I made this last year, but it’s appropriate for today… overnight tonight is going to feel like -41C. Brrrrr….
videos
Curious Klara
Count Duckula!
Sage turns 11
Sage had a birthday last week! I cooked teeny little sweet potato pancakes, which she loved (and so did I). She likes her new rope bone, too, though she was sweet enough to share with Abbey.
Summer clouds and a screaming cricket
30 second sunset
Timelapse video with the camera balanced on a frisbee, balanced on the hood of our car:
House concerts
Last Sunday Eric and I attended our first Owen Sound “house concert”– which wasn’t actually in a house at all but at a vegetarian juice bar called The Bleeding Carrot. We didn’t know anything about the band or what to expect.
The concert turned out to be fantastically cozy, about 25 or so people in a space that seated just about that many (and everybody here is really nice!) We had tea and snacks and I just loved, loved, loved the trio from Toronto called The Jessica Stuart Few.
Here’s a video of theirs called “Winter Warm” appropriate for today:
15 minutes of Belgium
Dan Mangan and the RAA
Last night we ventured into kids’ territory and went to see the Rural Alberta Advantage open for Dan Mangan on campus. We stood at the back like chaperones. It was worth feeling very old for a few hours. They were both so good!
Item No. 22: drive-in
30 in 30 Update: We watched Batman and Dark Shadows at the Mustang Drive-in Theatre last night. I didn’t quite make it through both movies, but the place was awesomely fantastic and fun.
When we arrived 40 minutes early, right at sunset, the lot was already filled with carfuls of families with blankies, pillows, dogs, and kids in pyjamas. More kids were prancing around the grass and pogo sticking. Old songs played on the radio and the snack bar had an original-looking poster of Yoda.
At showtime the projectionist’s voice came over the radio with announcements to Please turn off your headlights and Please respect your neighbours, don’t litter… and I’m not going to force you to sit through advertisements, we only advertise what we sell followed by a retro ad for popcorn. We also had to get out and stand for the National Anthem while watching a montage of flying birds, maple leafs, smiling children, white water canoers, and other feel-good bits of Canadiana.
The night was perfectly clear and starry. Big Dipper floated to the right of the screen and a crescent moon got oranger and sunk into the horizon to the left. I might have watched as much of the sky as the movie because the Batman villain’s spidery face mask muffled his words and I couldn’t always tell what was going on.
I’ll arrive earlier and have a picnic before the show next time!