Nov. 10th, 2009
Life... or Squee, Part 2
Nov. 10th, 2009 10:35 pmI've been a miserable LJ writer recently, and not even for lack of events.
There has been... HP Halloween atCadhayMalfoy Manor near Exeter, which rocked too much for words, and I got to see a lot of my favourite people again! We had a real manor to play in, with all the historical atmosphere and none of the drawbacks, and a maze and otters (omg, the *otters*!) and owls and birds of prey and wandering kittens and the most adorable toy otter from ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
lazy_neutrino, and HP Halloween dinner with serpentine chocolate fountain dessert, and chattering about fanfic on lazy mornings, and playing Aurors and Death Eaters after midnight in the moonlight (ok, the moonlight didn't favour the Aurors, but...). It was gorgeous and fun and *way* too short, but with enough happy memories to fuel an entire stableful of Patroni.
There was the road trip withchthonya and lkaet before and after, which took us back via Gloucester Cathedral (omg, Hogwarts corridors, and the grave of Edward II of Marlowe and Jarman fame and amazing modern stained-glass art). And on the way down, I decided that the Yorkshire Moors are among the most beautiful landscapes ever. Bleak makes me happy, and it was the most stunning sort of bleak imaginable.
Then, back home, there was![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
ownficfest to wrap up, drabbles to write, work going insane again, flat cleaning to be postponed...
Last weekend I got a ticket to the E-Town Light Orchestra concert, which was great fun, and reminded me of how totally I've neglected a budding love for classical/orchestral music over the past, well, decade or so.
And tonight I came home to a lovely postcard fromliriaen, who pretty much travelled to my hometown to send it :).
So well... life has been *very* good, but also very busy. And suddenly it's almost Christmas, oh noes!
There has been... HP Halloween at
lazy_neutrino, and HP Halloween dinner with serpentine chocolate fountain dessert, and chattering about fanfic on lazy mornings, and playing Aurors and Death Eaters after midnight in the moonlight (ok, the moonlight didn't favour the Aurors, but...). It was gorgeous and fun and *way* too short, but with enough happy memories to fuel an entire stableful of Patroni. There was the road trip with
chthonya and lkaet before and after, which took us back via Gloucester Cathedral (omg, Hogwarts corridors, and the grave of Edward II of Marlowe and Jarman fame and amazing modern stained-glass art). And on the way down, I decided that the Yorkshire Moors are among the most beautiful landscapes ever. Bleak makes me happy, and it was the most stunning sort of bleak imaginable. Then, back home, there was
ownficfest to wrap up, drabbles to write, work going insane again, flat cleaning to be postponed... Last weekend I got a ticket to the E-Town Light Orchestra concert, which was great fun, and reminded me of how totally I've neglected a budding love for classical/orchestral music over the past, well, decade or so.
And tonight I came home to a lovely postcard from
liriaen, who pretty much travelled to my hometown to send it :).So well... life has been *very* good, but also very busy. And suddenly it's almost Christmas, oh noes!
