This week and Lithia Park

Lithia Park

The scenery

Many bridges!

Sunday we had a lovely walk in Lithia Park. I was amazed on how many people were out walking, riding bikes, having picnics, BBQ's, and enjoying the cold crisp weather. It was our first walk in this park.

We also went to a saxophone orchestra on Friday, that was kinda cool. It had 18 musicians from the area that played a variety of music including Gustav Holst "Mars" to "Egmont Overture" by Beethoven. It was not as professional as the chamber music orchestra we saw, but still very good (to me). Matt enjoyed it but seemed to not be super impressed. He explained to me there just doesn't seem to be "enough power" in a saxophone ensamble. He was not too hot on the idea of a sax orchestra, he likes more variety in the music. None the less, it was still good, cause I can't play the sax!

We went to "Ring around the moon", a comedy play about two brothers in love. We really enjoyed it, and for a student play it was great. We liked that the theater was small and you get a more intimate experience with the actors and scenes, versus having seats in a large theater where you can barely see the faces of the people. I would go see it again for sure.

We (I) also joined the southern Oregon Gleaning Network. It's a nonprofit (that my mom is part of) that helps fight hunger in southern Oregon. I am using my computer skills to help them with a Christmas flyer. We will probably go down to their center once a month to help all the older folks organize donations, and set up food delivery boxes. They all seem very nice people.

Lithia water was gross. So there is a drinking fountain in town, where natural water comes from the park. It is carbonated, and has minerals, and stuff. Gross! Matt drank it and said it was not that bad, but I alost lost my lunch. Supposedly it has powers to make you live forever, and heal and all. But I would rather be unhealthy and not live forever than drink that water again!

Halloween

Ashland City Halloween Party

Matt posing at our front door with our pumpkin and skull

Halloween in Ashland was a circus and a party put together. We got done with school and work about 4 last Friday and sure enough, we started to get trick or treaters right away. Matt set out on our front porch the smoking skull, which was a huge hit. I was busy carving our pumpkin at the last minute, which was a great Frankenstein in the end.
Then we went up to the university to see what was going on. Not a huge hit, so we headed into town. We got one of the only parking spots left on the street and walked around for a bit. It was crazy. There was a few thousand people with in the city, and every single person young and old was dressed up except Matt and I. We had no idea how serious people were about Halloween. We sat at one of the many local resturants and grabbed a bite to eat, since we had not ate yet, and just watched all the people in costume.
I swear we did not see one exact repeat costume. For example, there were many pirates but not one looked the same as the other. We saw faries, monsters, robots, tv characters, cartoons, star wars, toys, and more. Next year we will for sure dress up if we go out again, now we know.