Yesterday was busy. In the morning we had a Weavers guild dye day. We used acid dyes to paint warps and skeins. It was fun and busy. I'd thought more people had signed up, so made a bit too much dye. Luckily it will last several months made up, so hopefully it won't go to waste.
, in the evening we had tickets to see Romeo and Juliet at Stratford Festival. I hadn't realised it was a 3 hour production though, so we had a very late night. The show was fine. It's early in the season so maybe a little rough on the edges yet. It was enjoyable with excellent performances by Juliet, Romeo, the Friar and Nurse. I'm pretty much done for tragedies for a while though.
The best part that we went early so we could find a parking spot along the river. Parking was $25, but riverside parking was only a few meters away farther and was free! Who doesn't like free! There is a nice paved walkway beside the river and took advantage of that.
We had a lovely wander along the river because we had time to kill. We'd thought we'd see the swans, but instead there were geese, a few ducks and a lone blue heron. Weirdly, the heron was quite accustomed to people and let me get quite close for photos in a couple of different places. The final shot, when he took off in flight, was because someone decided to see what I was doing and tromped noisily down towards the shore, startling the bird. Still it was an experience that I don't imagine I'll get to experience again.
Sounds like a wonderful outing. And with a heron posing for pictures, to boot!
ReplyDeleteYou've got me thinking I need to get out my dyes and do a little dying too. I'm working on my first roving in 15 years and it could use some color. A lovely white Shetland that I was gifted with, to get me back into the spinning saddle again. But, like I say, my eyes would love to see some color going on!