Dusting off the blog - what's new

Since I posted a new page today linking to my new leather dye database (see the top menu of the blog), I figured I should do a post to catch everyone up on what's been going on since I last posted...in 2020 (eek).

Back then we were Baroness and Baron, and our Barony was hosting Kingdom A&S. As the hosting Baron, I was prepping a very cool Kingdom A&S project. It was ready to go and I was pretty excited about it. Then the pandemic happened, and Kingdom A&S was cancelled. (I'll probably post about the project in a future post.)

Then the plague year happened....

In 2021, at the tail end of the pandemic, we stepped down as B&B and moved to the other end of Ontario. At the new house, we have much less crafting space, so A&S activities have been limited. We've taken a bit of a step back to deal with life, but I'm still around and going to a couple of mostly-local events a year. 

Quick summary:

• Taught two belt making classes at our local museum, using vinegroon to dye the belts
• Taught an intro to leather pouch making class at an A&S day for a local shire
• Worked on my dye database
• Bodged a few fixes to things

With the lack of space, I've been diving into more period cooking instead, having done a deep dive into period meso-American cooking. My pantry is full of fun Aztec ingredients. I entered some period-plausible tamales at our most recent Kingdom A&S.