Today we went off to the fifth film, a Canadian one made by Michael McNamara, the title is above, and it was very interesting, a documentary about things that happen during the night, flights of bats, Northern Lights, Day of the Dead celebrations in Mexico where the people decorate the graves of their deceased family members, then stay overnight visiting the graves, remembering their dead departed.
Very positive in general, there were some shots of people being offered viewings of the distant stars through telescopes set up for them. And other scenes of religious adherents ringing bells, and cymbals. And there were some scenes in a National Park in Utah where they measure the light at night, to see if there is an increase in light pollution or not.
It went to many different places around the world where they have interesting things that occur in the darkness of the night.
The only thing I didn't enjoy was the bar scene in Toronto, and then the fights that occurred after the bars got out, and the scenes of the low life in jail after they were put there for fighting and causing damage. That I didn't enjoy. But the bicycle policemen in Toronto were very interesting to listen to and watch while they did their jobs controling the bar patrons during their drinking hours, and then when the bars closed. There were also shots of police on horseback controling the bar patrons after closing hours.
The music and songs were wonderful, and most of the scenery was fabulous too.
Some of the things were very educational, like a man talking to people about the benefit of bats, trying to dispel the myths about bats being fearsome.
Tomorrow I have a pedicure and then a drumming lesson, and Lary carves his owl at Catalina Spa. The next day we both have our flute lesson, and pack for our cruise.
The painter came over tonight to chat about our job, we gave him our color choices and talked a bit about the logistics of the job. He'll start this weekend with the priming, and then do most of the job once we are back from our cruise.
Ginny Fernandez will you please email us after you read this? I don't have your email address in our address book down here.
About Me
- Di and Lary
- Di and Lary are both retired, Lary was in the Canadian Armed Forces as an Air Navigator, 32 years, and Di did many things, but the most fulfilling was teaching, for 3 years on an Indian Reserve in Central BC and later 7 years teaching ESL, both in Canada and in Europe, in Spain and later Germany.