10-23-2016, 10:47 AM
Good morning all.
It is another beautiful sunny day on the West Coast. It is the kind of day that if I owned a Fiat Spider, the wife and I would take a rip up to Whistler, have a nice lunch and come home. It is a stunning drive on a very good sport car friendly winding highway.
Daydreaming aside,
I will be finishing my leaf chopping on the John Deere and then will probably watch the winter classic from Winnipeg and then the Canucks who are in Aniheim to play the Ducks. It is amazing how much more time I am spending in front of the Boobtube as this arthritis sinks its teeth into me. I would rarely watch any TV in the past as doing just about anything else seemed more productive and more enjoyable to me. I subscribed to Netflix and have been watching old series like X-files that I never saw when they were on. So much of that show was filmed within walking distance of where I live now, it is kind of funny to watch.
My Daughter just wrapped up her entry for the Zoom Film Festival. They are given themes they must use and have 72 hours to produce a film and send it in. They had to write a script, produce a screenplay, edit and do all the other things you do to make a film. Her school has incredible audio/ visual facilities and her short film is amazing. She has made other films just for school projects and the finished products were only so-so at best, however, this one is as good or better than a lot of the winners from past years. We are all very excited for her. She spent days on the set of "Wonder" this summer as an extra and was elbow to elbow with Julia Roberts and Owen Wilson and was able to watch everything the Director did, as she would be standing next to him and the actors for most of their 14 hour days. She learned a lot and it shows in this project. She is 15 and had only some short naps for the last three days, so I don't expect to see her for a while as she came home and fell asleep before her head hit the pillow.
Getting back to more RR time as Winter approaches. It is sure nice knowing the layout is just a walk through a door when the spirit moves me to wanting some train time.
All the best to all for a great Sunday.
Brent
It is another beautiful sunny day on the West Coast. It is the kind of day that if I owned a Fiat Spider, the wife and I would take a rip up to Whistler, have a nice lunch and come home. It is a stunning drive on a very good sport car friendly winding highway.
Daydreaming aside,
I will be finishing my leaf chopping on the John Deere and then will probably watch the winter classic from Winnipeg and then the Canucks who are in Aniheim to play the Ducks. It is amazing how much more time I am spending in front of the Boobtube as this arthritis sinks its teeth into me. I would rarely watch any TV in the past as doing just about anything else seemed more productive and more enjoyable to me. I subscribed to Netflix and have been watching old series like X-files that I never saw when they were on. So much of that show was filmed within walking distance of where I live now, it is kind of funny to watch.My Daughter just wrapped up her entry for the Zoom Film Festival. They are given themes they must use and have 72 hours to produce a film and send it in. They had to write a script, produce a screenplay, edit and do all the other things you do to make a film. Her school has incredible audio/ visual facilities and her short film is amazing. She has made other films just for school projects and the finished products were only so-so at best, however, this one is as good or better than a lot of the winners from past years. We are all very excited for her. She spent days on the set of "Wonder" this summer as an extra and was elbow to elbow with Julia Roberts and Owen Wilson and was able to watch everything the Director did, as she would be standing next to him and the actors for most of their 14 hour days. She learned a lot and it shows in this project. She is 15 and had only some short naps for the last three days, so I don't expect to see her for a while as she came home and fell asleep before her head hit the pillow.
Getting back to more RR time as Winter approaches. It is sure nice knowing the layout is just a walk through a door when the spirit moves me to wanting some train time.
All the best to all for a great Sunday.
Brent