[Steppes] Steppes Archery Practice

Mon Apr 26 16:42:13 PDT 2004

Milady,

I belive what I said was "dried out some",  it was still squishing 
water up around me ankles in me yard midday today, and I 
only live minutes from the Eastfield range.  So I know what 
kind of condition the field was in.  

Actually I had already put everything away when Jacques called 
and had started some other projects I have been meaning to do.  
One of those tasks later had me out in the yard later lofting arrows 
into a grassy covered rise between levels in the yard.  The mud was 
so dense & sticky it pulled one of the points right off a period arrow.  

So all I really missed was the comradery & taunting banter, which 
would have been fun, but if I had gone I wouldn't be planing to 
shoot period bow next week.

See you then,

Ironwyrm

On Mon, 26 Apr 2004 13:21:27 -0500 "Susan Hill" <sueorintx at hotmail.com>
writes:
> 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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