This past Sunday I traveled to Toledo, Ohio to the Peristyle Theater of the Toledo Museum of Art to hear my younger son play the upright bass as part of the Toledo Youth Sinfonietta. It was an exciting day.
In the photo above is the program booklet which has MY son's name in it. (Yes, I'm boasting and grinning.Thank you for reading this and kindly indulging a mother's pride.)
This is what the stage looked like before the musicians came out on it.Click on this link: Peristyle Theater, to see a view of the inside of the theater from the rear of the auditorium taken by a photographer who obviously knows what he is doing. It is a spectacular place.
The members of the Sinfonietta made sure their instruments were tuned and spent some time warming up before the concert started.
My son was second chair upright bass. He is the one standing second from the right with the glasses and red hair in the photos below .
The concert is about to start.
I made videos of the songs they played if you would like to listen to them. They pause in between the movements of the pieces, so wait for them to continue when you are watching. I thought they did an extraordinary job (but I may be a little biased).
After the video I took of the high school orchestra, my son told me that I should record the whole orchestra and not just him, but I didn't listen to him. HA! Well, I did pan across the stage a time or two, but mostly the camera is trained on him. He's the one I was there to see, after all.
Capriol
St. Paul's Suite
After the concert, there were some magnificent clouds for us to see during the trip home. I took a couple of photos while I was driving. My son scolded me for doing that, saying I shouldn't take pictures while I was driving. He was right, of course.
So I said, "OK," and handed him the camera and told him to take some pictures of the clouds for me.
Then he took the next two pictures.
I don't know what you think, but they don't look much like clouds to me.
He laughed and then took the next two pictures for me.
I got the camera back a little later and took this next one which is my favorite of the clouds from this trip.
We stopped to get a quick bite to eat on the way home. The sun was setting which added some pink to the sky. I took this last picture while we were stopped there before we headed for home.
This was our Valentine dinner last night. I made this based on this recipe but instead of the combination of spices that make up the blackening seasoning it called for, I used Old Bay Blackened Seasoning . Much easier! I sauteed half of a shallot and 8 ounces sliced mushrooms in a mixture of butter and olive oil. I added two Roma tomatoes, chopped and a little white wine. Then, the scallops were rolled in the blackening spices and sauteed in butter 3 to 4 minutes per side in another pan. I served this over pasta and grated some parmesan cheese over it. My Valentine said it was delicious and I agreed!
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