in the house were ours today. I’ve seen a lot of interesting things during my lifetime but today was special. Our armed services do so much for their country yet still find time to give back at home, and that’s what The Blue Angels did for us today.
Thunderstorms have threatened all week, but they were staved off until moments after The Blue Angels did their final pass at this year’s Air and Water Show. Wonderful performers entertained us over the shores of Lake Michigan all day today, and will repeat their amazing feats tomorrow as well, hopefully under sunnier skies. No, I didn’t pay top dollar to park and sit in the beachfront seating, I watched from our floor-to-ceiling windows, a birds-eye view and quieter than on the beach.
Every once in a while you get up in the morning, possibly not expecting much, and someone makes your day. They made mine today, with split second timing and feats of derring-do. I think we should all get up in the morning and try to do something that makes another’s day, but that’s for another day.
I don’t usually get the best seat and it makes me sad to think of the last time. My husband and I had comp seats, first row balcony, for a ballet gala seven years ago. My father and brother were involved with the production. It was two weeks before Dad died, and he was too sick to go with us.
I’ve had the good luck to be a music student and as my Dad was involved with a university, got to see a lot of theater, musicals and opera, plus art installations and galleries. I got to see a not particularly good opera at the Staatsoper in Vienna once. Fine production, just not one of my favorite operas. Late in his life, my parents took me to see Frank Sinatra at Carnegie Hall.
As to fireworks, I’ve been right next door to the largest land-based fireworks in the US for several years, Chevy’s Freedom Over Texas. It was fantastic. Also I’ve sat next to a small hometown lake while the local fire department spent its minimal dollars to the best of their abilities and seen a darned good show! It’s all about the experience, and with whom you share it. Cheers! Dee
Cooking with Dee 