RCAF Anniversary

On a lighter note, I went to Connolly Aerodrome in Penzance and celebrated the first anniversary of both the Aerodrome and the Royal Caledon Air Force with its founder Zoe Connolly and other pilots and well-wishers. I do believe a good time was had by all...

Busy Sunday!!

The dogfighting over the Sound wore me out...a swing was the solution...And afterwards, I headed to Tanglewood for Dame Lapin's birthday party! Wore my best pink dress and had cupcakes and a bunneh hat! Life is good!

About the RCAF Disbanding

I came inworld to find that Miss Connolly has disbanded the RCAF. I don't know if you all know how much we at the Aerodrome and Cape Messmer have been dealing with the comments regarding both. It is something that I have addressed before. My time in the RCAF has been wonderful and it has brought me much happiness to meet inventors and other aviators and the camaraderie among my fellow RCAF colleagues has been a lot of fun. I believed in and still believe in her dream. I don't write letters to the Guvnah, but this time I just felt compelled...

Dear Guvnah,

I'm sure you have heard all about the brouhaha surrounding the RCAF by now...

When Zoe had her dream of creating an airfield for everyone-- not just Caledonians--to share, I believed in her and her vision. So did you.

When she envisioned an air corps, I believed in that too. I had never really flown before, but she inspired me...and a little ferret was soon a squadron leader patrolling Caledon's skies.

When Mr Messmer created Cape Messmer, I believed in his dream too. I worked hard on the project, helping to create a place where folks could learn about the Victorian-era space stories and beliefs that influence us even today.

So the snide remarks, the comments, all of that...about theme or whatever else was hurtful. The RCAF was a group of very nice folks who not only enjoyed each other and what they did, but brought in others from outside of Caledon to share the dream. This is unfortunate and I hope she will reconsider. I don't even know what writing you and telling you would or will accomplish in any way, but I just thought you'd like to know as one of Caledon's dreamers' dreams became a nightmare...

Respectfully Yrs.,
Eladrienne Laval

**A note, 2/6: Zoe has reconsidered. Let's move on and past, shall we?

Dragons and the Coming Bunneh Revolution?

Wandered Regency as a bunneh for my Sunday stroll...
Stopped by the aerodrome and showed Flight LT J8ke "Flash" Hawker my gorgeous beautiful steampunkily wonderful Raptor...Then he showed me his 290 prim zeppelin...oh...my...
Stopped through Carntaigh to celebrate Duchess Gabi's appearance on SLCN. The lovely dragon, Puff Mariner, was holding a board in her mouth saying "Play my song..."
Went to work my aether muse magic for my curmudgeonly dragon inventor employer Mr Dominic Webb. I did not know that a bunny attack would be part of the job description...how does this keep happening to me?

At the Aerodrome

I felt like flying and went to the Aerodrome to test out Mr D. Hax's tiny Boojum Bomber. I didn't get a chance......As I got caught up in conversations with the rest of the Crazies who were glad to see me back! In front of me is Biggles' tiny steampunky seaplane. All I could say was "Ooo! Ooo! Ooo!"

My New Inkyboy Gallery Build for Mr G. Hax!

YAY! For quite a while now I have been working on this build for the new location of Mr Gryffin Hax's Inkyboy Gallery in Regency! I act as Curator for him, so I am excited about this new place. Still some tweaks and little things I need to do as he moves from Eyre, but it is down in Regency and I think it is quite stunning! Oooooo... After we dropped and rezzed the Gallery, I headed over to Port Caledon for some chitchat with Dia... I was at Cape Messmer talking to Sir Tele, who was visiting Morgaine for the first time, for quite a while. Just as he left, I heard a buzzing overhead and walked to the Aerodrome. Instead of a plane, I found Lord Vid as a bee taking a break from a project and flying around. It is quite a nice AV!

At Cape Messmer

While surveying the land from the bluffs at Cape Messmer in Morgaine, I could finally see the sim map grids and that meters had been set out...I always meet the most interesting folks at the Aerodrome complex! Here is Mr Mezz Lykin, showing us his galvanic portable telephonic communications unit that is run by "cell" batteries. We speculated as to the possibility of it weighing less than 80 lbs and possibly even being handheld one day!
A few young ladies, two from a parallel future, arrived in a Boomslang airship. They wondered if females were allowed to participate in the RCAF and were rather excited to find out that I was a pilot and our Commander is female as well. I told them women figure most prominently in Caledon's society and its military and that they would be most welcome!