Today feels like autumn, the air cool and crisp, the sun warm and bright. Though this photo of a home in my area was taken in the summer, it somehow reminds me of Fall.

Photo Friday Challenge: Domestic

Forest Mask

"Green Forest Mask," display of costumes from past Worlcon Masquerades, Boston, MA, September 2004

The Lady in Green

Lady in Green, Worldcon 2004 aka Noreascon 4, Boston, 6 September 2004

This was one of the many beautiful costumes from past Worldcon Masquerades that were on display in the Hynes Convention Center over Labor Day weekend. I'll be posting more photos from that weekend over the next few days (to hopefully capture your imagination), and once my convention report is finished, I'll post links to that as well if anyone is interested. I uploaded a photo to my fotolog yesterday, but it has yet to show up. I attempted to upload another just a few minutes ago, but the site is telling me that I've met my daily upload limit. *takes deep breath*

If you're wondering (like I was before I attended), just What is a Worldcon?, then you should visit the site of the World Science Fiction Society and follow the links. It was an event-filled weekend full of films, costumes (though not as many as I'd thought there'd be), writers, publishers, editors, the Hugo Awards, panels and workshops, scientists (like the good people from NASA!), and other fans from all over the world. I especially enjoyed talking with the wonderful people from The Heinlein Society, who were our neighbors for the weekend.

Adventures in Scaping

My Baker's Dozen for the weekend:

1. Meeting Canadian, South African, UK and Israeli Scapers
2. Lugging heavy boxes to and from the hotel room
3. Chatting it up with the Heinlein Society folk
4. Attending the Hugo Awards at Worldcon Boston!
5. Getting an autograph from Neil Gaiman
6. Watching in amazement and awe at the beautiful costumes in the Masquerade
7. Going to my first con suite party every .. hosted by the Boston Star Trek Association
8. Driving in a circle after we miss the exit for the VFW Parkway and then deciding to do the highway instead
9. Connecting to the net in my hotel room & being overjoyed that it really *was* high speed internet access as promised
10. Rewarding myself with a multitude of strawberries (among other things) at the hotel's buffet breakfast
11. Laughing hysterically at the One Man Star Wars show performance
12. Talking Farscape with people all weekend .. including the gentleman who stopped by our table to pick up a few Farscape alien swears for his panel on Monday