Sigh

Just finished rereading Hobb's Assassins trilogy, and now I have that strange achy feeling that comes of leaving a fictional universe I've dwelt in for a while. Very desperately want to start rereading Fool's Errand right now, just so I can return to the Six Duchies and Fitz.

I've only read the trilogy once before, and that was a while ago. Plus, when I read them the first time, they were spaced out by publication dates. Now, I'm remembering many things I'd forgotten, like how cool Kettricken is. I just read the Tales of the Slayers comic, and one of the stories has a Slayer in a white dress with her sword at her side, blond hair in a braid. And that's the picture I have of Kettricken defending Rippon. And I love Patience. Still don't really like Molly much until she gets together with Burrich, I think because her demands of Fitz seem petty sometimes next to all the court politics he's dealing with. But that's not really her fault. And I'm still amazed at how young Fitz sounds in this series, especially when compared to Tom Badgerlock of the Tawny Man series. He's impulsive and reckless and often thoughtlessly cruel. But I love him anyway.

And of course, the Fool.

( Ramblings on the Fool archetype )

Roses!

I got my roses! I have:

- an unidentified yellow one that I got spur of the moment at the gardening store
- Front and Center (red)
- Julie Ann (orange)
- American Rose Centenniel (pink and white)
- Overnight Scentsation (pink)
- Gala (bright pink)
- Golden Halo (yellow)

I repotted them and did stuff like buy dirt and peat moss and things that my book told me to do. It's nice how I got my roses and my Amazon order with the mini rose book (and Strictly Ballroom) on the same day! They're all pretty small with no flowers right now, so am waiting to see how they turn out. I hope I haven't done anything to bad yet!