25 July 2007
Day Twenty-two at Bristol
Happy Birthday, Joseph!
I am always amazed at how many photos I have to take of one subject when I’m shooting at night, to get anything even halfway decent out of my efforts. I guess it must simply be a shortcoming of my wonderful little camera, that the pics come out so grainy. But, I do love the fact that it seems to have a built-in “star filter!” At any rate, this photo is of the stairs leading up to my living space at our Bristol booth—at night. I have potted plants lining the stairs, now, one of my summertime pleasures! And my strings of lights make the journey up and down safe even in a new moon. Near the top of the picture, you can make out the starry field of my American flag which flies just low enough as not to be visible from the “stage” that is the Renaissance Festival.
I had a very successful choreography session and rehearsal of the Hooverville number from Annie, this evening. We worked through the whole thing, and I think with very little change, and just a bunch of practice, it’ll fly!
Today, there were adventures of many flavours for various folks in our group, here: car problems, crazy injuries, challenging kids—I even fell off the stage, tonight! Grace won out, though! I managed to somehow turn my tumble into a backwards leap and a roll, rather than a crash, bang, bonk. I’m pretty sure the dance teachers in my past would all have been proud. My wrist is a little sore, but I’m unbroken! Tomorrow, I’m in the glass studio in the morning, and at the sewing machine all afternoon—until dinner time when we’re celebrating Joseph’s birthday. We’re hoping for a boring day, with no mishaps!
~MB
Very pretty! What a nice retreat you have set up there.
Also glad to hear your tumble was nothing serious. Take care!
~Emily