Saturday monrning...

This picture was taken by Alain in Sharc Pit (the group I camped with at Pennsic) on the night of the Knowne World Rapier Party (which was hosted for the final time by Sharc this year). The outfit (which I wish was more visible) is one of the two I was working on for the two weeks leading up to Pennsic... More garb pictures will be posted after the labour day weekend when Derek and I will be at September Crown in Ferndale, Washington.

My body is still operating on Eastern Standard time from my Pennsic vacation. I think that is one of the few things in the world that could turn me into a morning person but it seems to have worked!
CD prep work is going VERY well. I was arranging and practicing music in the garden yesterday (I have the best office EVER) and have covered about 80% of my repertoire in terms of arranging. Next week is going to be for smoothing out rough spots with practice and adding any harmonies that I want to learn before the following week when I go to Richmond to record.
I find it really neat that I will be releasing my next album around the same time as Loreena McKennitt (_my_ Canadian idol) will be releasing her new album, An Ancient Muse. She is doing concerts in Spain in the next little while... MAN, do I ever wish I could go there for those concerts. She is going to be holding them in some ancient buildings... it will most likely be INSANELY beautiful.
If you are interested in her recordings go to www.quinlanroad.com
Today Derek and I are going to be going to a matinee of Phantom of the Opera (my _favorite_ musical... though I often get some odd looks when I say that in the "serious" music world - Andrew Lloyd Webber is somewhat frowned upon in those circles). It starts at 2:00. After that we will be going to the Eatery (on Broadway) for my belated birthday dinner with a bunch of friends and then down to the beach for some night swimming. Last year the forest rangers tried to kick us out of the park for having a small beach fire (which we will probably avoid this year) but then relented and let us stay until the fire burned down naturally.
Well, I hope that everyone has as good a weekend as I know I am about to have... Love and hugs to all!