First of all, let me apologise for my almost unbelievable tardiness in updating this page! As the only one at Yule with a camera, I should have posted ages ago. Nonetheless, I feel that as I am managing to get these images to you before the next event, I'm at least keeping things in chronological order.
Yule was good. It was a rare treat to see everyone, and to indulge in good food and better conversation. Ruth and JP brought recorders, and persuaded me to join in. My young daughter, never having encountered such a strange, anachronistic way of making music, attempted to better the sound by stuffing my recorder with lavender leaves, while we were playing. It's very hard to maintain one's gravity and breath control when one's instrument is assaulted by a determined toddler. Fortunately, the other musicians escaped her attentions, and we were able to entertain the other gentles present with our efforts.
This event was a potluck, and I'm afraid that I have left it so late to make this report, that I have all but forgotten what we ate. I remember some particularly fine cakes* that I think originated with the good lady in the middle of the picture above, but the rest escapes me.
Nonetheless, my camera does not suffer from the same less-than-perfect memory as I do, and so while I cannot regale you with a description of the food, I can at least provide you with a picture of the good gentles of the shire enjoying it!
And now I must return to my kitchen, to investigate the progress of 24 boiled eggs, and Chickpea soup. Tomorrow brings with it an event attended not only by our local shire members, but by Sir John Peregrin of Restormel and Mistress Honor of Restormel.
There will be fighting! There will be feasting! There will be merriment and dancing! There will, in the not too distant future, be pictures.
*delicious biscuits
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