We had a WONDERFUL time at Consonance. Many thanks to guests Kathy Mar, Gwen Knighton, Dave Rood, and the Bohnhoffs (who were all wonderful) as well as concom for making this convention just as enjoyable as I remember from my previous two visits years ago.

I'm not sure when/if I'll be able to post a full convention report, but you can see my photos in my Flickr account; I'll be gradually adding post-Consonance pics, and you can also see my Consonance photo set. Unfortunately most of my concert shots during the weekend didn't turn out well enough to post, but there were many others taking photos, so I'm sure some of these will turn up online if they haven't already.

Here are just a few of my photos from this past weekend:

Above: I was very happy to be able to hang out with my friend Beckett for several hours at a coffee shop; we rarely get to see each other anymore.

The Guests of Honour! The Bohnhoffs were the main reason for our trip; when I told Jeff (my Jeff) that Jeff & Maya were GoHs at Consonance, he suggested we attend...he had already met Jeff B. years ago when Jeff visited us in Toronto.

Anyway, their concert not only featured Alex, Maya and Jeff Bohnhoff, but also their eldest daughter! What an incredibly talented family.

I very much enjoyed hearing Margaret Davis and Kristoph Klover for the first time. I had e-mailed briefly with Kristoph to arrange recording for Seanan's CD and had gotten the impression from his e-mail that he was a fairly quiet and serious person.

(long pause)

I was VERY wrong. :-D

Another personal convention highlight for me was getting to spend more time with Joey Shoji. I've known Joey for years, but we rarely get time to hang out for more than a few minutes at a time. In addition to a couple of meals, we got to sample some of Joey's wines and single malt scotches. Well...JEFF sampled the scotch; scotch still tastes like jet fuel to me.

I am SO enjoying the lack of snow and ice here. I like the change of seasons and have no problem with the arrival of winter in Toronto, but it's always around this time of year that I start craving spring. We went for a walk with Jeff B. and his youngest daughter yesterday, and there were flowers blooming everywhere. Grass. And even squirrels...climbing up the palm trees (!).

Hope you're all having a wonderful week...

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