LOTW

Alright, at this point I am going to stop pretending to have it up each Monday. I am doing my best to get it up each week though. Geesh!


Here we have the Wiblingen Monastery Library, Ulm, Germany.

Information about this lovely place can be found here.

An Excerpt:

"The library, completed in 1744, is one of the most famous rococo buildings in Southern Germany. The ceiling paintings by Franz Martin Kühn, the architecture, the sculpture, the delicate pillars of the gallery, the extensive stucco work and the natural lighting all convey a picture of complete harmony. "

LOTW

I keep forgetting Monday's exist! And You... Yes you! You didn't poke me to remind me I forgot to post the library.... okay I'm just kidding. I wouldn't blame someone else for my mishap. Bad Prefect... no butterbeer!

But without further ado... this weeks library.

The George Peabody Library is truly love. You can read all about it's history here. A small excerpt says...

Reflecting the scholarly interests of the nineteenth century, the library consists of a general reference collection on virtually every subject but music. The library contains more than 300,000 titles most of which date from the eighteenth to the early twentieth centuries. Notable strengths in the collection are archaeology, British art and architecture, British and American history, biography, English and American literature, Romance languages and literature, Greek and Latin classics, history of science, geography, and exploration and travel including a large map collection.

George Peabody Library, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

May Flowers Challenge Winners!

First, I want to extend an apology to everyone who has been waiting for the results of this challenge. I try to get them out on the first or second of the month. This was just a crazy month.

Second, I want to thank everyone who participated in the May Challenge! Fifty-three tower mates entered floral creations into the challenge! Thank you everyone. Here we have the a summary of everyone's projects.





The participants include...
1 13moonsago
2 ali123
3 anastaciaknits
4 andryl
5 AshleyTree
6 bandbabe
7 batfink
8 bobbilicious
9 boppingbeth
10 darwinia
11 delinea
12 dixiehellcat
13 djmeurer
14 doviejay
15 Drake
16 eightlegeddj
17 felicitycot
18 fuddles
19 GazeboGal
20 greenegirl
21 greenheron
22 hutchart
23 insanKnitty
24 isisonearth
25 jacquiG
26 Jayannell
27 kashimama
28 Kethrim
29 kjgon
30 KnitWit685
31 kountingsheep
32 lavenderblueskies
33 lizzird
34 MariainCT
35 MightyGoodYarn
36 nightrae
37 OneNeedleKnitting
38 pertela
39 petitevache
40 Piggalette
41 pkitten
42 PorcupineSnuggles
43 RavenclawPrefect
44 rchrispy
45 RNsallyanne
46 SFcorgi
47 soprano1
48 theflyinggoat
49 therealkarity
50 topperarnold
51 VampireQueen
52 xamonster
53 yarnpiggy

Wow!

And the winners are (As generated by random.org)

45 RNsallyanne

10 darwinia

18 fuddles

Congratulations Winners!

June Bugs

Early in the morning, as students begin making their way into the common room from the dorms, they begin to notice a very large sheet covering a very large... something... against one wall of the tower. Silverwing26 can be seen bustling about around the large object fussing with this and that.

"Alright, I think I have all of the spells in place now. Hmm... have I forgotten anything..."

She mutters distractedly to herself. Her wonderful twin, BoppingBeth, finally comes up behind her and asks...

"What ARE you doing?"

Silverwing26 jumps not having heard her approach!

"Ack! Don't DO that... I'll show you!"

She laughs and then turns to get everyone's attention!

"Attention Claws! I am about to unveil that which we have been working towards this term!"

With a flourish of her wand the large sheet vanishes from the large... thing. Underneath it is a HUGE glass terrarium. The massive glass tank hugs the side of the tower walls and stretches inbetween two book cases. Inside of the tank all of the flowers that were magically created and collected in May are growing happily. A gentle rumble is heard now and then as some of the April showers manifest themselves to water the flowers.

"See what we've done! Isn't it grand! Well, now you see we can commence with our insect experiment! It is now June. As the old saying goes... April Showers bring May flowers, and what to May flowers bring? JUNE BUGS! So this month my fellow Claws we will be filling our Terrarium with Bugs! Lots and Lots of bugs! As you can see, I've dropped a few of them in there already just to make sure the environment suited them."

Any 'Claws looking can see a Lady bug and a snail crawling about happily. BoppingBeth laughs and pokes Silverwing26 in the arm.

"Hey, you know a snail is NOT a bug right?"

"Really?! Well, FIDDLESTIX!"


The Rules:

1. It must be started and finished this month
2. It must be knitted or Crochet this month.
   
3. These submissions absolutely CAN be submitted for classes, or other forums as you see fit.
4. No Stress! These challenges are just for fun and give us reasons to award prizes!
5. Be creative! You might win yourself a mad scientist nomination!

LOTW Apologies

I apologize that I entirely missed the Library of the week this week. As some of you know there are a lot of things going on here at Camp Silverwing26. However, they will resume again on Monday and I thank you for your understanding.

The Gloves Are Off...

Slytherin has challenged us!, yes us, fellow Ravenclaws. Will we let the call go unanswered?

The challenge:

They think that they can enter more linked Charms/Potions projects than we can.

Hahahaha, silly Snakes!

Plan and ponder, fellow Eagles! This challenge is right up our alley!

May's Mystery Class

The Mystery Class for May was History of Magic. I chose it because of how much I love what Prof. AlexisT has done with it. HoM has come a long way since the early days when it was made up of random quizzes. It also gave me a chance to knit something I had wanted to do over the break and didn't manage to fit in.

The winner of the prize selected by random.org was pkitten. She will receive an eagle token from me.

June will again have a mystery class and a chance to win a prize if you do a project for that class.