Some of the most interesting areas are places with a mix of buildings. Old and new or tall and short. I tried to mix the tall and short ones here but didn’t do too well
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Northern Oaken War Maneuvers XXVII hosted by our home Barony of the Cleftlands is this Saturday, June 7 in the Shire of Falcon's Quarry (Wellington, OH)! Though we as a troupe are not attending several Players of the Patchwork will be enjoying a day of SCA fun in prep for Pennsic later this summer!

See more: https://events.cleftlands.org/nowm/

Shenzhen is a pretty big city, which means a lot of buildings. Some big, some small, some old, some new. And I take a lot of photos of them because they don’t move
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This week’s Shenzhen theme is buildings. The easiest Shenzhen theme
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The Royal University of Midrealm (RUM) is returning for a day of teaching on Saturday, October 11 in the Barony of Ayreton (near Chicago) and teachers are needed on all SCA topics - but we're especially interested in performing arts classes!

Sign up to tech commedia dell'arte, theatre, bardic, music, and more: https://rum.midrealm.org/register-to-teach/

More info on the event: https://ayreton.midrealm.org/royal-university-of-the-midrealm-fall-2025/

Couldn’t decide what to post this weekend but I think I’ve got it narrowed down to two topics
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I normally do drop sets but I felt good after the first set at 40 kg so for the second set I went up to 42.5 for a new pr. I was feeling pretty good about it until I saw the guy bench pressing 45
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Alleys always look cool but especially so at night. This shot from Nantou Ancient City is one of the older looking areas
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I was definitely the guy who looked stupid ego lifting at the gym today. I tried some trap (is that the right mucle?) variations and used my regular shrug weight and it didn’t go well
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I wonder what the new exit will look like? I have high hopes #china #shenzhen #middlekingdom #expat #expatlife #travel #mastodontravel

Here is one of the entrances to Nantou Ancient City. Some parts of it, like this gate, look pretty old still, and I think they’ve also found some ruins, but some of Nantou Ancient City is pretty new. Once you pass the gates there are a lot of modern cafes and shops. The streets are pretty tight though, which is one throwback to its older roots
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