Tosca and Turandot

July 30 2011.

I went to see Puccini's "Tosca" in HD this week at the Cineplex . It was a summer encore of the Metropolitan Opera HD series . A wonderful production with great music singing and acting. and it was half the price of the regular shows. next wednesday I will see Puccini's "Turandot"

I just love opera in the cinema !

July 4th 2011

Visiting Family members in Ohio for the 4th of July Holiday. I am having a good time. We went shopping yesterday and went to see fireworks Friday night. It was nice to be back in the USA

There is a street fair in town and my neice Cathy had glass and pottery on display there

sunday ramblings

I did a full system restore on my laptop computer today. it was running so slow that it was basically useless. I wish software and the internet would not load up our computers with junk.
I am planning to go to Ohio June 30th to July 5th to visit my brother and his family . It has become a tradition with me for the 4th of July Holiday.
I feel good and have been exercising to try to get stronger. but the doctor says I need knee replacements but I am going to wait and hope they don't get any worse.

Metropolitan Opera HD broadcast

I went to see Die Walkure by Richrd Wagner at the cineplex odeon theater last Saturday. It is a live HD broadcast from the Metropoitan Opera. It is the 2nd opera in Wagner's "Ring Cycle"

The Met Hd series featured 12 operas this season and I saw 10 of them. I really enjow being able to go to the movie theater to see great performances like this . Next season will be great too with 11 operas broadcast.

experience it for yourself.

Sunny Sunday, June ,5, 2011

We took a streetcar to Chinatown in Toronto today. Nice day and everyoe was out .The streetcar was packed. Had lunch at a great Chinese restuarant and coffee at Tim Hortons. The coffee was weak and tasted like the cardboad cup. The Starbucks down the street was gone. I guess Starbucks is too pricey for Chinatown. Lots of cool stuff in the shops there.

Saturday June 4 2011

Raining today with thunder and lightning.

I took a picture of the Rolls Royce in the garage. it seems to be an old one. It looks like something from a James Bond movie. It is a big heavy car but it seems small inside. I should take pctures of all the expensive cars parked in our condo garage.

I took my car out and drove around the block to the pharmacy because it was storming.

tayed home and watched James Bond "Dr NO"

Victoria Day

Hibiscus

Yesterday was Victoria day in honor of Queen Victoria. we went to the Phoenix Restaurant for lunch. not much else to do. there was a great thunder storm around supper time.

We got two 4 ft tall hibiscus trees and have had lots of beautiful flowers . They take up about half a gallon of water each day.

I am glad "The End" didn't come as predicted !