Have missed a few days! Busy with getting the play "Kitchen Witches" back up and ready to perform on May 13 & 14. Great cast seem to rememer most of their lines -- good work folks! Thinking about summer flower garden. Did not do much last summer and fall due to my health/orthopedic issues. So .. if it would warm up, I would be so glad. After having a very mild winter, spring seems a bit elusive! Lovely and in the 70s for a few days -- and now we are back to 30s and 40s. In "my other life"(reference to my first marriage) my dear mother-in-law said to never plant things that could be damaged by frost until after Mother's Day. So, I wait, dying to go to the nearby green houses and buy things. I keep trying to get mostly perienials - always praying they will come up another year! And, we need perhaps one more tree and several bushes that did not return this year. Another little concern, we cannot find hardy mums for out...
Guess I did not mention that I have acted in and directed several plays in this area. Occassionally I can lure my beloved into being in a play; but he is a real whiz at set building. Earlier this spring, I directed a really funny comedy play "Kitchen Witches" for the Tin Shop Theatre in Buchanan, Michigan. Great fun and lots of laughs - good cast. Unfortunately, we had one of the leading actors drop out the night before opening night! Oh, no! However, the other leading lady, pursuaded a young man to take the part of one of the Kitchen Witches. He willingly dressed in the costumes, and with the script in hand did a magnificent job! The audience loved it - so if a community theatre does this particular play - don't miss it!! To make a long story short, there was to be a play "Top Girls" to follow "Kitchen Witches". They could not get enough actors for the all female cast. So .... we were asked to redo our KW play. We are busy rehearsi...