Kate's gift of a lovely cup from which I sip hourly on some variety of hot Zen tea or delicious coffee.
My inspiration for study
I love you all more than NPR in the morning (and I love NPR in the morning...a lot).
Peace,
Selina
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Bits of Life
Kate's gift of a lovely cup from which I sip hourly on some variety of hot Zen tea or delicious coffee.
My inspiration for study
I love you all more than NPR in the morning (and I love NPR in the morning...a lot).
Peace,
Selina
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Hinges and Miss C
Still shining cabinet hinges and setting straight some newly painted doors.
Before a bit of cleaning and buffing on the back porch before the storm Hermine:
And after:
Thanks to our friend Brasso:
And then in our den tonight, The Movie, sans two daughters to narrate every last word of it, thank you.
No, thank you, Stan.
Before a bit of cleaning and buffing on the back porch before the storm Hermine:
About fifty or more of them:
Thanks to our friend Brasso:
And then in our den tonight, The Movie, sans two daughters to narrate every last word of it, thank you.
Wrong Turn. Symphony. Deaf Driver. The Palace. Rainbow
Hello All,
I am sorry I am a bit behind on blogging due to pure laziness, but I guess better late than never. Yesterday, Hope, Amber, and I went on a drive to "Telluride"; however, it did not quite go as planned. In order to avoid traffic and scary roads, Hope decided that we should go on a back road over one of the passes. It was truly the bumpiest road that I have ever driven on and I just about got motion sick going 5mph. After a couple of hours, we noticed what appeared to be a pile of rocks in the road. As we got closer, we could see that it was a campfire. Campfire?!? Then we saw some weeds and small trees growing in the road. Then we saw a really big tree in the road. Then we didn't see the road at all! 16 miles of bone jarring and easing over rocks the size of bowling balls and we were at a dead end. Apparently, about 15 miles back, we took the wrong turn and sort of went in the opposite direction of Telluride. However, it was so beautiful and we laughed the whole way up. Thankfully Hope had packed a lunch for us, so we had a nice picnic before turning around and heading home.
Yesterday evening was the first symphony rehearsal, and I had so much fun!!! It is really going to be a great experience and the people are awesome. It is basically like orchestra at home, but no old people and fewer pieces. What I really liked was that she handed out the sheet music and then played professional recordings of the exact same music. For the most part we could follow along and it really helps you get a feel for the music and intonation. We are playing "Finlandia" and Corelli's "Christmas Concerto" and even after the first day of stumbling through the music I can tell that it will sound really good in the end. Ivan Peter does not like the cool weather so this winter should be interesting.
Today after class I was on the bus home and the rather elderly and rather deaf bus driver did not hear me signal the stop so I ended up having to ride the bus for the entire loop around town. It only took 30 min. and was actually quite relaxing, but I rang the bell three times when we got back around again and finally got off. Marble Falls should really have a bus system like Durango does. It is just so handy and just about every place in the city limits is no more than a half mile from a bus stop. It makes getting around so easy that even the affluent people ride the bus and not just those without cars and destitute college students.
At 3 this afternoon, I met with Scott (head manager) at the Palace and it looks like I will be starting work tomorrow as a hostess in training. He gave me a tour and we went over all of the paperwork. They have a huge kitchen there at The Palace and on one of the stoves was the biggest pot of soup that I have ever seen. It must have been three feet high and two feet across and was brimming with tons of chopped vegetables and spices. It smelled heavenly!
This rainbow popped up over the mountains as I was sitting on the deck reading and was HUGE, but by the time I got my camera it had faded down to this little smudge. Unfortunately, it was getting dark outside so there is not much color and it is a bit grainy.
Well, must go do homework!
Love yall
-Kate
I am sorry I am a bit behind on blogging due to pure laziness, but I guess better late than never. Yesterday, Hope, Amber, and I went on a drive to "Telluride"; however, it did not quite go as planned. In order to avoid traffic and scary roads, Hope decided that we should go on a back road over one of the passes. It was truly the bumpiest road that I have ever driven on and I just about got motion sick going 5mph. After a couple of hours, we noticed what appeared to be a pile of rocks in the road. As we got closer, we could see that it was a campfire. Campfire?!? Then we saw some weeds and small trees growing in the road. Then we saw a really big tree in the road. Then we didn't see the road at all! 16 miles of bone jarring and easing over rocks the size of bowling balls and we were at a dead end. Apparently, about 15 miles back, we took the wrong turn and sort of went in the opposite direction of Telluride. However, it was so beautiful and we laughed the whole way up. Thankfully Hope had packed a lunch for us, so we had a nice picnic before turning around and heading home.
Yesterday evening was the first symphony rehearsal, and I had so much fun!!! It is really going to be a great experience and the people are awesome. It is basically like orchestra at home, but no old people and fewer pieces. What I really liked was that she handed out the sheet music and then played professional recordings of the exact same music. For the most part we could follow along and it really helps you get a feel for the music and intonation. We are playing "Finlandia" and Corelli's "Christmas Concerto" and even after the first day of stumbling through the music I can tell that it will sound really good in the end. Ivan Peter does not like the cool weather so this winter should be interesting.
Today after class I was on the bus home and the rather elderly and rather deaf bus driver did not hear me signal the stop so I ended up having to ride the bus for the entire loop around town. It only took 30 min. and was actually quite relaxing, but I rang the bell three times when we got back around again and finally got off. Marble Falls should really have a bus system like Durango does. It is just so handy and just about every place in the city limits is no more than a half mile from a bus stop. It makes getting around so easy that even the affluent people ride the bus and not just those without cars and destitute college students.
At 3 this afternoon, I met with Scott (head manager) at the Palace and it looks like I will be starting work tomorrow as a hostess in training. He gave me a tour and we went over all of the paperwork. They have a huge kitchen there at The Palace and on one of the stoves was the biggest pot of soup that I have ever seen. It must have been three feet high and two feet across and was brimming with tons of chopped vegetables and spices. It smelled heavenly!
This rainbow popped up over the mountains as I was sitting on the deck reading and was HUGE, but by the time I got my camera it had faded down to this little smudge. Unfortunately, it was getting dark outside so there is not much color and it is a bit grainy.
Well, must go do homework!
Love yall
-Kate
Sunday, September 5, 2010
Signs
So, Songofjoy and I went out with the Mimi for seafood lunch, and afterwords walked the Rice Village area a few warm blocks from the university. Other than that, we've been jogging the local track, reading, watching the UT/Rice game, and generally moving slowly.
Saturday, September 4, 2010
humm-diddly-dum...
Yet another day of not a lot to say, but apparently, around here, that doesn't matter! Yesterday I met Hope, Tony, and a friend for dinner at La Casita in Bayfield before we all went to see a play on Patsy Cline.
Courtesy of the Durango Arts Center
We had so much fun and were singing along, clapping, and stomping our feet just about the whole time. The lady who played the lead had a very good voice, and while she was no Patsy Cline, she could seriously go pro and I would buy her music! I ended up staying the night with Hope and Tony and this morning Hope and I met her friend Missy for breakfast at Carvers. We had so much fun, and Missy is such a great person. She is a Soc. teacher up at the college, so hopefully we will run into each other again. Hope and I then went to the farmers market where we bought tons of yummy stuff and yet again were surrounded by Birkenstock hippies. There was this one lady there with the tiniest backpack I think I have ever seen and sticking out of the top was about a three foot bunch of flowering dill. It smelled good but it looked like it was going to fall out at any moment. Some people give their kids helium balloons so that they can find them in a crowd, but they should really start using over sized herbs. Hope was very generous and brought me a huge sack full of food after she went to the store. I guess she thought that I was going to starve or turn into oatmeal!
The rest of the day has been pretty boring, but it is a beautiful Colorado evening so I can't complain. I hope the parental units are enjoying Houston, and Selina, don't throw the textbooks out the window yet.
Love yall
-Kate
We had so much fun and were singing along, clapping, and stomping our feet just about the whole time. The lady who played the lead had a very good voice, and while she was no Patsy Cline, she could seriously go pro and I would buy her music! I ended up staying the night with Hope and Tony and this morning Hope and I met her friend Missy for breakfast at Carvers. We had so much fun, and Missy is such a great person. She is a Soc. teacher up at the college, so hopefully we will run into each other again. Hope and I then went to the farmers market where we bought tons of yummy stuff and yet again were surrounded by Birkenstock hippies. There was this one lady there with the tiniest backpack I think I have ever seen and sticking out of the top was about a three foot bunch of flowering dill. It smelled good but it looked like it was going to fall out at any moment. Some people give their kids helium balloons so that they can find them in a crowd, but they should really start using over sized herbs. Hope was very generous and brought me a huge sack full of food after she went to the store. I guess she thought that I was going to starve or turn into oatmeal!
The rest of the day has been pretty boring, but it is a beautiful Colorado evening so I can't complain. I hope the parental units are enjoying Houston, and Selina, don't throw the textbooks out the window yet.
Love yall
-Kate