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On the Set

Posted on February 4, 2017 by mohawkvalleygirl

I know some of you have been waiting for an update on the set of Steel Magnolias, the play I am in at Ilion Little Theatre. At least, I know any fellow cast-members who read my blog (DO my fellow cast members read my blog?) would like an update. Before yesterday’s rehearsal, I remembered to pull out my tablet and I took a few shots. I got more of the cast than the set, but, after all, isn’t it all about the people? I think it is.

We love each other at Ilion Little Theatre.

Kim Darling and Kara Buttermore, who play Truvy and Annelle, were working on the set when I started to click. They immediately posed for me. I knew that would make a good photo, but I wanted an action shot. They offered me this scene from the beginning of the play:

Annelle does Truvy’s hair as part of her job interview.

Meanwhile, in the audience, Kaylynn Iglesias, who recently joined the cast as Shelby, consulted with Cindy Shepherd. Cindy, in addition to playing Ouiser, is assisting Rick Vroman in his directing duties. I had a little problem with my tablet getting this shot. I hope it looks OK.

We do a lot of consulting with each other. Theatre is such a collaborative art.

Then I realized I had not gotten a shot of Kelly Stone, who plays M’Lynn. She and Kaylynn decided to do a mother/daughter shot.

Their characters really do love each other, although they bicker a lot in the play.

Sadly, I did not get a picture of our awesome sound and light guy, Rick DeJohn, nor of our delightful director Rick Vroman. Perhaps in a future post.

I’ll close with a couple of shots of the set itself. More work will be done on the set tomorrow (I’m supposed to go help. Yikes! What a lot I have to do tomorrow!). I hope to include more photos in future posts. I’d better charge up the tablet. Happy Friday, everyone.

The driers don’t actually work, which is actually too bad, because the sink on the other side of the set will.

A center view. Alas, I did not get stage right, where the sink that will actually squirt water is located.

Non-Sequitur Spunky

Posted on January 27, 2017 by mohawkvalleygirl

For this week’s Non-Sequitur Thursday post, I am going to talk about Spunky, our little dog. Here is a picture of him:

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Isn’t he cute?

I think that one was taken at The Velvet Dog Grooming Salon, where he gets groomed regularly. Regular readers may remember that the Velvet Dog was fostering Spunky after his owner died. We saw adopted him after they posted his picture on Facebook. I wrote a blog post about it last June. Spunky is an old guy. He mostly likes to lay around and sleep.

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It is a pretty comfy chair.

Right now he is curled up right next to me on the couch. He doesn’t always do that. He has his own end, with an afghan that he sometimes burrow under. Spunky is fond of my yarn. I had a basket which my sister Cheryl had given me specifically for me to put yarn in, while I was working on my projects. Spunky spotted it and climbed right in:

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I like a dog to make himself at home.

I have since taken out the unfinished projects and put in an afghan made specifically for Spunky. After all, I can find another place to put my yarn.

I sometimes wonder about Spunky. He was ten years old when we got him and had only had one owner. I hope he is settling in with us. I worry that he might not love us. It’s not that I mind having a dog that’s not crazy about me, my low self-esteem notwithstanding. I just want him to be happy. How happy can you be living with people you don’t love? So I like it when he snuggles up next to me on the couch. And I like it when he wags his tail when he sees me.

Well, this has not been a particularly inspired blog post. Still, with pictures of a cute little dog, what’s not to like? If only I can think of an unrelated but catchy headline, so this is a true Non-Sequitur Thursday, I can hit Publish with a clear conscience. Hope to see you again on Lame Post Friday.

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Picture Me Without a Blog Post

Posted on January 25, 2017 by mohawkvalleygirl

If I do the picture thing today, can I still have a Wordless Wednesday? You know what, I can’t worry about Wednesday. I can’t even see Wednesday from here. I’m going into my downloads and pick a few pictures to share.

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Oh, I hate it when pedestrians can’t stay out of the road!

Ah yes, that’s what I was going to write my blog post about: the weather. As I drove to work this morning through heavy snow over icy, snow-covered roads (it rained then snowed last night), I thought to myself, “This is what we might call winter.” I’m sure other people have more colorful ways to describe it.

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Full disclosure: I have no idea where this photo came from or who took it.

As I drove to work, I admired the snow-covered trees. Um, I did not spend so much time admiring them that I was a danger on the roads. I would like to take a walk sometime when everything is snowy and take a few pictures myself. In the meantime, I guess I’ll steal other people’s pictures.

I don’t remember actually taking this picture, but, really, who else would have?

This last picture (I like to have three, it’s kind of a thing, isn’t it?) is my backyard. Alas, no snow. I meant to take some pictures of the dead plants in the snow but have not gotten around to it when we actually have snow (it’s been coming and going this winter). I have kind of a fascination with dead plants. These used to be black-eyed susans. I think they look cool.

So this is my Tired Tuesday post for the week. In my defense, at least I kept from whining about the dreadful cold which is currently making me miserable (oops) so soon after I whined about a migraine. What a mess I am! But never mind that. Now I must get ready for tonight’s rehearsal for Steel Magnolias at Ilion Little Theatre. Perhaps I can take pictures of the progress on the set, for tomorrow’s blog post. Hope to see you then (figuratively speaking).

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Not Lame, Love!

Posted on January 21, 2017 by mohawkvalleygirl

In lieu of my usual Friday Lame Post, I thought I would share a few photos of the lovely Valentine’s Day decorations my sweetie-pie husband, Steven put up. Steven has a real talent for decorating. He does the various seasons at our house. It brightens up my day. Here is the mantle over our fireplace:

I decorated the grapevine wreath. I was really into grapevine wreaths and my hot glue gun for a while there. Perhaps I should get back into it.

We almost never use our dining room table, although I do have a couple of jigsaw puzzles I’d like to work on at some point. Usually Steven puts a seasonal table cloth on, but apparently the Valentine one he had got damaged. I personally like the doily look.

I gave him the roulette wheel in the center for his birthday one year. I found it at a second-hand shop.

The buffet is also in the dining room. Ignore the mural on the wall; that was there when we moved in. The poster partially blocking it was displayed in the lobby of Ilion Little Theatre during the run of Leading Ladies, the show I directed last spring.

The juke box is out all year. It is one of Steven’s prized possessions.

This is the window over our kitchen sink, looking out into our backyard.

I carefully held the Tablet so as not to photograph the dirty dishes in the sink. Um, I mean, there are no dirty dishes in my sink.

Now I must start thinking about Valentine’s Day. What, oh what, can I give my beloved husband? As you can see, we already have a lot of cutesy little stuffed toys, heart shaped boxes and other Valentine memorabilia. I’ll try to think of something good. Then I’ll write a blog post about it. In the meantime, Happy Friday, everyone!

Winery Wordless Wednesday

Posted on January 5, 2017 by mohawkvalleygirl

I’m really liking the idea of Wordless Wednesday, although I am probably one of the least wordless people on the planet. I mean, I’ll be honest, I LOVE words! I love to talk! I love to write! But today, I just want to post something quickly and and go to bed early. So this is kind of a Preview of Coming Attractions about the blog post I intend to write about Prospect Falls Winery. I’ll post the pictures today and the words… subsequently (I can’t promise tomorrow; I have the read-through for Steel Magnolias!)

It was easy to get a space at the tasting bar the day we were there.

Oh, I can’t just put the pictures, can I? I have to have some words. Anyways, Steven and I were at Prospect Falls Winery last Wednesday with my sister Cheryl and our friend Penny. Steven and I tasted a few wines, and we spent some time walking around looking at the wines and other things for sale.

I wish I had gotten a better shot of the wall hanging.

Love the Adirondack lamps!

The bundles are vintage Readers Digests.

Prospect Falls Winery is located at 400 Academy St., Prospect Falls, NY, (315) 205-4045. They are open Wednesday through Saturday 10 a.m.to 6 p.m., Sunday from noon to six. For more information, you can visit their website at http://www.prospectfallswinery.com/. You can also Like them on Facebook.

Lame Picture Friday?

Posted on October 22, 2016 by mohawkvalleygirl

So there I was, trying to make a Friday Lame Post and not being very successful at it. I actually wrote something earlier, but I did not finish and it wasn’t all that great anyways (I know, when is it ever? But one does what one can). In desperation, I took my dog, Spunky, for a walk. I thought, “I don’t care how short of a walk; I’ll do a Pedestrian Post!”

So about a block and a half from the house (which, incidentally, was about as far as Spunky wanted to go), I was admiring the grey, gloomy day, thinking how it suited my mood, wondering how best to describe it, when I remembered, this blog has photos now! I could post some lame photos! This would be great! Of course many things do not turn out to be as great as we hope, but you’ll have that. Once we got home, I grabbed the tablet and went back outside. Steven had been wanting to get a picture of his Halloween porch anyways.

I stood across the street to get the whole porch. I hoped our monster tree was not blocking everything, but I think it is OK. After all, a monster tree fits right in with the season. I thought perhaps I could get a better shot of just the tree, because it is kind of unusual.

Next I wanted to get a close-up of our newest decoration, the delightful witch we got at Pumpkin Junction (perhaps you read my blog post about it).

Finally, I thought I would include a shot of some of nature’s own Halloween decorations, namely what happens to one’s Black-eyed Susans at the end of the season.

Hmm… I’m not sure how wonderful my photos are, but I’m working on it, and I feel this is definitely better than more whining about how I just can’t make a decent blog post. And after all, who doesn’t like a picture of a witch?

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