Monday, March 2, 2015

We had a frosty week-end

The news said that Friday night and Saturday morning there were over 200 auto accidents in Austin. This is the natural occurrence whenever we have icy weather. Everyone makes fun of "Texans on ice."

I would have been happy to stay in but we had tickets to the Austin Symphony, so we trekked out over the icy overpass and slid around with the other Austinites, to get downtown. It was 34 when we left home.  It was blowing sleet as we drove.  But we made it there and all was good. After we crossed the rotunda and climbed the icy stairs to the hall that is.  The people sitting next to us came in late, and during intermission she explained that they had spun out on one of the high overpasses and she was still a little shaken.

The show was called Fantasy in February, music from your favorite fantasy films.  They did music from Harry Potter, Avatar, The Chronicles of Narnia, Fantasia, and several more. Quite a few people were dressed in costume, so it was funny to see so many Harry Potters and Gandolfs and hobbits and such. There were a lot of costumes I had no idea who they were or from what movie. After the orchestra was seated, the conductor paid a tribute to Leonard Nimoy who had passed that day. At the end of the show as everyone was leaving they flashed this photo across the screen.

 
After the show it was still very cold, but a lot of people walked out to admire the Austin skyline, which seems to stretch out more every month, with another high-rise of lofts and retail.

The next show we have tickets for is "The Mighty Russians" all Russian composers.  I sure hope it will be a warmer evening.

Sunday it was just as cold and windy with icy rain. We stayed in and watched golf and ate soup and drank a lot of coffee and chai.  Last night we binge watched the last 3 episodes of Downton Abbey. Now we have to wait till January 2016 for the next season. Drats! But the new season of House of Cards has just been released on Netflix so that is some comfort.  I don't even know what else is on, as we don't watch a lot of things.
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6 comments:

  1. Linda StarrMarch 2, 2015 at 11:52 PM

    How wonderful you are goiing to the symphony one of the benefits of living in a larger city, I miss the ones I used to go to in SF and the ballet too.

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    1. BarbaraMarch 4, 2015 at 8:17 AM

      Yes, so many things here that we love going to. We will miss when we move, not that they don't have them in Boise, but just on a much smaller scale. There are trade-offs for everything, aren't there?

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  2. patMarch 3, 2015 at 12:52 PM

    Nice picture of the changing Austin skyline!

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    1. BarbaraMarch 4, 2015 at 8:19 AM

      Thanks Pat. It surely has changed since each of us moved here, those many years ago.

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  3. JanetMarch 4, 2015 at 8:38 PM

    Sounds like some scary driving but as long as you got there and back home safe and sound that's good. Love the photo of "Live long and prosper."
    We have been having some chilly weather the past couple of days but all our trees are in blossom so spring must be here.

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    1. BarbaraMarch 5, 2015 at 12:06 PM

      That was pretty cool at the end, and there was a collective "aaahhh" sigh from the audience. Our trees have started blossoming out too, and then another freeze. It must have them so confused.

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