Life in the SCA

As many of friends and family know I am a big player in the SCA. (Society for Creative Anachronism) It is where we recreate the middle ages from the time period of 650-1500's. When I first started participating in the SCA it was because Jasons mom and dad and his sister were involved in it and if we wanted to do anything with his family we basically had to join.

Over the past two years though we have come to really enjoy it and have made some awesome lifelong friends. Along with that, we have become heavily involved with me being the deputy seneschal (basically vice president) of our branch. Jason has become the Youth Armor Combat Marshal and is also a Rapier fighter. Jaydin has also become involved in it as he is fighter too and enjoys being a water bearer. What is a water bearer you ask? A water bearer a person who stands by the fighting rings and offers water to the fighters and he really enjoys it cause he gets to interact with the Knights and the Squires.

This weekend, will be the start of our event tournament season and I am so excited. I am getting the trailer all packed and the tents ready and packing clothes to wear for this weekends camping event. Camping in May, is will be chilly but it will be worth it, when all our friends gather around the fire at night and have bardic (a time of telling stories, singing and performances).
So with being part of the SCA you create a different persona, one that would live in the time period you have researched. I have come up with my name of Ysabella Greene, I am from a small town in Italy. My mother died in childbirth and my father who was a wine maker has raised me all on his own. When I was 18 my father made a bad batch of wine for the nobles in our village and it killed the nobles wife. In fear for my life, he sold me to Rowland who was visiting our land. Rowland promised my father he would take care of me and love me til the end of time.

So the time has come to get my sewing machine out and get the rest of our outfits made for this years tournaments. Yes, I sew! Yes, I enjoy it! Yes, it relaxes me...lol. So look forward to more pictures to come and more posts from Lady Ysabella Greene :)

Milord James Greene (fighting in Youth Armor Combat)

Lord Rowland and Ysabella Greene at 12th Night 2006