Family and Buddies

BRAVO!

by Carol Browne on May 23, 2013 · 1 comment

in Family and Buddies, Festivities, General

Bravo!

Full disclosure: I took all these photos at the dress rehearsal last Monday. I just got permission to post them tonight after seeing the play. Hooray! (What I’m trying to say is that I didn’t take these photos tonight, even though I’m using them as though I did.)

Critics raved about the Panorama Ridge Players, Alice in Wonderland play presented on May 23rd at the lovely high school theatre. It really is a great theatre…the seats are very comfy.

But, back to the play! Critics raved…

“CUTE.” – Mike Browne

“Silly & fun – a perfect combination!” – me

“Wasn’t that great? I enjoyed that!” – Andrea’s mom

“This was the perfect Fiona play! It was great!” – Cathy Mechanic

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Alice!

As a general rule, I don’t really enjoy photos of partial people, but I’m patiently waiting for my photos to be approved before posting them on my blog.  But, I can show you some behind the scenes photos in the meantime…

This play is the Alice in Wonderland play – but a version done on Broadway WAY back in the 70′s. It was great and the students were all over it. It was trippy and very fun. I enjoyed this version.

But before the play started, I got to see where the magic happens! First off, I was on the agenda WITH a special top hat graphic!
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A day of portraits

by Carol Browne on May 21, 2013 · 0 comments

in Family and Buddies, Photos

Truck coming behind you.

I took over 700 photos today…over 500 of them were at the Alice in Wonderland play my buddy, Fiona, is directing. I just have to tell you, if you ever think the arts are not going to survive, just go to one high school play and you will see that there are people who love and can’t wait to keep the arts alive! In music! And dancing! And acting! And plays…as in, acting live, no retakes, no photoshop, just people who have taken the time to memorize so many lines and put on make up, and help each other. NOW, I’ve got photos of all those things, but I have to wait to get permission from everyone before I put any of those photos on my blog. It’s the right thing to do! I can’t wait to show you. I took all kinds of portraits at that play. It was lovely. I was the only one taking photos and could just go wherever I pleased. That is quite the privilege. I am so glad I got to do it.

After the play, I headed home to rest (because I think I’ve got a cold coming on…or something is up, but I refuse to be allergic to anything, so I’ve decided it’s a low grade cold), but got an invitation to go on a photowalk with Mike & Scott. They took me to a waste water pond and then to an overpass so we could take photos of the traffic coming off the Alex Fraser Bridge. Boy. Do they know how to show a gal a good time or what?

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Let the long weekend begin!

by Carol Browne on May 19, 2013 · 1 comment

in Family and Buddies, General

Vi! On the long weekend!

My long weekend is starting a day later than most, but the weekend has begun! We hung out at #21 with the Hemenways after my shift, so that was delicious and a great way to kick off my three days off. I’ve got a couple of commitments this weekend – the theatre photo shoot for the Surrey students and the possibility of going to the Vancouver Quilting Guild meeting on Monday. It could happen! If I get my Boston flag done tomorrow, I could carpool to the meeting with Amy for the evening meeting. FUN! I had better get a lot done tomorrow. After I sleep in.

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Really. It’s her favourite thing.

May 14, 2013

  I dropped by #21 yesterday with a big bowl of fruit we forgot to eat on Saturday. It was a selection of sliced cantaloupe, pineapples, apples and grapes. Johanna cracked it open and Bibby happily started chomping away. However, judging from these photos, it seemed like I gave her a bowl of bugs.

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Happy Mother’s Day 70s style

May 12, 2013

Happy Mother’s Day, Mom! Also, nice gams! I dug out these photos of my mom and I – I’m the little one. I can’t help but notice that my mom and I do look a lot alike. I’m pretty sure we were at my Grandpa & Grandma’s place in Calgary when these were taken. Man, [...]

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Cleaning up

May 5, 2013

Cleaning up this tiny 15 X 15 foot area took EVERYTHING out of me today. And there wasn’t much to do, really. I swept, hosed and weeded. And then I sat on the couch for an hour not moving a muscle. What the? Even though it was unusually hot today, I think there may be [...]

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Modern in a traditional world

May 4, 2013

I went to the Ridge Meadows Quilt Show today in Maple Ridge. I’ve got some photos of the quilts there, but I had technical difficulties taking photos in the building. The lighting was a strange combination of fluorescent lights which cast a green hue on everything – in person and in photos. I did my [...]

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In every day and in every way…

May 2, 2013

Donner is getting better and better! I do have to tell you, he is NOT a fan of the new bladder food he’s required to eat. Like, really not happy at all, but he does have a bit every now and then. He’s also a bit nervous again. It seems to be his nature as [...]

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Double exposure

April 30, 2013

This was a happy accident. I found some blossoming trees, took photos of them, then hoodwinked Malcolm into taking photos of him – actually, it wasn’t that difficult – and used my camera to combine them together. Tada! The fact that it looks like something white is leaving his head was just a bonus. And [...]

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