We've been having a "staycation" for the last little while. Yesterday the boys and I saw "Twelfth Night" with Boris playing Sir Andrew Aguecheek. Of course, Boris was terrific as he always is. I'm thinking of doing the play this year at school if we ever get back to normal. It is a lovely show and I got lots of great ideas by watching this production, although I don't plan to copy it at all. That wouldn't be kosher. They had a beautiful water feature on stage and I was very envious -- how charming it was to hear the water ploshing as the play unfolded. When Orsino walked in at the beginning, I thought he should be in a silky smoking jacket and be a bit languishing and oily. He's a bit of a silly fellow, anyway. And wouldn't it be good if Feste had sort of a standup comedian attitude? The whole Cesario thing opens up a great "yes-no" kind of romance. Orsino is attracted to Cesario, but how can that be? He thinks of himself as a man's man. He could be really conflicted and in denial. But Olivia's not in denial -- as soon as she sees Cesario, she knows what she wants. But Viola is conflicted. She needs to keep up the disguise, but she's not interested in Olivia. It would be lots of fun to really play with the idea of identity -- what we think of ourselves and how we see others!
I feel sorry for Malvolio. He is an irritating guy, but they really humiliate and torture him. I think we should be a bit ashamed of ourselves for laughing at him earlier in the play.
Today we went on a tour of the Seymour Watershed. We got to go up and see where our water comes from. It was fun -- we saw a lovely big bald eagle in a tree by the dam and had a walk in an old growth part of the Seymour forest and explored the river and saw the baby fish at the hatchery. I am always gratified by the volunteers that run places like the hatchery. The man who spoke to us knew a lot about salmon and you could see he really cared about them -- certainly I am grateful that there are people like him to take care of salmon and the streams where they grow and spawn and live part of their lives.
Tomorrow, we're going on our traditional "transit trip". We will take the bus, the skytrain, the seabus and the West Coast Express in a circle tour with a stop at the Lonsdale Quay for lunch. We've been doing this trip since the boys were tiny and it is always a fun outing. These are fun and fairly inexpensive things that you can do with your family right here in our own community. The Watershed tour is absolutely free (sponsored by MetroVancouver) and you get a bus ride up to the dam with a guide and activities along the way. It's well worth it. All you have to do is go on the Metro Vancouver website and sign up.
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