I can't see your pictures till I get home but I'm looking forward to it. You're a good photographer and you're really great at remembering to TAKE the pictures which I really suck at.
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Pffft, no I'm not. I didn't take any pictures at Estrella (all the pics I did post were taken by Beothuk) and the only pics I took at this event were the shots you see of my tent there. And even then I only remembered as we were packing up. That's why there's no pillows on the bed. 5 minutes later there was no bed either.
Happy Anna pic
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