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Hello All,
I’m very proud of my web staff today, as over that rainy weekend they were able to push out a brand new website for the Barony. Go take a look: windmastershill.org.
You’ll spot the brand new Baronage Blog, which Guenievre and I will use to communicate with the rest of the populace, as well as pimp up comming events and projects, and to report on such things once they have passed.
Also, our Baronial Calendar is now 100% web user generated. That’s right, if someone wants to hold a meeting, practice, get-together, A&S workshop, what ever, they can go up here and add it to the calendar themselves. No need to email it to someone, who will have to hand code it and then ftp it up to a website.
So, Windmasters’, go sign up and look around. Other Baronies, bow down before the awesome that is our new website!
Tags: announcements, baronage
So, a week has passed since the marathon sprint that was Ymir garb. Maestra Maddalena says I should promise never to do anything quite that rushed again, and I almost do, but since I have rather strong feelings about promises and whether I can keep them, I’m not quite willing to do so. Still, I can’t think of anything else I’ll be that time crunched on.
There are a fair number of things I want to make / organize the making of for the barony. Still working on plans for that – the problem with regalia is that it ought to be spiffy but persona (and gender, and size) neutral, which is somewhat difficult. While I’d like to make some Court livery for the Champions and Officers, I can’t think of anything other than baldrics, or perhaps hoods or cloaks, that would work. Though fancy embroidered or appliqued baldrics WOULD have some spiff factor.
Now that I have some space, with the house and all, I’d like to do some more silk painting. I still owe a few banners, and I’d like to do yet another one for WM as well – we have some gorgeous emnoidered ones, but one can never have too many banners…
I plan on fighting at war this year, so my armor needs help. So does Girard’s – I think his gambeson is held together by hope.
This, other random stuff, and… Oh! I am going to try to have a garden this year. We bought seeds, and I started the ones that needed starting, and I even identified the one eligible sunny spot in my yard. Next step – raised beds.
Tags: armor, baronage, garden
I still don’t have a post on Ymir in general written up… nor a dress diary on the Investiture Houppelandes… but before I misplace all the notes, I did want to write a little about the Oath of Fealty given by Girard and I during our Investiture, as a couple people commented on it (one of whom I know was in the back of the hall, so apparently I spoke loudly enough). Our oath was:
Your Majesties, we, Girard and Guenievre, do homage unto you with respect to the fief of Windmasters Hill, and will bear you fealty in life and limb and earthly honor. We shall be loyal and true unto you, our liege lord, as the rightful Crown of Atlantia. We swear we shall govern the barony well and truly, with all our might, ability and diligence, during our term as baron and baroness. We will maintain all the franchises of the barony, and every parcel thereof, with all power, wisdom and acumen, and perform all other duties that pertain to our station. Thus we swear and affirm.
It was not a precise copy of a period oath, rather it was … a cut-and-paste job from various sources – as shown below the cut. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: baronage, fealty
For those who may not have heard, Their Majesties have chosen us to be the next Baron and Baroness of Windmasters’ Hill. We’re still getting used to that idea, but it’s growing on us. For our own mental health, we had been assuming that it would be someone else, and would be happily surprised if it went another way. Well, color us surprised.
We thank everyone for their congratulations and well wishes. The out flowing of support has been greater than we ever imagined. We expect to take just about everyone up on their offers over the next couple years.
As for blogging and LJ, we intend to keep on posting things just as we did before. You folks seem to like what we’ve said so far, so seems like there’s no reason to change course there. Don’t expect juicy gossip, or baronial politics to spring up here, not even on filters. However, we won’t be going back and friends locking our entire journals. That said, there’s a good chance our updates will be a little less frequent.
Thank you again, and we hope to see you all at Ymir!
Tags: announcements, baronage