Last Archery Tourney of the Year

A Is For Archer, and That Is Good Enough For Me

For the last archery practice of the year, we held our annual Cookie shoot. Bring cookies. Shoot at cookies. Eat Cookies. I am the master of cheap-ass archery targets. This was my contribution. An un-licensed, Chinese knock-off Cookie Monster. I found this on Amazon for $5. It's supposed to be a pin-the-cookie-on-the-blue-monster party game. But, in my world, it became an archery target.

The cookies were given random point values and the un-licensed, Chinese knock-off Cookie Monster was worth -5, if you hit it, with the archer getting the lower of the two points if they broke a line. Un-licensed, Chinese knock-off Cookie Monster got hit a lot. Even in the eyeball. 

Ouch. 

The average score on this target was -6. Fortunately, the other targets didn't have negative points associated with them. But, it did skew the tourney. 

The cookies, afterwards, were pretty good, as well. 

End of the year blahs.

I just don't have anything on my plate.

Well, 2019 is grinding to a halt. I haven't had much to work on, in the last few months. My last Kingdom scroll assignment was back in March. There are only so many local assignments that have to be shared between two dozen, or so, local scribes. Some of my scroll blanks have been used by other scribes (who make them pretty with their calligraphy) and I have two assignments for Ice Dragon 2020. 

I have a couple of things that I want to research and write about, but I haven't felt the desire to do more than cursory research. Perhaps, with a few days off from work, I can knock those out. Or dig out my scribal stuff and paint something. 

Thescorre is calling for teachers for their College of Three Ravens (Hugin, Munin and Bob) in February. I might dig out an old class and teach. 

Perhaps it's just the weather. Or the lack of scribal assignments, but I am definitely in the A&S doldrums, right now.  I've been thinking about entering in the Ice Dragon A&S Pentathalon my Arabic Jelly.  Only using red grapes instead of white. It'll take an hour or two to make, and it can sit and age in the 'fridge for a few months. I might also, make another cordial: I haven't made one in a couple of years.