I'm sitting down for breakfast at the McDonald's in Idaho Springs to catch up on my blogging as the restaurant is on my way to Bell Mountain.
We nailed the bottom first course of clapboards to the uprights yesterday. The subsequent courses should go fast now. Then the roof/rafters.
Bruce and I stopped about 5pm. Then he drove me home so I could get washed up and dressed up for my first script reading/rehearsal for the Dumont, CO Melodrama/play, "Goodbody's Gold" by D. Chapelle. I play the dense yet loveable Bob Faithful the Goodbody Silver Mine foreman. The play will take place at the old Dumont School House built in 1909. Dumont is about 10 miles west of Idaho Springs in Clear Creek County.
Bruce Bell plays the villainous attorney, I.B. Fowler. There will be four performances in October. Bruce and I have been practicing our lines while working on the cabin.
After the reading Bruce took me over to meet one of his daughters, Connie, and her husband, Greg. They both hunt game with a bow. They had stuffed animals throughout their home including 2 mountain lions. Very impressive.
Greg's biting and sardonic humor definitely won me over even if he is a religious "scoffer". Connie's cooking is amazing. Her chunky venison stew is loaded with tender meat and fresh vegetables from her garden. Connie cooks Bruce's meals and he has been sharing them with me when we take a break working on the cabin.
Bruce will be leaving for Ecuador in another week with family to visit his granddaughter who works at the US Embassy there. He will be gone for a week in which time I will be selecting trees to use for the roofing purlins and rafters.
Well, its time to get walking. Have 3 more miles to go to get to Bell Mountain to start work today. I'm still bone tired from yesterday and now have a full day of work ahead of me. Yikes! Just the hike wears me out as its on uneven terrain along Clear Creek. Just yesterday Bruce told me about a longtime friend of his who walked over to the banks of Clear Creek about 2 years ago to pick up a piece of trash when suddenly a portion of the bank gave way throwing him into the raging Creek killing him.
Anyway, time to go! Ciao!
BR Schoenbein
I.B. Fowler - what could be fowler than a villanous attorney, LOL?
ReplyDeleteHi, I was talking to Linda Goymerac because I am just starting to get out into theater and she suggested the melodrama. I currently am in rehearsal at the Lafayette theater company for the next play, but I live in Georgetown. It would be fun to do a melodrama and it would be nice to my vehicle as it is close by. Will you be doing this years? I looked to see if I could get information about it online, but I may have to talk to Linda again to see who I can get in touch with. Your experience sounded so wonderful and I hope to be able to even just go see it this year. Sincerely, Amanda
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