Day of Mercury

          The Moon and Planets were shining brightly last night. Something to watch over us "background" workers as we did our last night shot of the work day. It was an easy shoot with fake snow abounding. I even got to sneak a peak into my favorite bookstore while on a break.
          Today holds interesting events too. One audition, lots of books to mail, tons of work to do and of course getting ready for the trip to Arizona. It's always very exciting to think about the trip. Family, friends, animals, book, new friends, and adventure.

Hello Day

    It is dark and quiet still. Folks are just getting ready for the day. I love this time of morning, with all the decisions of the day still to be made. A perfect day can be had if all goes well. It's a lot like the moments before the curtain goes up on the stage.

     My day will be long but is always fun when it includes being "background" on a set. Not a role but still in front of the cameras. Lots of time to read and make new friends.

     Hello day.

Puzzling

The Puzzle is Finally Finished!

This puzzle took forever put together. It was a thrift store buy--$1.00.
I think it was one of the most difficult puzzles we've put together in a long time.

Sunday looks like Sun Day

The sun tells me that I could open the door of the greenhouse today, even with the temperature having returned to winter. So bright and warm inside. While tending the plants this morning I was showered with pollen from the daisies. I think they were just saying hello to me.

This clip is from last month. Lots more growth since then but you "get the picture."

Windy Saturday

As I opened the door to feed Boo, my rabbit, I was just about swept away by the morning wind. How wonderful it would be to fly along with it today. Today?--because it is full of work and errands that cannot be pushed aside for play.

Plans inside me need to take shape--how to make the history of my book characters fun, visual, and compelling for those who will be visiting my booth at the Tucson Festival of Books. This first on my list.

But oh, the sun is taking turns with the flying clouds outside. Sun and shade playing with each other--I am pulled to the outside world.

Last day of Retro Postings--Olympic Closing Ceremonies 24 February 2002

Celebration



There were so many great images from yesterday it is hard to pick just one for the e-mail.  This was the parade of the flags of all the nations.  Geeg and I went to the Martina McBride concert earlier in the day and I got off of my Volunteer assignment early.  Geeg I insisted I go to the Closing Ceremony instead of her.  Paul and I had a visual treat.

This is the painting of the ice near it’s the beginning.  The dancing figures were wonderful.  The color kept getting bigger and bigger but the simplicity of it was impressive to me.


Probably the greatest treat to end the night happened when we were filing from the bleachers.  There were several corridors to exit through.  One lane had blue sheeting on it and you could barely see the people exiting on the other side.  One of the spectators said, “Those are the athletes.”  We all moved to the fencing and put our hands above the fencing saying hello and thanking the athletes for being here.  The athletes also moved to the fencing and started shaking our high hands and giving us high fives and mementos.  This continued until all the athletes had filed past.  It was all very spontaneous and moving.  We will remember this as our end to the Olympics.

23 February 2002--Olympic Memories

Saturday 23 February 2002

It was a gala day in Salt Lake City today. So many people crowded the venues it was amazing. In fact so many people were in Olympic Square they actually stopped letting people in. They announced to the crowd they were filled to capacity. Geeg did get in to get pictures of the puppet animals from the Opening Ceremonies, however it was so windy they canceled the show. Geeg was disappointed. They Army band was one of the street performances that entertained the mass of people. The drummer below is from the band and everyone wanted a photo with him because of his charisma.

Medals Plaza was also packed. It was full in N’Sync fans. Fans who represent the fanatic to the fullest.   

Here's a clip from N'Sync's performance.

I was able to watch the medals presentation from the light booth tower. Wow! Besides the presentations I saw the crew doing all the cues. That was a highlight for me.

I got sitting tickets for Martina McBride’s concert tomorrow at the Medal’s Plaza and Geeg will attend with me before she and Paul go to the Closing Ceremonies.