So that was fun. Castle just got hit by a massive storm. May have been a tornado in there, but we don't have confirmation on that. Lots, I mean lots, of trees down. About half a dozen over the driveway itself. Had to hike up and down it to help guests get here, climbing over downed trees and dodging downed power and phone lines along the way.
Lots of cleanup to do tomorrow.
Stay safe. Apparently hundreds of thousand of people are without power in Cincinnati.
That's rough! Yeah, be safe, and good luck with the cleanup.
Sorry to hear it. Don't take it as an omen.
Stay safe.
Good news, everyone!
Glad to hear that it turned out okay. I guess it's living up to its category of "castle" seeing as it can weather a storm. Just the peasant's buildings were damaged.
Good news, everyone!
Glad to hear that it turned out okay. I guess it's living up to its category of "castle" seeing as it can weather a storm. Just the peasant's buildings were damaged. ;)
Though in truth the battering rams haven't hit the gate yet.
Did the trees all fall from the roots or did they break appart?
Any excuse to have a bonfire is a good one!
Any excuse to have a bonfire is a good one!
I guess that's true. That should take care of the next witch-burning.
A friend just e-mailed me some pictures from the trip. Here I am picking the first move in the big chess game.
100 quatloos to the person who can spot what's wrong with the picture.
Black has Rook/Bishop/Knight, rather than Rook/Knight/Bishop
And Tanglebones gets 100 quatloos. Thought it would take longer than that. We didn't notice until a good way in to the game.
And Tanglebones gets 100 quatloos. Thought it would take longer than that. We didn't notice until a good way in to the game.
Wouldn't have caught it without the heads up
We're still without power in most buildings, and without air conditioning everywhere, but the guests that were there all weekend - including our second GWJer visitor! - seemed to enjoy themselves nonetheless.
It was a good weekend! Our little man conquered the mailbox.
Oh, and as a totally cool side effect of a massive tree crushing my poor little gazebo, we will now have a fire-pit up and running by the time of PenCon.
Poor gazebo after the tree was removed.
Edit, fixed broken photo link.
The black queen and king aren't on the proper squares, either. Queens and kings should face each other across the board.
The black queen and king aren't on the proper squares, either. Queens and kings should face each other across the board.
Yep, but more exactly the queen should be on it's color. ie. black queen should be on the black square.
I remember arguing about that in middle school or so. Queen on her color! King on his color! You don't know how to play chess, stupid!
That's a lot of trees!
orly? No one tells me anything.
Wow, congrats, Mono!
Wow, that is awesome!
It's me! My wife, son and I will be moving to Ravenwood!
That's fantastic for you all! Your son is going to be the most awesomely geeky kid in the world; growing up in/around a castle.
And for the record guys, I told Mono he didn't have to mail the little one to us at the Castle. We're excited to have him, but we would have been willing to wait for him to move down with the rest of the family...
I figured he had to send the kid as collateral.
Grats, Mono!
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