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Figured it was time for a new layout again. Sadly most of the layouts for free users are rather dull. I miss being able to make one myself, even tho the earlier homemade versions were rather newbish. At least it was more 'me' than these generic ones. Ah well, this will have to do for now. It will take a while to get used to it but at least I do not have to worry about pic sizes anymore, as the new layout has a bigger area for text and pics.

The Elf Fantasy Fair was lovely as usual. Getting there on my own by car was an adventure on its own! Borrowed dads Tomtom and moms car, as I am not used yet to driving my Twingo yet. Did I even mention yet I now share a car of my own with my brother? O_o It's lime green, brother calling it fondly Lemon Tree or Lemon for short. The ride to EFF was rather fun, 1 hour and 15 min tops. If I had taken the bus and train, it would have taken me 2,5 hours. Not to mention sitting in a train in full cosplay wasn't really something I had in mind =P The weather was quite nice, tho a tad windy, so I had to dig up two shawls for me and aien_hime. Overall, it was one of the best EFF we have been to so far for sure! It was rather relaxing not to have to worry about 3 or so others, constantly getting lost. The layout of the area was also slightly improved, making it more comfortable to walk around to check everything out.

Dressing up all medieval-like was interesting. Managed to find some matching boots to deal with the issue of the length of the dress. Found two bags that somewhat fit the whole medieval setting for me and Aichan. Thanks to mom hoarding all kinds of shawls and ponchos (to keep us warm during the yearly Xmas Fair in the store), even the shawls matched our dresses rather nicely. They served well to sit on too while resting on the grass. Made some pics of the area, tho not really that different from last years EFF, might end up uploading a bunch in the near future. Also did some posing in the dress, which turned out to be rather hard. I am a terrible model! Should poke Aichan for them, still haven't seen them properly (made with her awesome photocamera instead of my average camera on smartphone).

Speaking of pictures, I have started walking in the area again, making lots of pics. I now officially have pics of each season! I am considering sorting them and uploading them in 4 different collections on Flickr, one for each season. Showed some to zeikfried999 on yahoo and he liked them, so I guess they aren't that bad, especially since they are made with a smartphone.

I rather enjoy the 30-50 min walks (depending on the route), with only my mp3-player or occasionally radiostream on phone to keep me company. I actually get restless nowadays if I don't go out for my walk at least 2-3 times a week. In 5 min, I am all out in the nature. A couple of years ago they even build walking/biking routes, planting trees and such as well. It's finally starting to grow to size where one can call it a foresty area. Tho there are still plenty of open areas where the view is simply lovely. Having seen said area in all 4 seasons now makes it even more awesome.

I had plans to write even more, but seems I ran out of time. I have a oven pasta dish to prepare. I'll try to update faster next time, but no promises.

~*~Maru~*~