<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:bookman old style,new york,times,serif;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;">Greetings to the fine citizens of the Barony of Cynnabar!<br><br>Tairdelbach and I would like to thank the many members who came to participate in the activities at Talonval AND Celtic Fest this weekend. These are both very important events for the Barony and despite it being a very hot day through the smiles on everyone's faces I'm confident we were having fun! A special thanks to Giovanna for organizing our presence at Celtic Fest. And thanks to Halima, Fatima, Dove and Zahira for our Halfa fun at Talonval.<br><br>In addition to the events of the weekend -- many people showed up for another 90-degree day to paint shields at practice today. Once again the Cynnabar War Machine was fast at work and completed the detail work on the 11 shields we started a few weeks ago. At one
point in the afternoon a spectator wandered by and saw the shields drying in the sun only to ask if we were 'preparing for war' -- to which we replied: "why yes, actually!" <br><br>Today's painters were:<br>Daye<br>Genoveva<br>Alexander<br>Birke<br>Arnold<br>Tim <br>Uillec<br>Ilsa<br>Beata<br>Airn<br><br>To everyone -- We are sincerely grateful to you all for your dedication to the Barony. Thank you so very much!<br><br>Hannah and Tairdelbach<br><br><div> </div>There are two ways of spreading light; to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it. ~Edith Wharton<div><br></div>
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