The Canada Geese are all over Firehouse Pond. I think they are the chicks who were born there over the last few years. As the ice melts on our lake, more migrating waterfowl are joining the literal crowd in the freshly-open waters. The Mallards are starting their spring rituals too -- lots of boy ducks, with their heads low, running at each other quacking their lungs out.

NEW -- Modern Dance at: Theater X-Net

Featuring: Ida Rubinstein Belle Epoch Russian/Parisian beauty.
Read more about Ida in Sisters of Salome by Toni Bentley

Visit: Michael's Montana Web Archive
Theater, Art, Flash Gordon, Funky Music and MORE!

Charity Alert: Keep that resolution after the Equinox too! Click on The Hunger Site every day.

In The Community: John Rawlings' reception for Sacred Stones; Continued Explorations at the Hockaday Museum of Art was a lot of fun. The multi-media presentation went well, except that I could have used more volume for Andrew Goldsworthy's segment. We also showed Rawlings' own videos of Stonehenge and Michaelagelo sculptures within the Powerpoint presentation. (Edited and spruced-up by ME!) Hockaday Museum's Web Site
Trouble is, we're going to take the whole show DOWN in a month.

(Left) "Rose Window" sculpture and painting.
(Center/Right) John Rawlings and a few of his many friends who showed up at the Hockaday opening of Sacred Stones; Continued Explorations last night.

The ice is melting on Middle Foy's Lake and Firehouse Pond! The Canada Geese are looking for nesting spots, and the Mallard Ducks are eating right off our lawn. The Bald Eagles still show up everyday, but usually only one at a time. We have at least two pairs of California Blue Jays, and the Seagulls sometimes join the Ducks in the yard.

NEW -- Modern Dance at: Theater X-Net

Featuring: Ida Rubinstein Belle Epoch Russian/Parisian beauty.
Read more about Ida in Sisters of Salome by Toni Bentley

Visit: Michael's Montana Web Archive
Theater, Art, Flash Gordon, Funky Music and MORE!

Charity Alert: Keep that resolution after the Equinox too! Click on The Hunger Site every day.

In The Community: The reception for John Rawlings' exhibit Sacred Stones; A Continuation starts at 4 PM Thursday at the Hockaday Museum of Art. The Media Center at FVCC has done all the tech for his multi-media presentation, and I'll be there to run it! Hockaday Museum's Web Site

Media Watch: I've been doing an online Flash class, if anyone wonders why I'm slacking in the blogosphere lately. (I'll dig up a nice picture tomorrow.)
Here it is:


Evelyn Nesbit's beauty trancends the century.
(Above) As one of Florenz Ziegfeld's Flora Dora Girls
(Below Left, Center)Portraits with roses circa 1904
(Right) Nesbit as a Charles Dana "Gibson Girl"
Photos by Rudolf Eickemeyer, Jr. from Assumption College
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