It's been a good week so far, with lots going on, but no pictures.
On Monday I went to the first Monday afternoon painting class, a three hour session. I'm learning how to control watercolour, which is a challenge! But I enjoy it lots.
Tuesday we went to a potluck supper at church, and my dear Sis gave an interesting half hour slide show and talk about bugs that live in the desert here in Arizona.
Wednesday morning I went to an orchestra rehearsal. I'm playing at the back of the viola section, and liked the group, liked the conductor and liked the music. On the way home the art teacher, who also plays in that orchestra (in fact she's the one who told me about it) went to a good art supply store with me and we picked up a block of Arches cold pressed paper, several tubes of paint, etc. It's not cheap! But now I can do some practice painting in preparation for next Monday's class.
We got the sofa bed together so I could move that mattress out of the closet that will become my sewing room. I need to paint it before filling it up with projects. I also need to set up some sort of table for my sewing machine. There's a 24" wide leaf from the dining room table stored in that closet that would make a fine table if I can find some drawers to prop it up on.
This afternoon I went to the opera! Sounds fancy! What is was: a DVD of Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro on a big screen in a small classroom here in Sun Village. That's only the second opera I've ever been to, and the other one was shown in a theatre when I was in college, many years ago.
So life is full of interesting things to do. So much so that I've been to the pool only once this week. I guess that's not cause for complaint!
On Monday I went to the first Monday afternoon painting class, a three hour session. I'm learning how to control watercolour, which is a challenge! But I enjoy it lots.
Tuesday we went to a potluck supper at church, and my dear Sis gave an interesting half hour slide show and talk about bugs that live in the desert here in Arizona.
Wednesday morning I went to an orchestra rehearsal. I'm playing at the back of the viola section, and liked the group, liked the conductor and liked the music. On the way home the art teacher, who also plays in that orchestra (in fact she's the one who told me about it) went to a good art supply store with me and we picked up a block of Arches cold pressed paper, several tubes of paint, etc. It's not cheap! But now I can do some practice painting in preparation for next Monday's class.
We got the sofa bed together so I could move that mattress out of the closet that will become my sewing room. I need to paint it before filling it up with projects. I also need to set up some sort of table for my sewing machine. There's a 24" wide leaf from the dining room table stored in that closet that would make a fine table if I can find some drawers to prop it up on.
This afternoon I went to the opera! Sounds fancy! What is was: a DVD of Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro on a big screen in a small classroom here in Sun Village. That's only the second opera I've ever been to, and the other one was shown in a theatre when I was in college, many years ago.
So life is full of interesting things to do. So much so that I've been to the pool only once this week. I guess that's not cause for complaint!
Does Die Fliedermaus count as an opera?
ReplyDeleteIt's either an opera or an operetta. I'd have to ask Aunt Jo. Have you seen Die Fliedermaus?
ReplyDeleteWhen we were in Salem I played in the Monmouth College of Education Orchestra. Die Fliedermaus was one of the works we performed. It was a LOT of fun!
We also performed Gilbert and Sullivan's operetta The Mikado, and that was a hoot!
I went to one of the performances at Monmouth. Fun time.
ReplyDeleteI thought you might have, but wasn't sure anymore whether Dad and you kids came to one. Do you remember which one it was?
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