Mirkwood banquet

[adaeze]

First, a huge thanks to all the organisers / caterers / decorators / tireless workers who made last night's Taruithorn banquet such a success.  I never cease to be amazed by the imagination and skill that goes into turning the hall into anywhere from the Halls of Mandos to Edoras.  The black butterflies on the wall, the cobweb maze and the spider pinata were particularly memorable, as were the cheesy-almondy bits.

Second, I want to record for posterity the conversation in which we all agreed how terrible it was the way modern electronic toys with fancy gizmos and bells and whistles were limiting children's play, when we were little we were expected to use our imaginations, mutter mutter mutter.  This debate was triggered by a small child putting a plain cardboard tube down on the table and announcing that it needed to be left to recharge.

And in my Cinderella-like dash for the penultimate train, I managed to leave my trousers behind.  Least said about that the better.

Comments

[adaese.livejournal.com]

If you can post them, pretty please? Passing them on to my father would be faster than next meet-up, as I will be visiting him next month, but in the mean time they are my favourite warm dry comfortable winter-proof trousers, and I'd really rather not have to do without them until Spring.

[jane-somebody.livejournal.com]

Oh, I meant to say, posted your trousers 1st class on Thursday (very sorry not to manage it sooner, it's been surprisingly difficult to find the time to get to a post office) so I hope you will have received them now or will soon.

[adaese.livejournal.com]

Safely arrived, thank you! And I'm wearing them as I type, and am happy.