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Issue #1249
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Carol
Gary
Doug

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From Carol

Last Sunday I went with my cousin, Sharon, to see the Drayton theatrical production of Finding Netherland. I had seen the movie but wasn’t expecting this wonderful musical performance. I have always enjoyed live performance theatre. Back in high school a couple of years my English class went to Stratford and in the 80s and 90s a friend was able to get discounted Stratford tickets through her work. I first went to KW Little Theatre productions and KW Musical productions in high school. My first time to a Drayton show was when they only had the theatre actually in Drayton but I can’t remember what I saw. Aunt Evelyn had a membership, which Sharon took over, and Vivienne and I joined her and her great granddaughter Lily for a few shows aimed at children. The Centre in the Square is a wonderful theatre but tickets can be costly. On the whole I prefer musical productions to straight plays or musical artists. I can’t tell you a favourite experience over the years because so many were exceptional but I don’t remember ever leaving a live show and saying that was a waste of time. The very first time I ever went to see something where tickets needed to be purchased was with Sus. Grandma’s border Mr. Cox gave us tickets to see Wayne and the Timbertones. Do you remember that Sus? It was before Dad joined the Barbershopers. We sat in the front and told everyone around us that Wayne was our uncle.

Carol

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From Gary

Nothing to write about this week so here’s some pictures. Evy and Harley, wildflowers. The bloodroots are already finished. We’re having cold weather but we finally got some much needed rain. Enough to lift the fire ban. Take care everyone.

Gary

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From Doug

Would you believe the west coast is already on water restrictions, this early in the season? There had been very little snow in the mountains, just endless rain all winter. Now the reservoirs are low and there has been no rain since the end of March to fill them. All that winter rains simply ran off and away. One of the biggest as stupidest waists of water is the watering of lawns. The hotter and drier the summer gets, the more people seem to think they need to water. Grass should be left to go dormant during the dry season. I see lawn sprinklers sprinkling away and the water is running off the yard and down the gutter, totally waisted. End of rant.

I have to admit that these days I feel hopelessly trapped. Having to be on-duty 24/7 does that to you. Like I mentioned, we’ve had weeks of sunny weather with no end in sight and my motorcycle is sitting there unused. I can’t take Sue with me on it and I can’t leave her home alone so I’m pretty well stuck. And that basically applies to every aspect of life. Very depressing.

Doug

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