Dutchman
I’ve been very busy with singing over the last 2 weeks – 4 rehearsals last week, 3 performances this week. We gave a concert performance of Wagner’s The Flying Dutchman. It was fun, but I learned that operas are long and the chorus really isn’t the centre of attention. But here, listen to us Norwegian [...]
George by the seaside
It was lovely and sunny this morning, after what seems like months of cold and rain. As George and I were out for our run, I decided that we should go to the beach for the day. Now that the Eastlink tollway is open, getting to the Mornington Peninsula and back during a school day [...]
Student of the week again
Tilda was Student of the Week again, this time “for working hard to produce a great story using ’2 create a story’ on the computer’. It sounds more impressive to me than the award she won for using a pencil grip. I am also proud that she continues the photographic tradition of dried blood in [...]
Surrogate
Yesterday I finished that quilt that I’m making for the Art Fair at Tilda’s school. Needless to say, it took about twice as long to make as expected. The biggest problem was how I decided to quilt it, with free motion quilting within each of the blocks, as well as straight lines outlining the blocks. [...]