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On My Way Through the Park

June 14, 2010 at 1:48 am by Claudia

Thank you for your lovely, supportive comments on the last post. Reading them and knowing you are all pulling for me helps me more than I can say.

Some photos from my walk through the park on the way to the theater:

I like this plant – does anyone know what it is called?

The dome on the Museum of Man – right next to the theater.

The entrance to the Festival Stage – the outdoor theater in which the Summer Repertory is performed.

My favorite – the vintage carousel between the Zoo and the Spanish Village. The kids love it. Heck, I love it.

This morning I am going to take a walk on the beach and stop by Vignettes. That means that I shall soon have some pretty pictures to share with you.

I’m not feeling sorry for myself, dear friends. And I’m not asking you to feel sorry for me. I’m just being honest. Today was the first time I really hit the wall with homesickness. I’ve had bouts of it before during my seven weeks away from home. Today is another thing entirely. Today is tears, sadness, more tears, thinking about my sweet dogs, my husband, my garden – home.

I have 3 weeks left here. I have a little more work to do on these productions, but not much. Frankly, I could leave in a few days and all would be well. I would not be honoring my contract, however, and I am true to my word. I think that is what makes this particular stretch harder: the knowledge that I’m not really needed much longer yet I have to hang in there for 3 more weeks.

I’m not as busy as I was when we were in rehearsals all day. So I have more free time. That sounds as if it is a good thing, but more free time equals more time to think about my far away family.

Ah well. As my mother used to say, “this too shall pass.” At least I think it was my mother. She may well read this and say to me, “I never said anything like that.”

I already feel a little better. Writing is always cathartic for me.

3 weeks and counting…

What’s Up in the Garden

June 11, 2010 at 12:22 pm by Claudia

Happy Friday, everyone. Lots of late nights here as all 3 productions head into preview performances. It is always exciting for the actors to finally have an audience response. My body clock is going to have to adjust to this new schedule. If only I lived on a quieter street! There’s lots of traffic, noisy trucks, noisy cars and construction going on. Yesterday, I tried to work to the accompaniment of big machines smashing cement. All day long.

My husband sent me some garden photos. There is a shot of the peonies but I am afraid they were past their prime when he took the photo.

We have two peony bushes – the other bush has soft pink blooms.

Shots of our beautiful Catalpa tree. Every year these beautiful blooms appear and they smell heavenly.

A closer look at the pretty flowers.

You can see my hydrangeas, which are taking over! I can see the poor spirea in front of it gasping for air. Here is what is interesting about this view (besides the fact that my husband hasn’t trimmed the grass or weeded around the garden): I have a Julia Child rose, which is the yellow rose in the background. I also have a pink rose bush, Lady Elsie May – the bush to the right.

Where the heck did the red roses come from????

I am so intrigued by this. I want to be there to investigate! You know how hard it is for me to be away from home, but this makes it harder! Don has instructions to find out what bush the red roses are coming from.

Hi, Scout. Do you see her on the porch?

I need to weed. Is it possible to jump into a photo?

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