What We Found...
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rowana, emerald_happy, hebe0 and I went to London this weekend.
We had a lot of fun, including using the Stick of Insanity to choose a coffee shop to sit in, being presented with Reprobate Socks, wandering around the Greek section of the British Museum and arguing about Attolian geography, and visiting a bead shop.
And in the bead shop we saw
Yes, that's right, we found a shop selling golden bees. We quickly bought 7/8 of the shop's supply between us (there was a lone silver bee sitting by itself in the box at the end) and yesterday, I made earrings!
^ My ear.
Apologies for the gravity-defying earring... I don't know why my pictures do that.
rowana, emerald_happy, hebe0 and I went to London this weekend.We had a lot of fun, including using the Stick of Insanity to choose a coffee shop to sit in, being presented with Reprobate Socks, wandering around the Greek section of the British Museum and arguing about Attolian geography, and visiting a bead shop.
And in the bead shop we saw
Yes, that's right, we found a shop selling golden bees. We quickly bought 7/8 of the shop's supply between us (there was a lone silver bee sitting by itself in the box at the end) and yesterday, I made earrings!
^ My ear.
Apologies for the gravity-defying earring... I don't know why my pictures do that.
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Date: 8/11/08 05:43 pm (UTC)I was just talking about tributing MWT in a story by having bees, which are also a motif in Howl's Moving Castle. I really ought to do that...
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Date: 8/11/08 05:56 pm (UTC)Are they a motif in HMC? I didn't notice that.
*thinks*
Is it the honey witch?
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Date: 8/11/08 06:11 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 8/11/08 06:38 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 8/11/08 06:49 pm (UTC)It was all my friend-who-has-the-same-middle-name-as-you's idea. She said to tell everyone.
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Date: 8/11/08 06:50 pm (UTC)Icon love!
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Date: 8/11/08 07:30 pm (UTC)On the other hand, I read Robin Mckinley's new book, Chalice, last week, and there are lots and lots of bees in that.
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Date: 8/11/08 07:43 pm (UTC)Attolia had bee earrings - hence the earrings we made - she had to sell them at the beginning of her reign and then, I believe, had new ones made.
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Date: 8/11/08 08:10 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 8/11/08 10:46 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 8/11/08 11:40 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 8/12/08 12:46 am (UTC)But then you said that already.
I want to batter you for info on Chalice (How does it compare to McKinleys others?) but I will restrain myself.
Willow! Tsk tsk.
Date: 8/12/08 12:49 am (UTC)http://robinmckinleysblog.com/2008/08/06/chalice-begins/
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Date: 8/12/08 01:28 am (UTC)On the other hand, there is a large pile of French glaring balefully at me. *pokes French with pen* Humph. Your earrings are far too lovely. I must find some. And wear them!
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Date: 8/12/08 09:08 am (UTC)Do you know how loud my squeal was when I saw them in the shop? I had to call the others over and Ro still insisted on looking at her little umbrellas first.
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Date: 8/12/08 09:12 am (UTC)Nice reaction.
Also, nice icon.
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Date: 8/12/08 09:13 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 8/12/08 09:27 pm (UTC)Re: Willow! Tsk tsk.
Date: 8/13/08 12:53 am (UTC)I read the first chapter, thinking it was out, and got all excited about reading it before I go back to school, and then I go to reserve it at the library and IT'S NOT OUT YET.
*twitches*
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Date: 8/13/08 01:47 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 8/13/08 08:57 am (UTC)*pats*
*is airing her new icon*
Can you read it?
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Date: 8/13/08 06:57 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 8/14/08 01:53 pm (UTC)Em ;-)
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Date: 8/19/08 08:15 pm (UTC)[g, d, r v v f]
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Date: 8/19/08 10:06 pm (UTC)The music group, and "Let It Bee" => awesome idea!
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Date: 8/31/08 12:23 am (UTC):D