Well, this is what we really saw nearly every second that we were amongst the pod:
After the nursery pod, we headed for the islands. Here are a couple of those photos:
Beautiful, right?
More to come!
- Catherine
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Tuesday, April 27, 2010
So, there were dolphins . . .
Our nature excursion resulted in some amazing sights that I'd never seen before. On our way out to the Los Coronados Islands, we came across a pod of dolphin -- a "nursery pod" is what our Captain called it because there were HUNDREDS of young dolphin everywhere we looked around the boat. You almost couldn't take a bad picture because there were so many dolphins, but I managed to get one (have to carry on our family tradition of taking bad dolphin pictures, you know?).
Well, this is what we really saw nearly every second that we were amongst the pod:
After the nursery pod, we headed for the islands. Here are a couple of those photos:
Beautiful, right?
More to come!
- Catherine
Well, this is what we really saw nearly every second that we were amongst the pod:
After the nursery pod, we headed for the islands. Here are a couple of those photos:
Beautiful, right?
More to come!
- Catherine
Monday, March 8, 2010
Return from San Antonio
We are home from San Antonio. Do I have pictures? Not a one, I'm afraid. The battery charger for my point and shoot camera is still MIA, and the camera is out of juice. Very frustrating, because there were many photographs I could have taken.
First: warmth and sunshine. It did us a world of good to be able to walk around outside, no jacket, soaking up the vitamin D.
Second: a reunion with a childhood friend whom I haven't seen since 1973(!). I loved getting to know her again, getting to meet her husband, and just spending time with her. Sometimes you meet up with people from your past and you quickly realize that you no longer have anything in common. Sometimes you meet up with people from your past and you fall very easily into relationship again. This was one of those latter situations, and it was very lovely.
Third: we got to see the Broadway touring production of the musical South Pacific. It was wonderful! I've seen the two movie productions that were made over the years (Mitzi Gaynor in the 1950s movie version and Glenn Close's recent TV production). Neither holds a candle to the actual stage show. This was the first time that the relationship between Nellie Forbush and Emil De Becque made sense to me -- the first time I could see the chemistry and the attraction. Bonus: the Majestic Theatre in San Antonio, where the musical was staged, is a work of art in its own right. It is a historic theatre and has been lovingly restored down to the nth detail. And there is a lot of detail since it is the old Spanish style. Beautiful.
Fourth: my childhood friend, on the night that we had dinner in San Antonio, invited us to stay overnight in their new vacation home in Corpus Christi. So on Saturday Tim and I drove down to Corpus, toured the USS Lexington museum (a WWII era aircraft carrier), and then relaxed on Kathy's deck overlooking the water. I even got a tiny bit of sunburn!
Fifth: I'd gone to San Antonio to attend a conference, which turned out to be very interesting and informative -- I'm always happy when the time and money spent on professional development is not wasted.
All in all, it was a great week!
- Catherine
First: warmth and sunshine. It did us a world of good to be able to walk around outside, no jacket, soaking up the vitamin D.
Second: a reunion with a childhood friend whom I haven't seen since 1973(!). I loved getting to know her again, getting to meet her husband, and just spending time with her. Sometimes you meet up with people from your past and you quickly realize that you no longer have anything in common. Sometimes you meet up with people from your past and you fall very easily into relationship again. This was one of those latter situations, and it was very lovely.
Third: we got to see the Broadway touring production of the musical South Pacific. It was wonderful! I've seen the two movie productions that were made over the years (Mitzi Gaynor in the 1950s movie version and Glenn Close's recent TV production). Neither holds a candle to the actual stage show. This was the first time that the relationship between Nellie Forbush and Emil De Becque made sense to me -- the first time I could see the chemistry and the attraction. Bonus: the Majestic Theatre in San Antonio, where the musical was staged, is a work of art in its own right. It is a historic theatre and has been lovingly restored down to the nth detail. And there is a lot of detail since it is the old Spanish style. Beautiful.
Fourth: my childhood friend, on the night that we had dinner in San Antonio, invited us to stay overnight in their new vacation home in Corpus Christi. So on Saturday Tim and I drove down to Corpus, toured the USS Lexington museum (a WWII era aircraft carrier), and then relaxed on Kathy's deck overlooking the water. I even got a tiny bit of sunburn!
Fifth: I'd gone to San Antonio to attend a conference, which turned out to be very interesting and informative -- I'm always happy when the time and money spent on professional development is not wasted.
All in all, it was a great week!
- Catherine
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