Saturday, November 13, 2004

Cabaret and The Scavanger Hunt

Chelsea and I went to "Cabaret" last night.  It was put on by the Thespian Group at Penn State.  I live just a few miles from campus.  We had a blast!  The director of the orchestra is a good family friend of my Dad's and my Dad gave Chels and me tickets to go see it.  Dad watched Matt grow from a tot to a senior at Penn State.  He is going to be a music teacher.  My son Matt is seriously considering being a music teacher also.  I have been wanting to write an entry about him for so long.  I just haven't gotten to writing it yet.   I am going to get Matt and Matt together as my Matt is seriously considering going to go to Penn State.  My Matt went from attending advanced placement classes at high school in Florida to a high school for the performing arts.  He is a junior right now.  Isn't that just so cool!  I have never heard him so joyful when I talk to him on the phone!!  He is expressing himself as never before!  So the musical was absolutely fabulous and Chels and I and everyone else laughed and clapped through the whole thing and gave them a standing ovation and cheers at the end!  This is particularly amazing for me as I have not done anything social at night for months.  Or has it been years?  My body paid for it, but it was so good for my spirit!

Now for the Scavanger Hunt.  We were to take a photo  of a                  

portrait.  This is my Pops.  I was at his home the other day.  I was playing with my camera and when he was leaning into the cabinet I said, "Hey Dad, turn around."  This is the look he gave me.  This is good ol' Daddeeoo.

The next one I took was of a landscape.  This landscape is very indicative of Pennsylvania.  The hay.  The green grass.

                 

The red barn.  The blue/grey sky.  This looks like Pennsylvania to me.

The next photo is of something far away.  I chose to take a sky shot.  I love sky shots.  This doesn't look far away, but it obviously is.  It was a cloudy, rainy-spotted day.

               

And the last photo is of something close-up.  I chose to take a picture of some pears.  These pears are very fat!  I like these pears.  I think they are very pretty.  I have a fondness for pears.  They represent healing and life for me.  When I was

                  

an infant I was allergic to everything, so for two years all I ate were beef hearts and pears.  Yep, pears for two whole years.  My mom said I loved them.  I still do.  I guess one would get sick of something eating them for every meal for two years.  I never did.  Hope you enjoyed my hunt for some interesting pictures!

 

              

 

 

18 comments:

  1. I like your pics Val - its nice to hear about your son and that hes enjoying what hes doing

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  2. Great pics
    http://journals.aol.co.uk/sdrogerson/SpecimenDays/

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  3. I enjoyed your photos from your scavenger hunt.

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  4. I love these pictures but my favorite is your dad. He looks like such a nice man.

    Angela

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  5. Val ..love the pics....Kasey

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  6. OH, I TOTALLY missed this weeks scavanger hunt! I LOVE the pictures you used.  Very good, LOVE the picture of your dad, he made me smile. :-)

    Monica
    http://journals.aol.com/sonensmilinmon/SmilinMonsAdventures/

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  7. Love all your pics Val.  I can't say which one I like the best because they are all so great. -Krissy
    http://journals.aol.com/fisherkristina/SometimesIThink

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  8. I love the pears!  And you Pops!  Now that is a great picture that captures the essence of someone....he looks like a wonderful Pop!

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  9. So glad you had a great night out with Chelsea, I've not seen Cabaret, should go see more stuff!!  LOVE the pic of your Dad, it's nice to catch a spontanious expression like that.  The other pics are great too :o)
    Sara   x

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  10. Great pics. Your Pops looks like a fun guy!

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  11. Nice pics, Val. Like the one of your dad.

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  12. Your dad looks a real fun person. As for the pears Val, the picture is great but, unlike you,  I hate pears. In fact I'm not keen on any fruit. My father & grandfather before him were greengrocers. Guess who had to eat all the bruised stuff that wasn't fit to sell to the customers? lol

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  13. I love your pictures Val! Your Dad looks very smiley!!
    Becci. xxxx

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  14. Great photos val! I've been wanting to get into one of these scavenger hunt games, but just haven't had the time to do it! Maybe this week this will calm down a bit so i can get in some much needed computer time,lol!
    Hugs,
    ~Angel

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  15. I love pears too but my favorite are those Bartlett brown pears.. I much prefer them over the green.. for some reason.. perhaps the texture or something.. anywayyyy great pictures! :) Mel

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  16. wow you did great with the pics. Lori

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