Victoria Day!

Hip hip - hooray! Hip hip - hooray! Hip hip - hooray!

I wish I knew the words to "God Save the Queen" so I could have sung it today. But alas, I had to settle for doffing my hat and cheering. In fancy dress. At a heritage village. It was a bit weird, as people took pictures of us (and asked us if we worked there) and that always makes me embarrassed.

It was cool though, cause I'd never been to the place before, even though it's close by and I've often walked around in the area. But I went, and it was awesome, and there were lots of houses and a blacksmith and bowls with potatoes and log cabins and a giant cake with a Union Jack on it and an outhouse and an old radio station and  lots of other stuff too! And I frowned at the only two young people costumed volunteers (they had little grasp of period appropriate costume). However, there was an appearance by Queen Victoria herself, being driven about in 1924 Model-T, so I suppose that opens the door to all sorts of anachronism.

This really has nothing to do with anything, except it's art based on a short film called The Anachronism.  It's pretty cool, we almost went to the opening (they were having the giant squid ship on display!) but the whole shindig was in one of the dodgiest areas of the city, at night. Linked to the Tumblr page, iffen you're interested.

She was escorted by Mounties and a piper and then a brass band! They played ABBA, Elvis, and...Barry Manilow after her speech. And there were Red Hat Ladies and lady Morris dancers! I think when I get old I'm gonna be a Red Hat Lady and drink tea and be a lady-in-waiting to the Queen on Victoria Day. Yep. That sounds about right to me :)

Hat by milliner Sally Faith Steinmann of Maggie Mae Designs.
Linked to her website.

Lots of good times were had, and then we were ready to go! And the bus disappeared, as they so often do around here (as in you're at the stop ten minutes early, and there are already people waiting who have probably been there an additional ten minutes prior, so you know it hasn't already come, and then it just never arrives.) so we had to wait for over half an hour. Without foooooood. Cause by then we were really hungry.

And then we made pasta with pesto and alfredo sauce when we got home and ate the whole thing!

Then watched the last Doctor Who episode! Ooh la la!

Richard E. Grant! And then...John Hurt?! That was weird. Very much so. But a pretty decent episode all in all!

The cake was like this! But waaaaaaaayyy bigger!

So I leave thee with a picture of a cake, and bid thee adieu!