Over the weekend we joined Judi, my colleague at work, to go to the play Rita and Douglas. Based on the letters of Rita Douglas, an accomplished NZ painter, it chronicles the on and off relationship between her and NZ composer Douglas Lilburn. The paintings on screen and live piano were wonderful. (See http://www.circa.co.nz/site/Shows/Rita-and-Douglas)
The next night we went to a performance of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, performing Wagner, Korngold, and Tchaikovsky. The Korngold piece was fabulous and included a young international protege, Mikhail Ovrutsky, performing the violin solo.
We returned to the once/month Unitarian Universalist meeting on Sunday. We were delightedly surprised that the opening reading was attributed to Roger Fritts, our Sarasota minster! It was coincidental - I still need to let Roger know. During "Joys and Concerns," I celebrated the anniversary of my Dad's April 6th birthday. He would have been 80. Later in the day, our friends Phil and Rosanne arrived to spend a week with us. They have been traveling around the South Island for two weeks.
Today, the beginning of the work week, was a cool and rainy day. The "royals" - William and Kate and George - arrived in Wellington this afternoon. I watched the entourage drive over the highway from my office window. Don't know why, but I just can't get into them.
This evening, Rosanne attempted to conquer the ongoing problems we have with our crappy combination washer/dryer. Reading the manual, she found, "When you are not remove a loaf of clothes from the dryer as soon as it stops, wrinkles can form" on p. 22. No wonder we can't get it to work...
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