A few preview photos as I run around to prepare to fly in about 12 hours…
It was announced on Saturday morning at the closing ceremonies that more than $200,000 was raised, and according to the event homepage this doubles the Relay 2009 campaign goal of $100,000! Thank you everyone who sponsored!
The set thus far is here, more photos will be added later.
I’m posting this on the run, so the full photo album will be added later.
Last night I was lucky enough to tour the Metropolitan United Church’s carillon, courtesy of their carillonneur, Gerald Martindale.
www.metunited.org/node/14
www.metunited.org/node/468
The staircase is NOT for claustrophobics!
The Metropolitan United Church of Toronto has the largest pipe organ in Canada:
More photos tomorrow, after I recover from Relay For Life!
“Hello, it’s the 80s calling, we want our clothes back!”
* For an explanation on the title, see here.
Natalia, Neesa, and I are part of The Brides’ Project team for Relay For Life. We went to the shop last night to choose the fugliest bridal outfits we could find to wear for the relay! These ones are from the basement, for obvious reasons. The ones that look remotely wearable have either broken zippers or stains or are just too damaged to sell to anyone. But really, who would wear these unless caught in a time warp? I don’t think either Natalia OR Neesa were even born yet when these fashions were, er, in fashion.
Once they stepped into the dresses I was laughing so hard I could hardly breathe, let alone hold the camera… the sight of Natalia spinning around singing Madonna’s “Like A Virgin” — “like a virgin, OOOH! touched for the very first tiiiiiiiiime!” — was a sight to behold!
With shoulders this big, Natalia could simply flap her arms and fly away.
We love the spiderweb back, don’t you?
“Who designed these?!?” asked Neesa. “I feel like I’m in a circus!”
It’s not too late to sponsor us! The Relay is on Friday, and you can donate online:
http://convio.cancer.ca/goto/thebridesproject
http://www.thebridesproject.com
To view the whole set in all its FUGLY GLORY: (more…)
It’s been a while since the House of Fielding posted a food photo. I don’t follow a recipe, I just throw stuff in according to what I feel like, and on Tuesday night it happened to include a bit of mustard, cayenne pepper, beef cubes (I don’t add salt because beef cubes have plenty), and bits of chili pepper. It was good, though, I can’t seem to stop picking at it even after I finished eating.
The weekend of May 29-31 was, in a word, BRILLIANT. All missions were accomplished, and then some. (Makes me want to pun the title: The ReCAP.)
Thursday: arrived at Helma’s, was fed heartily (as always!)
Friday: met with Executor, picked up David’s flight bag, went to Mona’s house
Saturday: went to temple for David’s yizkor, lunch with Helma, then Mona’s house for birthday dinner
Sunday: went flying with Alan, Helma’s house, then Mona’s before driving home
I originally wanted to fly on Friday, but the weather was pretty foul so I opted for an impromptu meeting with the Executor. To have David’s flight bag back and finally wear our headsets again was a great feeling! It seems a bit silly to get attached to something as nondescript as a headset, but if you’ve been reading this website for more than a few years you’ll have seen the scores of flying photos and videoclips I shot with us squeezed shoulder-to-shoulder in our little Tri-Pacer cockpit, David wearing his light green David Clarks and me wearing my Red Barons. These are very fond memories for me, and just seeing that bag again triggered the anticipation of flying adventures and made my heart leap a little.
But my main purpose of this particular birthday trip, 42 years after David entered this world, was to visit his mother. We spent most of three days together, talking about David as a baby, a little boy, his childhood, bar mitzvah, all the way through school, college, married life, learning to fly, Civil Air Patrol, working life, our lives together, and his last days. Mona filled blanks for me, and I filled in blanks for her. It was dizzying how much we covered in one weekend, but I’m convinced this was the best thing that could’ve happened on May 30, 2009.
I went to Temple Israel on Saturday and attended the entire service, from beginning to end. There were three items on the agenda: David’s birthday, yizkor, and shavuot. When I arrived I sat at the back, and the rabbi — in mid-service — came all the way down from the front and greeted me. I have to say, this really made an impression! The rabbi and I last met in 2005, at Mercy Hospital and the hospice, and he remembered me.
I took away many ideas from that service, but perhaps the one that stood out the most was that of celebrating the life of the person(s) we’ve lost. (more…)
Sunday, May 31
It wasn’t windy when we left Cherry Ridge Airport, but after returning from a stop at Mount Pocono Municipal Airport the winds picked up tremendously and we were landing in a crosswind. (Look at the windsock with 11 seconds to go.)
Our first attempt at landing turned into a touch-and-go and this was the second attempt. If this was a couple of years ago, Alan wouldn’t have attempted it, but he’s come a long way as a pilot and I had every confidence in him that we’d land safely. David would’ve been so pleased! (They flew a lot together in Civil Air Patrol.)
When we taxied by the airport, there was a line of pilots cheering — it was pretty funny. Rick said the people in the airport gave Alan a standing ovation!
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