park gates and celebrating isadora

i walked morgana to 59th street. she was on her way to a concert she was dancing in this evening. she went a little earlier than chanda, as chanda had a dance class. we passed the artisan's gate and the merchant's gate . .


the park's entrances had been named in the middle 1800's when the park was being built. however, the names weren't actually chiseled onto the stone and unveiled until 1999.

the concert was in honor of isadora duncan's birthday. it was held in a studio at city center and was given by the isadora duncan dance foundation. it was lovely, and everyone danced beautifully. here, chanda is holding one of the little girls she babysits for after the performance.

and morgana with chanda and both twins . . (morgana was excited to dance a new piece in this concert . . scherzo . . )

after party fun for the younger dancers . .

mamas and papas waiting for the younger crowd to tire out (which, of course, didn't happen) . .

and the sun didn't shine on sunday

it was another grey day. greg, chanda and i went shopping at the coop. in the evening, greg took morgana and chanda to a duncan dress rehearsal. it was three long hours. they came home very tired.

and the sun shone down on saturday

the sun decided to come out and shine upon the girls on morgana's birthday.

we lit fifteen candles and sang a lovely new song (in a round) we learned in study group on friday: to you we bring, and happiness we sing, to celebrate your birth, an angel here on earth.

m's acting teacher bought her a beautiful bouquet of lilacs.

we sat in the courtyard and enjoyed the sunshine while beginning harry potter and the order of the phoenix, my favorite book in the series.

after a duncan dance rehearsal, morgana helped put the finishing touches on the pizza pies we had for dinner. the one above is goat cheese, zucchini, red pepper and olive oil and oregano.

we also had a delicious arugula, spinach, lettuce salad with feta cheese and a little sea salt and lemon juice.

the cake was a lemon curd cheese cake with fresh raspberries . . and fifteen candles!

korrina's friend, tori, joined us for the evening's festivities.

i think morgana got little crazy with the knife when cutting the cake . .

but she managed a good first cut, and the i did the rest . .

maybe she was just impatient to open her gifts . . specifically the sea silk yarn from colorsong that she's been waiting so patiently for!

it was a nice evening. it felt good to just sit quietly with everyone, eating cheese cake and sipping yogi egyptian licorice tea.

birthday preparations

i had my waldorf study group this afternoon (it's usually on mondays) and then chanda and i came home to prepare for morgana's birthday tomorrow. while she wrapped a few gifts, i cleaned up the kitchen, began making the cheese cake, and started dinner for tonight.

green days

the city is becoming lush and green with all the rain we've been having. we took a walk to the rod rodgers studio today so morgana and chanda would have a large space in which to rehearse their dances, and came home through washington square. everyone was out enjoying the brief respite from the rain. at home we sat in the courtyard for a little while, and ran the dances again. korrina also worked on her piece, and has an idea for a costume that is very similar to morgana's . .

in the evening greg came home from atlanta, and we played a game of authors. morgana had read in dune boy, by edwin way teale, that he would often play with his grandmother and grandfather. i used to play with my mom all the time when i was little. it's been years! and it was fun.

rainy days

it's been raining for the past three days now. actually, it rained morning and night, but cleared on monday and tuesday during the day. today it poured. korrina, morgana and chanda all managed to get caught in it at different times. korrina had her knitting class today, after recuperating for two days from her busy tech week for her theatre group. morgana and chanda have managed to do some school workbook lessons in between sewing on their dance costumes. greg has been away in atlanta.

the rosebuds are out. i love the roses. every spring i remember how my aunt evie had the most beautiful, fragrant rose garden in her front yard in southern california. i remember going from flower to flower, breathing in their wonderful rose aroma.

sunday dance rehearsal

morgana has been rehearsing her friend's quintet piece for their modern dance class. i hadn't been to a rehearsal all year, so today greg took chanda to her performance, (before heading to korrina's last show), and i went to see the rehearsal.

saturday night ballet performance

chanda and tessa had friends come to see the show today.

there were two performances: one at 2 pm and the second at 7 pm. They both went really well and the audiences were very enthusiastic.

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korrina had two performances of her show today, also. she came home very tired, and went right to sleep to be rested for tomorrow's shows, and the load out.