We've made it an irregular tradition on this day to mark it with some physical exertion. (I will make no jokes along this line.) Last year we embarked on a reasonable, exploratory paddle along the Buffalo Creek. This year we decided a bike ride was in order, despite the 30'C day (with a humidex of 40'C).
We loaded the bikes into the truck and headed off for Pembina Valley Provincial Park. While I've ridden a bit of offroad, Margruite ... not so much. These trails are quite challenging, and a lot of fun, but our lack of practice, and the significant heat, bagged us after about an hour and a half. Margruite endoed once, but other than the heat and the difficulty of the trails, it was a great ride. So great that we forgot that we'd taken our camera along to document it.
We remembered the camera, after we were done ... quite done. These pictures of the aftermath tell the tale.
After supper we watched Notes on a Scandal with Judi Dench, Cate Blanchett, and Bill Nighy - three great actors. But the story! Yikes what a crazy idea. Hopefully not a harbinger of anything to come!
I was a bit surprised at the positiveness of the reviews. I mean they were really positive. Certainly the performances are great, but the storyline felt a bit too forced and dependent on coincidence. Of course it's fiction (based on a novel by Zoe Heller), so coincidence and contrivance are the name of the game, but my taste is that I'd like the set up to work toward something, I don't know, meaningful. This show gives you suspense, depravity, obsession, acrimony, crazy-time-ness, without blood or skin. So it must be trading on meaning right!? That's what I'm looking for anyway, if the eye-candy isn't, you know "popping out" at you. What do we end up with? The crazy old woman takes a hit, but she's not out. The crazy old woman comes around for another swing. One reviewer called it a "fresh script". If "off the high branches" is fresh, well then I guess it's right off the tree. But having tasted of it, this fruit is not one I'll be tempted to pick again.
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