A Likeness of the Prince Rowan....

4/12/00

Good Morning Diary,

It is still very early and the inhabitants in the castle are just beginning to stir ...Mostly though I have the early morning before light to myself..It has been an exhausting week..I loved it but it was tiring, and so many demands on my time...I had to smileos much on call that my jaws still ache...The last of the guests have left..They all were full of good cheer with promises of invitations and good thoughts...Father is very pleased with the outcome..We needed something to make all the people carefree and happy..It was a harsh winter and there are still reports of a dragon...I shudder to think of that being true...Father will be sending some of his knights to investigate this...The people are beginning to panic..Even the festivites which went on all during the week still had an undercurrent of unease...As if something was about to happen...

I have had such mixed feelings of late, my friend,. Michael is not himself since the losing of the joust and the idea of the Prince Rowan..He has been most disagreeable company of lates....I have tried to have much patience, but I canna keep it up...MEN...I am so tired of the games they play...RUMOR has it that Michael has discovered another to keep him company unbeknownst to me..RIght now it seems to be just gossip....LA! but I will just wait and take my mind to thought...We will see, all will tell....He has no bonds to ME soooo......I was feeling very badly at the interest I felt over this new Prince...BUT then what of it , after all I am NOT BOUND TO ANY MAN AS YET...I shall do as I will....OH Diary, I feel lower than low..

I have included a drawing of the Prince as I can best recollect from memory.....WHICH I admit is fuzzy due too way too much wine....I, being not a mead drinker.....I will say he is an exceptional and intriguing man as near as I can tell..I would often catch his eyes on me...It was all and alll a wonderful time...We will have another festivial coming up here in the next weeks...There is much clean up to do as well as the regular duties to attend too...

I am so disturbed for some reason, it is an uneasy feeling....LA....well, I shall get busy.....The sun is rising, and the castle is coming alive...Thank you for listening, good friend....OH the frog that I dreamed of must have been a DREAM as I have not seen him of lates....I would be believing that he was just a dream , a result of my overactive imagination......ODD but I do miss seeing that flash of green....MY STARS, what are things coming to when I am missing a green frog that DOESN'T exist......I bid thee well...yours, ~Mira...........

PS ...the kitties have gotten in to trouble with the cook by way of causing the castle hounds to run through the kitchen upsetting the table and the pots , knocking her over in the midst of all things...OH MY GOODNESS, you could hear her chasing the dogs who were chasing my SCAMPS who were being chased by the cook who was being chased by the cooks helpers and the steward, they made it to the courtyard and upset the horses attached to the carriage...IT WAS A FIASCO.....Then my babies showed up mysteriously in my room UNSCATHED...LOL...Ahhhhhhh.....I must not dally anymore...off with me.........later then my friend, *Grin*

4/15/00 Dear Diary, I am very surprised to say that I have a secret note from Michael, requesting that we meet secretly by the lake tomorrow...Hmmmm...It is sealed and but not signed...I do wonder...I have decided to go, I will work at the stables in the morning under my guise and then when I am able to break away I will take "my" horse for exercise as the "Princess" has requested as she will be feeling ill and shall stay in her room napping for part of the day...*WINK*....That would work then I would be able to get to the lake without chaperones, my ladies are very hard to shake but this would save face for everyone concerned....LA, As luck would have it, the Queen will be entertaining some close friends and the King will be doing rounds about the lands for the entire day...PERFECT... It will be my first time alone with Michael, since that hunt where we were separated momentarily...I must admit , I am feeling rather excited at the thought...I canna fathom what he is up to though....It is of a sudden and certainly not of his normal character....WELL. GOLDEN BELLS, I shall throw caution to the WIND, my friend BUT I will carry my trustee knife with me hidden as I will not be totally unarmed...OF COURSE I trust him...LA....{giggle} Hmmmmm..Well, later, my friend, I hope all is well with you....~~yours, MIra~~

4/30/00 Dear Diary, I canna believe how badly a day could go. I had to muck out the stalls and do many a number of dirty jobs on the day I was to meet Michael..So let me tell you how the day went: I finally finished all the chores at the stable..I saddled her Highness's horse(mine of course) and headed out in a non specific direction cantering along....As I got well away from the castle keep and out away from the walls I headed toward the lake to the meeting place to see Michael..I got there earlier than I had planned...I have to admit that I was filthy dirty, I had stuffed a pair of riding pants, blouse and cloak in the saddlebags...SO I had this brilliant idea to bathe quickly and change...I dinna want to have to explain to Michael why I was dressed like I was....So I quickly washed and the water was a bit chilly...I got dressed as fast as I could..I was alittle chilled... After that I don't remember anything else....I found myself coming too on a flat rock what seemed to be at least an hour later with THE FROG screaming at me...he seemed to be trying to awaken me...He seemed upset or distressed....I could not register anything clearly. I was on a flat rock by the lake..I was dressed but I had no memory of how I had gotten there or for that matter how the FROG had gotten there... I looked up through the trees and saw a huge shadow fly over and then it headed back our way again...The frog was yelling at me....I couldn't think, then it registered what THAT SHADOW WAS.....Oh my friend, it was a HUGE DRAGON....I was terrified and I admit a wee little bit thrilled...At the same time the frog seemed the complete opposite... The DRAGON was so lovely to look at...I could not help but be fascinated on how the light reflected on him..He was a Gold color..The color was so dark, almost burnish....Just beautiful...I was trying to concentrate but the frog distracted me... Then something strange happened because within a blink of an eye the frog was gone and no sign of the Dragon...It was if neither of those 2 creatures were ever there..I stayed where I was for a tad bit longer...Michael never showed up and it was starting to get late so I headed back to the castle... Fortunately, I managed to get my horse back in the stables and taken care of, made it back up in my room before dinner..No one seemed the wiser...At least so it seems...I am very uneasy about the whole day...I am also puzzled....Excuse me for the yawns, Diary..but I am very tired so I will head to bed...Hopefully I will be able to make sense of this whole day while I drift off to sleep...Oh but that Dragon was incredible.. Goodnite dear friend.....LA...but I am so confused....To think I can tell no one of seeing the Dragon for I was not to have been out there at all....... Yours, her highness, ~ Mira~

Here is what I saw in my dream...The gold dragon fighting an unknown dragon...

5/2/00

Dear Diary,

I am so tired and yet frightened to go to sleep..I had a difficult time falling asleep last night..Snow and Icee kept running up and down the bed..The rascals..I was so disturbed the longer I thought about my day yesterday..I canna understand why Michael did na show up.It is not like the man, but then it was not like him to ask to meet like that...
The seeing of the dragon was strange and wonderful but in light of today' s news I canna help but be very worried and confused..There was news that a dragon has been doing more attacking and stealing of cattle and sheep..The confusing and disturbing thing is about the time I sighted th dragon , he could na have been in two places at once SO that leads me to believe that there are more than one dragon..This worries me GREATLY..OH MY STARS ....It does na make any sense at all...

The frog appeared on my pillow by my head last night and I must say that for once I was almost comforted by his presence...If it had na been for him I would na been able to fall asleep..He sang me to sleep . OH DIARY ...what a voice that came out of such a wee green , homely body...With that wondrous sound in my ears, I dozed off...I dreamed of the dragon I saw and another fighting ferociously in the air...It was terrifying sight to see... I woke up in a sweat, screaming...It was truly unsettling...I am fearful, my friend....SOMETHING is a foot perhaps many things...I am having a difficult time tonight falling asleep...My dear rascals are curled up asleep after breaking a vase filled with flowers and once more upsetting the hounds, particularly the pair that are father's favorites...ARG...but he will not be happy....about such a thing if he were to ever see it...My rascals also found a mouse and brought the tiny little body to me as a gift...I felt so sorry for the little body...BUT of course it is a good thing they did this....SIGH... I am feeling all out of sorts tonight..

IT is so late...wee hours of the morning really...My eyes are heavy , the candle has burnt down low..I am unsettled, I donna mind telling you this..My heart tis heavy tonight...May the morning bring better news...I pray my heart to be a bit lighter in the morning...good nite to you my friend...as always, yours, Mira....I shall snuggle with Icee and Snow...Perhaps the frog will appear again and sing for me....SIGH.......

5/3/00 Good Morning, Diary, How be you this fine morning...Yes I am in terrific high spirits though I am not sure why!..I slept terribly last night..AGAIN...MY STARS , Even the kitties went under the bed last night as I tossed and turned...I woke up several times startled and very disoriented....DON'T you dare say that is a normal state for me....I AM not dizzy or crazy....LA....everyone has a wee bit of the LOON in them...HONESTLY.... Oh HORSEFEATHERS....I just got a look at those bags under my eyes...OH MY WORD...I canna believe that the bags are overshadowing my nose , that usually is the first thing I notice...LOL...There is a plus to having swelled eyes with puffy lids...hehehehehe....See I know how to look for the silk lining in the...ahhhhhh...hmmmm the...sow's ear is it?....Yes, that is the right thought I believe....GLORY AND GRAINS BRAINS....I dreamed I was riding a dragon last night....I know ..I know hardly original but thrilling no less....I was so one with the creature...I know how that sounds but I TELL YOU ...that there is magic a foot all around us right now...The air fairly crackles with it.....MY STARS....DIary donna you believe me that it is possible?....NO I have not been nipping at the wine before RETIRING...I know that is what you are thinking ?....Wait now, I have gotten off my path of thinking...Stop that you... I also dreamt of Prince Rowan, I almost saw into his face mask but alas I woke up before I could see his face....OH but I bet he is most handsome...I also dreamed of Michael but it made no sense mayhap that is just as well...As I am very confused....Today I am to go out looking for certain herbs and roots....I always enjoy doing that and it is such a beautiful day for it!..SO I will leave you until another moment then...Stay put ....LOL...Just a little poke be at you , my friend , like you have a choice...giggle.... ~yours truly~ Mira~~