A Weekend of Mixed Fortunes

Thank you all so much for the lovely messages and comments for Eve's birthday.  It was wonderful to receive such kind and generous thoughts.  I would love to say that Eve had a wonderful time in Barcelona over the weekend, I'm fairly certain she did, but I haven't had a chance to talk to her yet because, due to the French air traffic controllers strike, she is still in Barcelona!  She was sat on the plane ready to take off for her flight back to London yesterday when everyone was asked to get off the plane because the flight had been cancelled!  She's had to buy a new ticket home on a British Airways plane today and there's still a possibility that the flight could again be cancelled.  Hopefully she will get home eventually.

In comparison, my weekend was trouble-free as far as travelling goes, but possibly not as glamorous as Barcelona.  My husband and I spent the weekend in Sheffield with Grace.  It's always wonderful to spend time with Grace, we spend all our time knitting and talking about knitting!

This weekend was particularly exciting because we had tickets to see my favourite ballet, Swan Lake.

I must have seen this ballet at least eight or nine times, but I never tire of it.

The Sheffield Lyceum is a beautifully ornate theatre.

The ballet was a delight with gorgeous costumes and an interesting modern interpretation of the story.   The following pictures were taken from the Swan Lake Gallery on the Northern Ballet website.

So now I'm back safely home (which is more than we can say for Eve!)  and I'm ready to enjoy another creative week.  I hope you all had a good weekend and that your week is filled with creative fun.  Bye for now.  

Swan Lake

I had a lovely afternoon out, yesterday.  I went to the Empire Theatre in Liverpool to see the ballet Swan Lake.

The production was by the Russian State Ballet of Siberia and was lovely and colourful.

I've seen Swan Lake so many times now, I've lost count exactly - it's my favourite ballet and no matter how many times I see it I love it more and more.  Each production offers a different interpretation and the costumes are always amazing.

Hopefully it won't be too many years until Swan Lake is back in Liverpool.  Until then I have my CD of the complete ballet music and my DVD of the ballet so that will keep me happy for the time being.  And when I grow up I want to dance the lead in Swan Lake!