Canada lily, originally uploaded by Lizzie~Belle.

asakiyume tells me this is Canada lily. It's quite lovely, and reminds me a lot of trout lily, which is much smaller. It grows in some of the same places, too.

It turned out to be much more muggy than I expected today, so I was pretty wiped out after a long walk. It felt good to be moving though; I spent way too much time sitting yesterday. First at the meet & greet, which was well-attended, and we had actual magickal conversations for a change (which was the original point); then in the car, driving to Grafton to pick up firespirit1's tent that she generously lent me for camp; and then at Conjure Cinema, where Evil Uncle Walter showed us several fun movies including the one from the original Trilogy of Terror in which Karen Black is terrorized by an evil idol. I remember watching that on TV when it was on the first time, and talking about it for days afterward. He even had a replica of the idol, which has glow-in-the-dark teeth and eyes. O_o

In addition to the tent, I also arranged a ride to & from camp (with Jim's cousin Dave), and a food plan (with Lakshmi). Go me. All I have to do now is figure out how I'm going to pay for it. I guess it really is time to sell dad's old camera, and a few other things too. *sigh*

In two weeks, I'll be there!

Amelia in repose, originally uploaded by Lizzie~Belle.

A fun time was had at Conjure Cinema last night. Walter told me that he had an announcement that involved me, but wouldn't tell me what it was. When we were all gathered upstairs for the film, he made me stand up, and announced that he finally has a blog! I've been telling him for years that he needs to do this, so I was quite pleased. He had written a series of articles many years ago for Harvest magazine (remember that, morvenwestfield?), and he is such a repository for classic horror film knowledge, I knew he should share it with the world. Yay!

I stayed overnight, not getting to bed until after one (I know! Me!) so I slept until nearly eight this morning. Everyone was, of course, still in bed, so I took off for Holliston to have breakfast with ami_1. I took the wrong exit off I-495, thinking I knew better because it was route 126, and of course got lost. I ended up in Rhode Island, as a matter of fact. Oh well, I had a nice tour of Bellingham. *g* I finally found the place, and had a nice visit with S and her lovely kitty, Amelia (who is pictured above).

I ran into a little traffic on the way home, which is why I like to get going early, but it wasn't too bad. Added maybe ten or fifteen minutes to my trip. Most of those programmable signs on the Pike (the ones that usually say "Construction ahead - expect delays") said "Thanks, Ted, from the people of Massachusetts." Made me smile.

I noticed a small carnival in Westfield on the way home, and decided that it would make a nice afternoon walk to go check it out, so I changed into something lighter (it was cold last night!) and walked down there. I got some nice pictures of the new bridge, which opened to traffic last week, and some good classic car shots, but the carnival was pretty lame. Just a few cheesy rides, and a very small midway. Mostly little kids with their parents. I'll probably do a post or two on my photo blog when I feel more up to it, but in the meantime you can see my pix here.