(I wish I could post pictures, but apparently something in my account prohibits this. So for those interested in pictures here is where they are acessiblehttp://picasaweb.google.com/traumspindel/ThePeaceOfLissberg?authkey=Gv1sRgCOmskJ-npLq7DQ#)


We had a little weather glitch on wednesday night and Thursday afternoon, but other than that the weather was glorious. The event staff did a phenomenal job. there was plenty of breakfast every morning, early enough for the early riser that I am, and late enough for the rest of the crowd. Lunch was invariably yummy and there was a lot of lovely people present, even if some hadn't made it who had intended being there. My kids were running around often unsupervised the site was a castle with walls around the camping site and there was plenty of company for all of us. On Thursday Lord William and his lovely Lady Katharina had invited us to dinner, knowing we would compromise their most authentic camp display even going so far as bringing Ketchup to go with the spätzle for the kids. They are just another case of of people trying their darn best (and theirs is goooood) to be authentic without placing an equal burden on anybody else. they were very laid back about the whole issue while cooking documented (and yummy) food in three legged pottery on the fire. They were on it more or less the entire afternoon, working together brilliantly (though they seemed to be dissatisfied with their teamwork) Katharina let my try on her frilled headdress, which looked nice on me, but not as splendidly as on here and the length bothered me tremendiously. Eventually I will simply have to  get ma a couple of headcloths' and learn a turban that won't fall off, methinx. We had dinner by candle light and fire while some rain was still falling but things were just cosy under their canopy. They didn't mind me bringing my beloved (and very evilly modern, though covered) folding chair So I was comfy enough that I didn't mind when my little one fell asleep on my lap. the humid weather was bugging me and I kept changing my wardrobe, drawing quite a number of comments to that effect, but we went from deluge to sunburn through everything in between on those two days.

Their majesties arrived friday night and found me disgracefully drunk, dispensing *wisdoms* that had not been asked for, stepping out of the line of behaviour I have decided to display for the first time in a decade methinx. But nobody seemes to mind or they hid it well in the morning. I just wished more people would simply grab their chance at being happy and stopp pining for the thing they don't have (like me wanting to be an 8, although I may just be able to become a 12 again  ;))

there was a lot of singing and such things well into the night and I went to my wobbly bed, while the rest of my family was already deep in dreamland. 

Saturday was teh day we had scheduled for Lydia's B day celebration, but we had not considered that the curia was going to take place at teh same time. Silly us. It still worked out and to my daughter delight four horses entered the castle while they were playing some game outside. She got to do a couple of rounds on one of them (their showing up having been an accident or a grace whichever you believe).  i finished my family duties and cleaned up after us as well as I could, watched the tourney for a bit and then took on my duties as Queen's entourage again (this time I had been asked on site which meant I came unprepared. I didn't even bring sneakers) We leaft almost immediately for her makesties daily frolic which means, we walked into the next village in badly fitting shoes (my mistake) and glorious weather (no shade) a hilly countryside and the necessity to b e back at 5 pm for court. We managed all that, but my feet still hurt and I vowed to get me trainers today 8since my feet are no longer swollen ;)) I was a bit slower than the others and had told them to walk along resolved to sit down and rest a bit before walking on again, but suddenly resting my feet before actually being where I wanted to be with no drink in sight sounded like a bad Idea, thus I walked on and was even in Time for court, too, but I wasn't supposed to attend the queen, even though the other lady had been called to an emotional emergency. Surprised´, but not ungarteful, I sank into my aforementioned covered evilly modern comfortable chair and waited until I had to get up again for the crown.

I think after some initial annoncement it was that my husband was called before the queen. She was sternly telling him that she had just passed an edict that whoever was going to emmigrate would be stuck into the dungeons. But she had decided, that he should at least do it in a station that would befit his demeanor and honor, and elevated him to Lordship. then they send him to fetch me. I hobbled towards the lovely cushion and probably made a most ungraceful reveranza, but then my queen told me that she could not join me to my husband in the dungeons with him outranking me. We so had not seen this coming. Not that day.  We had hoped that, if at al,l it might happen on the dragon in winter but frankly I had used my non status like a shield in discussion revolving around peerage and awards and beyond that I had not much thought about it. But it was gracious of their majesties to acknoledge that we had truly become a part of this comunity and that we will be missed (they will be missed too, regardless of the lovely populace of Atlantia we are going to meet soon, some of which have already generously offered their assistance) the rest of court passed in a blur, with me admiring the scroll lovely aryanhwy  had made for us. It is a thing of utter beauty. Not too flashy, excellently executed, and looking so very neat. I am still not sure how to frame it. I fear that putting it behind glass, where it would belong, will take away from the shine of the gold, and the evenness of the parchment.  I am afraid we will most likely not hang it in our current home. then again, we are still here for a couple of months.

I have been resting my feet mostly yesterday, but I guess at some time I will have to use em again;)