I know other stuff happened today but I'm so full of queen that I'm struggling to focus! That excited feeling didn't really dissipate so everything had an exclamation mark after it in my head: real sausages for breakfast! Blinis! Tea candy! This last is coarse granulated sugar but for some reason is specially packaged. I... Continue Reading →

This is not strictly a travelogue of collecting a queen, because the gather was one day out of 18, but I don't have anywhere else to put this and it was a journey of epic proportions, so here it is, in all its sweary glory. The one-day gather for Caroline of Brunswick can be found... Continue Reading →