Thursday, June 26, 2008
Excellent Quidditch Match
Now, that was a good Quidditch match! Lot of fun following the clues. I got stuck on the Scotland bit AND the fact that there were two clues left on Slytherin blogs. I may have managed eventually to figure it out, but CentyB was fast. And Cass was on her tail! It was very close, but Gryffindor won out this round. I didn't think it was necessary to do this bonus round, but since we did it, I enjoyed it. Boy, that Headmistress sure is clever!
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Quidditch Round 2
1. At the beginning of the year feast, who is the only person who rudely interrupts Dumbledore during his speech?
b. Professor Umbridge
2. Off what street is the alley where Harry first met Sirius?
c. Magnolia Crescent
3. Tonks’ mother had two sisters, both pure-bloods, and both left on the Black Family Tree. What are their names?
c. Narcissa and Bellatrix
4. What spell are the students studying in McGonalgall’s class when Umbrdige is doing her inspection?
b. The Shrinking Spell
5. Who comes to warn Harry and the rest of Dumbledore’s Army that Umbridge and her group of followers are coming to break up their meeting?
Answer: DOBBY
6. Who are the members of the Order that met Harry Potter in the Dursely’s house during the summer before his fifth year?
c. Alastor Moody, Nymphadora Tonks, Kingsley Shacklebolt, Elphias Doge, Dedalus Diggle, Remus Lupin, Emmeline Vance, Sturgis Podmore, Hestia Jones7
7. Moody used the Disillusionment Charm on Harry.
a. Yes
8. Which of these Death Eaters is Sirius related to?
d. All of these. Lucious by marriage
9. At what age did Sirius leave his home?
Answer:16
10. How many of the original Order members were killed (don’t include those who disappeared)?
b. 8
Picture Scavenger
Kingsley Shacklebolt
Bellatrix Lestrange
Nymphadora Tonks
Remus Lupin
b. Professor Umbridge
2. Off what street is the alley where Harry first met Sirius?
c. Magnolia Crescent
3. Tonks’ mother had two sisters, both pure-bloods, and both left on the Black Family Tree. What are their names?
c. Narcissa and Bellatrix
4. What spell are the students studying in McGonalgall’s class when Umbrdige is doing her inspection?
b. The Shrinking Spell
5. Who comes to warn Harry and the rest of Dumbledore’s Army that Umbridge and her group of followers are coming to break up their meeting?
Answer: DOBBY
6. Who are the members of the Order that met Harry Potter in the Dursely’s house during the summer before his fifth year?
c. Alastor Moody, Nymphadora Tonks, Kingsley Shacklebolt, Elphias Doge, Dedalus Diggle, Remus Lupin, Emmeline Vance, Sturgis Podmore, Hestia Jones7
7. Moody used the Disillusionment Charm on Harry.
a. Yes
8. Which of these Death Eaters is Sirius related to?
d. All of these. Lucious by marriage
9. At what age did Sirius leave his home?
Answer:16
10. How many of the original Order members were killed (don’t include those who disappeared)?
b. 8
Picture Scavenger
Kingsley Shacklebolt
Bellatrix Lestrange
Nymphadora Tonks
Remus Lupin
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Hagrid's Homework Assignment
The Care of Magical Creatures--my most favorite class here at Hogwarts! I've been told I excel at the subject.
Truth be told, all creatures are magical to me. When not at Hogwarts, I live in a suburban Muggle community, on five wooded acres. I'm surrounded by creatures at all times, and each season seems to bring more of them to my woods. There are first the squirrels, which I supply with 5 pounds of unsalted roasted peanuts each week. There are usually five or six of them each day, waiting outside the garage door for their daily dessert. They sometimes share their nuts with a mother and father cardinal, some beautiful blue jays, the occasional woodpecker and a nuthatch. Also vying for the nut stash is the chipmunk who lives under the pond in the front of the house. He can stuff three nuts at one time in his mouth--one in the left cheek, one in the right, and one between his teeth, as he scampers away to return to his hole under the pond. In the pond are 10 adult fish, having grown from tiny feeder fish when I first placed them in the pond 6 years ago. The number of fish fluctuates, as there is a menacing crane who occasionally helps himself to my pond residents, but the numbers go up again when the fish lay their eggs. Oh, and my raccoon friend! He gets the table scraps each evening, and fresh bread if there are no leftovers to feed him. These are the regulars, along with the too numerous to count birds that feed off of the dozen feeders in the yard that stay filled with various seeds and suet.
At any given time, one may see a fox, or a deer (or two or three), snapping turtles, or rabbits wandering through the yard. We keep a salt lick in the back of the house for the deer, and a tray of corn in front of the garden, to fulfill the appetite so the deer won't make a meal of the veggies that grow there.
All of my creatures are magical, but the most magical appeared to me one night last week. In the front garden, next to the pond, is a large shepherd's hook that holds a planter of pansies. As King Jeffrey and I returned from the high school graduation, something caught our attention in the floodlights of the pond. There, perched ever so regally on top of the shepherd's hook, was the most beautiful owl I'd ever seen! Actually, it was the only owl I'd ever seen outside of a zoo. We sat for a few moments in the middle of the driveway, watching to see what it would do. We pulled slowly into the garage, not closing the garage door for fear that it would take flight. I urged King Jeffrey to get the camera so that we could take a picture. As we walked slowly out of the garage, much to our dismay, we discovered the owl had flown away! Everyone was excited at the sighting, but I came to realize that this was a sign. This was the motivation I needed to finish Ms. Lizzie's package and get it ready to send. I knew that when the owl returned, he'd be ready to make the long flight over the Atlantic. So, Ms. Lizzie, without further ado, the beautiful owl is leaving my woods today for the long journey. Treat him with love and tender care, as I treat all my magical creatures, and he will bring you much love and joy!
Truth be told, all creatures are magical to me. When not at Hogwarts, I live in a suburban Muggle community, on five wooded acres. I'm surrounded by creatures at all times, and each season seems to bring more of them to my woods. There are first the squirrels, which I supply with 5 pounds of unsalted roasted peanuts each week. There are usually five or six of them each day, waiting outside the garage door for their daily dessert. They sometimes share their nuts with a mother and father cardinal, some beautiful blue jays, the occasional woodpecker and a nuthatch. Also vying for the nut stash is the chipmunk who lives under the pond in the front of the house. He can stuff three nuts at one time in his mouth--one in the left cheek, one in the right, and one between his teeth, as he scampers away to return to his hole under the pond. In the pond are 10 adult fish, having grown from tiny feeder fish when I first placed them in the pond 6 years ago. The number of fish fluctuates, as there is a menacing crane who occasionally helps himself to my pond residents, but the numbers go up again when the fish lay their eggs. Oh, and my raccoon friend! He gets the table scraps each evening, and fresh bread if there are no leftovers to feed him. These are the regulars, along with the too numerous to count birds that feed off of the dozen feeders in the yard that stay filled with various seeds and suet.
At any given time, one may see a fox, or a deer (or two or three), snapping turtles, or rabbits wandering through the yard. We keep a salt lick in the back of the house for the deer, and a tray of corn in front of the garden, to fulfill the appetite so the deer won't make a meal of the veggies that grow there.
All of my creatures are magical, but the most magical appeared to me one night last week. In the front garden, next to the pond, is a large shepherd's hook that holds a planter of pansies. As King Jeffrey and I returned from the high school graduation, something caught our attention in the floodlights of the pond. There, perched ever so regally on top of the shepherd's hook, was the most beautiful owl I'd ever seen! Actually, it was the only owl I'd ever seen outside of a zoo. We sat for a few moments in the middle of the driveway, watching to see what it would do. We pulled slowly into the garage, not closing the garage door for fear that it would take flight. I urged King Jeffrey to get the camera so that we could take a picture. As we walked slowly out of the garage, much to our dismay, we discovered the owl had flown away! Everyone was excited at the sighting, but I came to realize that this was a sign. This was the motivation I needed to finish Ms. Lizzie's package and get it ready to send. I knew that when the owl returned, he'd be ready to make the long flight over the Atlantic. So, Ms. Lizzie, without further ado, the beautiful owl is leaving my woods today for the long journey. Treat him with love and tender care, as I treat all my magical creatures, and he will bring you much love and joy!
Saturday, June 7, 2008
Meme Posting
Some of my classmates have been tagged with a Meme, so I thought I'd get into the act.
1. What were you doing 10 years ago? Sitting on a soccer field, or a baseball field, or at the basketball court year-round watching three cute little muggle boys play sports.
2. What are 5 things on my to-do list today? Finish the _______ for Ms. Lizzie's package, go to Hancock Fabrics to see if I can find some _______ for Ms. Lizzie's ____. Swim in the pool because the heat index here will be 105 degrees. Make shrimp salad with the leftover steamed shrimp from dinner last night. Finish listening to Twilight.
3. Snacks I enjoy: nuts, chocolate, potato chips, cheesecake.
4. Things I would do if I were a billionaire: Buy houses for the boys, buy new sailboat for King Jeffrey, open my own business having something to do with renewable energy, travel to other countries, identify worthwhile charities to contribute to, set up scholarship at local high school, knit a lot.
5. Places I've lived: Maryland.
6. Jobs I've had: accounts payable, research assistant, evaluation consultant, training manager, bookkeeper.
7. Peeps I want to know more about: Barack Obama, anyone he chooses as the VP, any and all of my Hogwarts schoolmates, my future daughters in law.
1. What were you doing 10 years ago? Sitting on a soccer field, or a baseball field, or at the basketball court year-round watching three cute little muggle boys play sports.
2. What are 5 things on my to-do list today? Finish the _______ for Ms. Lizzie's package, go to Hancock Fabrics to see if I can find some _______ for Ms. Lizzie's ____. Swim in the pool because the heat index here will be 105 degrees. Make shrimp salad with the leftover steamed shrimp from dinner last night. Finish listening to Twilight.
3. Snacks I enjoy: nuts, chocolate, potato chips, cheesecake.
4. Things I would do if I were a billionaire: Buy houses for the boys, buy new sailboat for King Jeffrey, open my own business having something to do with renewable energy, travel to other countries, identify worthwhile charities to contribute to, set up scholarship at local high school, knit a lot.
5. Places I've lived: Maryland.
6. Jobs I've had: accounts payable, research assistant, evaluation consultant, training manager, bookkeeper.
7. Peeps I want to know more about: Barack Obama, anyone he chooses as the VP, any and all of my Hogwarts schoolmates, my future daughters in law.
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Shot Down In My Prime
Well, it appears I've met my demise in the Hat Dueling Club. The hat I made for Electra the Enchanting was delivered to her at 1:58 on Monday, June 2, but the hat she made for me was delivered to me at 11:03 on the same day. So, her hat reached its victim first. I can't wear the hat she made me, because it only has a 17" circumference, but it's ok, because it will be donated in short time to S.P.E.W.. So, all's well that ends well! Truth be told, I have many projects on my to-do list, including some more knitting for Ms. Lizzie, so it won't break my heart to not have to knit more hats for the dueling club.
ETA: The hat from Electra is really beautiful--so sorry it is way too small! It's the nicest shade of purple (my fav color) and very well knitted. Thought I should let everyone know that I really did love it, even though I can't wear it.
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