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Tuesday, May 30, 2006
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Memorial Day weekend...
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Just a quick post to showcase a few highlights of the past weekend. Being Memorial day, we always go to the parade in town, to make sure that we all stand and clap for all of the vets that march by. There seem to be fewer and fewer, as the WW2 and Korean War vets get very much on in years. I know that Memorial day is more correctly intended to remember those killed in battle, but who better to do so than people who where there. In any event it is both humbling and sobering to see these guys marching by. It is way too easy to forget that these old guys in funny hats, marching in step are the same ones who, when they were less than half my age, were assulting beaches while getting shot at and shelled. If you've ever read accounts of various WW2 battles, the ratios of those who went in to those who came back are mind boggling. I'm not sure we fully comprehend loss on that scale these days. While at the parade Ray made the best of the candy throwing marchers, scrambling to grab his share. As did Teds. Mrs A. made a point of staying in communication with the kids. For some reason none of us could fathom, Chaz transformed into a pirate right before Tess' eyes. And after much bridal anguish, Cassie finally found a pair of shoes she likes for the upcomming wedding. Andrew, who always has some sort of project going, was hard at work searching for "just the right" cable to complete a repair he was doing. Classic 'Drewie. |
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| thus voiced The A, Mistah @ 8:22 PM | |
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Thursday, May 25, 2006
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long overdue update...
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The commotion and general re-establishing of our "normal" routine, if there is such a thing, has seemed to keep us all from posting much here. So I thought I owed it to our public to post a few quick and fascinating snippets from the past few weeks. Drewie completed his final concert performance with the NYSO. He is now offically "Too Old" to play with that orchestra any more. Ohhhhh. At the end of the concert, the conductor was handed the traditional bunch-O-flowers. As the audience applauded, he proceeded to pull a couple of the flowers out of the bunch, hand one to the girl who was Concert Mistress, skip over Andrew, then hand another to the girl who was playing violin on the other side of Andrew. In characteristic 'Drewie style, Andrew held out his hands, shook his head and made a most obvious "WHAT ABOUT ME!" face to the conductor and the audience. The enitre orchestra and audience burst out laughing, and the conductor turned, pulled out another flower, and handed it to him. The crowed went wild. Andrew reveled in the moment. At the after concert, there was the traditional snack-and-chat time that generallly follows such things. I caught this amazing photo of 'Drewie and Spmarg. Note that they sitting in almost the exact same position, but are near exact opposites. It is as if they are negatives of eachother. Black suit vs. white suit, dark hair vs. light hair, black shirt vs. white shirt. It may have been some sort of wierd physics optical inversion in the fabric of space-time. Creepy. Here I caught Chaz tagging a guardrail. Sad to see them go bad so young. You can take the kid out of the city, but you can't take the city out of the kid. Lastly, photographic evidance that at the end of the rainbow, there is no pot of gold, but you will find my truck. Almost as good. |
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| thus voiced The A, Mistah @ 7:10 PM | |
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Friday, May 12, 2006
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I've been thinking....
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...that perhaps Mrs A. and I ought to be giving a bit more scrutiny to some of these church sponsored teen group activities and outings. You never seem to know exactly what the kids are picking up there:
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| thus voiced The A, Mistah @ 10:06 AM | |
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