Tempest on a Beautiful Day

Yes it is gorgeous outside. A mere 77 degrees with a cool breeze off the ocean. I'm sorry for all of you suffering from the -5 of the Midwest. I wish I could send some the the climate back to you. Unfortunately the best I can do is a lei or two and some macademia nuts. But just remember when the warm summer weather hits y'all in June, it will be sweltering and muggy here.

I spent the peak of the day indoors, unfortunately. But not unhappily. There will be time to be out and about tomorrow. As par usual for a Saturday, I met with my high school apprentice and set her about cutting swatches from our shopping excursion, adding them to the renderings, labeling fabrics and pulling what we could from the theatre's stock. Not a bad three hour's work. And she was treated with a dress rehearsal for the show about to hit the road next week.

Her enthusiasm is contagious. As we discussed our game plan for the next three weeks, she jumped on the opportunity to work on one of the pieces at home. A cape for Caliban that includes the head of a fox-like creature. Her love of cos-play shines through in moments like this. She adores the three-dimensional challenges.

In three months time she has shown herself to be in entirely different person. Bubbly, cheerful and eager. A far cry from the moody, stand-offish procrastinator she was at the beginning.

I promise at some point to get shots of the renderings up. Funny. I moved out here for the children's theatre, but get much more satisfaction from working with these kids.