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I went for a walk this evening. It was an absolutely gorgeous perfect day, and a lovely time. The sun was low and warm, especially toward the end of my walk. I also found a little tiny patch of almost forest! lol. There's "The Brook", that runs through our town (I think some people call it Milburn Creek or something, but I went to Brookside School so it's the Brook) and street near me is a dead end because the Brook runs across it over there. Only the street ends about a block before the Brook, and in the space it's all overgrown, and there are even a couple little paths that lead to the water! Of course, I had to be very careful, cos I was practically in people's backyards! But it was awesome :) I'm going to take Katie there. It was kinda like being in NH again XD Speaking of which, I keep hearing a big bug buzzing around the corner of the room. Oh well. heh. Once me and Katie were in hear and we just kept hearing "bzzzz-BONK. . . bzzzz-BONK" as a bug kept flying into the screens. I'm afraid to say we mocked it unmercifully.
Anyway, then I walked to the high school using, I suppose, a back route--not the one I'd usually take. Brookside is right behind to the high school, so I cut through the tennis courts and wandered around Brookside for a while. I hardlysaw anyone outside when I was walking, but it was like Grand Central Station there! Actually, it was more like some sports stadium. There were, I think, three separate games of soccer on the field. At either end there were games centered around the two goals, and in the middle a group was just kicking the soccer ball around. And there were a few small children on scooters, and some older kids riding bikes around on the paved part. I think there are either sidewalks or basketball courts or something like that all around the school. Anyway, I weaved my way around the activities and didn't get hit with anything. It was cool to see so many people doing things outside. I dunno. lol.
So Brookside used to be a golf course, so there are all these cool hills, and I went on the other side of the field and was wandering around this other field. There was the third grade field, and then the fourth grade one, which was actually a valley in between two hills, and then all the people were on the fifth and sixth grade field, which was the real one--big, and level, and with the goals. Except the Brook runs right behind and beside it (it actually turns the corner, so two sides of the field are bordered by Brook) so every once in a while, when I was going to school there, the ball would go over the fence and someone would have to go get it. Very exciting. When we were in sixth grade or so we used to go back there and wander the little tiny beaches that pop up along the sides of the Brook every so often. It was fun. Not during school though--during the lunch periods you only went back there to get stray balls.
Anyway, I was on the third grade field, and the sun and everything got particularly pretty, and I was feeling really good. I climbed the monkey bars :) (i think some people call them jungle gyms) and then I actually ran for a short while! Usually I don't like to run. . . especially when people are watching! lol. Plus I was wearing sandals, not sneakers. But I felt so good, and it can feel really good to run. For short distances, that is. But it's very free and nifty, isn't it? Plus, I'm a Flash fan, and your powers don't really manifest themselves until you, you know, use them. So there's always a chance that when I run, I might end up in. . . hmm, I think I was running South. . . Mexico or something. :D
David has a beautifully bound copy of A Midsummer Night's Dream. Shakespeare's, not Neil Gaimans. It's this big gorgeous book. And, if that weren't enough. . . oh my god! It's illustrated by Arthur Rackham! :D I nearly wet myself. lol. The illustrations are breathtaking. So I plan to finish looking throught them when I'm at Dave's. I have this great copy of Grimm's Fairy Tales illustrated by Mr. Rackham, although the book part itself isn't as cool. I mean, Midsummer Night's Dream even has little tissue paper pages in front of each illustration, and they say what it's a picture of.
I mentioned this wonderful discovery to my dad, and he said that at some point he photographed some Arthur Rackham pieces (in one of his many jobs--probably when he was working for the graphic screener printer guy. I can't remember what exactly it was) and I think he might have some transparency thingies. Oooooh.
Huh. This site: http://www.artpassions.net/ just totally kicks butt. I'm pretty sure that right next to the Arthur Rackham book, Dave had two other gorgeous books illustrated by Edmund Dulac. I can't remember what they were. One was brown, and it was upside-down and I turned it right.
Now that I think of it, I should look more into Siegfried Bing. Not an artist, but I bet I could find some really pretty pictures by other people in the process.
OK. I think I'll stop. Fun Happy Pretty Day outside today.
Anyway, then I walked to the high school using, I suppose, a back route--not the one I'd usually take. Brookside is right behind to the high school, so I cut through the tennis courts and wandered around Brookside for a while. I hardlysaw anyone outside when I was walking, but it was like Grand Central Station there! Actually, it was more like some sports stadium. There were, I think, three separate games of soccer on the field. At either end there were games centered around the two goals, and in the middle a group was just kicking the soccer ball around. And there were a few small children on scooters, and some older kids riding bikes around on the paved part. I think there are either sidewalks or basketball courts or something like that all around the school. Anyway, I weaved my way around the activities and didn't get hit with anything. It was cool to see so many people doing things outside. I dunno. lol.
So Brookside used to be a golf course, so there are all these cool hills, and I went on the other side of the field and was wandering around this other field. There was the third grade field, and then the fourth grade one, which was actually a valley in between two hills, and then all the people were on the fifth and sixth grade field, which was the real one--big, and level, and with the goals. Except the Brook runs right behind and beside it (it actually turns the corner, so two sides of the field are bordered by Brook) so every once in a while, when I was going to school there, the ball would go over the fence and someone would have to go get it. Very exciting. When we were in sixth grade or so we used to go back there and wander the little tiny beaches that pop up along the sides of the Brook every so often. It was fun. Not during school though--during the lunch periods you only went back there to get stray balls.
Anyway, I was on the third grade field, and the sun and everything got particularly pretty, and I was feeling really good. I climbed the monkey bars :) (i think some people call them jungle gyms) and then I actually ran for a short while! Usually I don't like to run. . . especially when people are watching! lol. Plus I was wearing sandals, not sneakers. But I felt so good, and it can feel really good to run. For short distances, that is. But it's very free and nifty, isn't it? Plus, I'm a Flash fan, and your powers don't really manifest themselves until you, you know, use them. So there's always a chance that when I run, I might end up in. . . hmm, I think I was running South. . . Mexico or something. :D
David has a beautifully bound copy of A Midsummer Night's Dream. Shakespeare's, not Neil Gaimans. It's this big gorgeous book. And, if that weren't enough. . . oh my god! It's illustrated by Arthur Rackham! :D I nearly wet myself. lol. The illustrations are breathtaking. So I plan to finish looking throught them when I'm at Dave's. I have this great copy of Grimm's Fairy Tales illustrated by Mr. Rackham, although the book part itself isn't as cool. I mean, Midsummer Night's Dream even has little tissue paper pages in front of each illustration, and they say what it's a picture of.
I mentioned this wonderful discovery to my dad, and he said that at some point he photographed some Arthur Rackham pieces (in one of his many jobs--probably when he was working for the graphic screener printer guy. I can't remember what exactly it was) and I think he might have some transparency thingies. Oooooh.
Huh. This site: http://www.artpassions.net/ just totally kicks butt. I'm pretty sure that right next to the Arthur Rackham book, Dave had two other gorgeous books illustrated by Edmund Dulac. I can't remember what they were. One was brown, and it was upside-down and I turned it right.
Now that I think of it, I should look more into Siegfried Bing. Not an artist, but I bet I could find some really pretty pictures by other people in the process.
OK. I think I'll stop. Fun Happy Pretty Day outside today.
