[Steppes] Steppes Archery Practice

[Susan Hill]

Dried out??? Did I say dried out? I said the Sun was out, the field was 
nowhere near dry. There was standing water all over the place.Between the 20 
yd and the target it wasnt bad, but almost everyplace else had puddles. Wish 
you could have joined us.

Linet


----Original Message Follows----
From: ironwyrm at juno.com
Reply-To: "Barony of Steppes - SCA, Inc." <steppes at ansteorra.org>
To: steppes at ansteorra.org
CC: steppes at ansteorra.org
Subject: Re: [Steppes] Steppes Archery Practice
Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2004 09:10:57 -0700

Linet,

Maybe if the weather comes on us as it did yesterday again (rainy
morning, sunny afternoon) we should consider just postponing
archery practice a couple hours rather than canceling the practice
altogether.  Sounds like you guys had fun after the field dried out
some.

ironwyrm


On Mon, 26 Apr 2004 08:00:52 -0500 "Karen Calhoun"
<kmcalhou at garlandisd.net> writes:
 > Thank you Linet for letting us shoot yesterday.  I wanted to test my
 > new arrows and I think that I like them very much.  Yours are very
 > pretty and shoot well and straight.
 >
 > I also understand why you all taunt each other:  it makes you shoot
 > better!  Pick on me some more!  I like getting those bulls-eyes,
 > even if it was just plain luck.  Corwin actually had a shot closer
 > to the center than mine.  Vivat to HL Corwin!
 >
 > Until next Sunday!
 >
 > Katya
 >
 > >>> sueorintx at hotmail.com 04/25/04 07:27PM >>>
 > Good evening my friends.
 >
 > Each day that I live in this state I learn more about it. There is a
 > phrase
 > oft heard that comes to mind today. 'If you don't like the weather,
 > just
 > wait 15 minutes and it will change.' Last evening at this time I was
 > walking
 > the archery field and was quite confident that we would have
 > practice as
 > scheduled. The skies were clearing and the field was in fairly good
 > condition, much better than I had expected, having been in the rain
 > all day,
 > first in Glen Rose, and then at Scarborough Faire. I was so
 > confident that I
 > allowed myself to sleep for an extra half hour, beyond that time
 > when I
 > ususally check weather forecasts and look at radar images and
 > weathernet
 > sites to determine if practice should be cancelled.
 >
 > I could not believe my ears when the first thing I heard was not my
 > alarm,
 > but the sound of thunder and raindrops on the roof. Within a few
 > minutes it
 > was quite clear from a quick check of my usual sources, that it was
 > not
 > really going to be possible to hold practice, but it was too late to
 > post
 > the announcement. I knew of some people who were likely to show up
 > that do
 > not have access to the Steppes list. I would have to make the trek
 > and if
 > any other brave souls were crazy enough to join me, we would decide
 > together
 > whether to shoot or not.
 >
 > The site was ten times wetter than it had been last evening and there
 > were
 > still sprinkles coming down. Two more idiots, er, I mean hardy souls
 >
 > arrived, Jacques and Katya. It was decided that it was too wet and
 > Jacques
 > told us that Lady Francesca had invited us to her place for coffee
 > and
 > french toast. Well that was an offer not to be refused so the three
 > of us
 > caravaned to her place. We were joined by yet another archer,
 > Corwin, who
 > had been planning on shooting but hadn't made it to Eastfield yet.
 >
 > After an hour or so of good french toast and conversation, it was
 > realized
 > that the skies were clear and the sun shining brightly. Together we
 > chose to
 > trek back to Eastfield for an 'unofficial' practice.
 >
 > This time we had spectators, Lady Francesca and her young friend
 > David
 > cheered us on. HL Katya scored not only her first bulls-eye, but her
 > second
 > and third. Well done, Katya! Corwin learned that tips glued onto
 > arrows in
 > the parking lot, come off in the butts. I learned that my new arrows
 > fly
 > much better than the old, but I'm still a lousy shot. Katya learned
 > that you
 > can shoot much better when egged on by friendly insults and good
 > natured
 > chiding.
 >
 > We had a great time. The sun was  warm, the company good, and the
 > shooting
 > fun, as usual. Hopefully the sun will grace us with her presence
 > again next
 > Sunday.......in the morning, this time.
 >
 > In service to the dream, Steppes, and Ansteorra
 >
 > Linet Grey
 >
 > Archery Marshall of the Steppes
 >
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