Performance Day

El Conejito props

This morning the dynamic duo that calls themselves Taradiddle will be performing at the Fair Haven Library.  OK, so it is just Daphne and me, telling stories and singing songs, but we are a bona fide program, really we are.  The theme this year for the summer reading programs is "One World, Many Stories" which gave us such freedom to pick stuff that it almost undid us.  We just have too many stories we would love to tell!  We finally narrowed them down and put together one program we call "Up the Mountain" and another we call "Amigos".  At this point we have only done the Mountain one, which we are constantly revising.  El Conejito is one of the stories we will do today, using the masks I made.  I really like them.  Daphne came up with a brilliant way to tell "The Three Billy Goats Gruff"--she is doing it in Norwegian using her fingers as props and her lap as a stage. Granted, it is pared down to only the essentials as she could only master the main points.  It is absolutely wonderful.  But.  One never knows how it will go down before a crowd.  Today we will find out.  It may turn out that "De Tre Bukkene Bruse" is only fun for us!

Fresh off the needles, unblocked

In other news, last night was one of Those Nights where sleep was elusive.  After an hour of twitching in bed, I finally got up and went downstairs to sit in the rocker and knit.  I finished my second lacy hat.  I had enough yarn left that it inspired me to start a pair of fingerless gloves in the same lacy pattern.  I think they will make a pretty set.  Finally, at midnight, I was able to go back to bed and sleep.  But it seemed like 5:15 came awfully quickly.  Ah well, I only have to look and act my best for an hour this morning.  How hard can that be??

Tuesday musings

Guess this is going to be the sort of day that lends itself to being out and about, getting things done.  I would rather it was a stay at home day, but, oh well.  Can't be helped.  One thing getting done is a short haircut.  I had a lot of fun, putting up the hair, playing with it, using clips and ties, but now it is time for it to be short.  Especially for this weekend, as Becca and I are going to take my folks down to Delaware for my nephew's Ordination to the Priesthood.  It's sure to be a big occasion.  My sister is very excited as our folks haven't been down to her house in years.  And, she is also excited about her son!

Senor Zorro, Senor Tigre and Senor Leon

Meanwhile, worked really hard to get my masks done for the story El Conejito.  Our first Taradiddle performance is next week already!!! I can't believe it.  I think that we are ready as we have been working on the stories for some time now.  Tomorrow I will stop at Daphne's on the way up to watch the Grandgirls (they have half a day tomorrow so I will be with them) so that will give us a chance to go through the whole program and see if we really do know what we are doing!  I hope so.