Wednesday, October 26, 2005

Haunted Houses and Hackey Sacks

(Disclaimer: So, things are crazy hectic around here right now, so posts on "the wax" might be slightly delayed this week. This post, for instance, will cover Saturday night and Sunday. "Why," you ask? Well, yesterday I came home to find my wonderful new iPod had been delivered, so most of my spare time has been involved in playing with my new gadget. Plus, I had a show last night and a show tonight, both of which will be covered in the following days. Please be patient, friends. I will update when I can.)
Anyway, Saturday night, Tanya, Caleb, Tasha, Kyle, and I went to a haunted house up in Ogden. It was $12 to get in, which is pretty standard around here, so I was hoping to leave with wet pants. No such luck. It was pretty much a nature walk with the occassional guy in a mask jumping out and screaming. Pretty weak. I'm hoping to go to another one down in SLC sometime this week.
Sunday, I slept in, then went down to SLC to watch The Constant Gardener, which was both sentimental and thrilling, beautifully photographed, and thought-provoking. Highly recommended.

Coffee Garden
Originally uploaded by currtdawg.
After the movie, I went and had a soy latte at the Coffee Garden, a nice little cafe located in a rather artsy section of SLC. I think it's funny that they put in a Starbucks on the adjacent corner, but nearly everyone prefers the local place.


Liberty Park
Originally uploaded by currtdawg.
While I was having coffee, Kyle called and invited me to dinner with Drew and Chris, who live in Sandy (on the south end of SLC). So, I decided to just hang out for a couple hours at Liberty Park. Here's a few shots:


Liberty Park Playground
Originally uploaded by currtdawg.



Liberty Park
Originally uploaded by currtdawg.



Liberty Park Main Walkway
Originally uploaded by currtdawg.
As you can see, it's a pretty big park. I like this shot because if you look really close between the rows of trees, you can see the mountains in the background.


Liberty Park Pond
Originally uploaded by currtdawg.



Liberty Park Hippies
Originally uploaded by currtdawg.
While walking around the park, I heard drums, so I followed the sound until I found a bunch of hippies playing bongos and kicking around hackey sacks. I tried not to stare, but I probably stood there for at least thirty minutes. (Trish: I saw children rolling down the hill and thought of you.)


Liberty Park Hippies
Originally uploaded by currtdawg.



Liberty Park Lake
Originally uploaded by currtdawg.



Liberty Park Geese
Originally uploaded by currtdawg.



Liberty Park
Originally uploaded by currtdawg.



Liberty Park
Originally uploaded by currtdawg.



Liberty Park Flowers
Originally uploaded by currtdawg.



Liberty Park Leaf Angels
Originally uploaded by currtdawg.
I came across angels in the leaves, and it made me smile for the rest of the afternoon.


Liberty Park Duck
Originally uploaded by currtdawg.


I love spending time at the park. Just walking around and watching people and staring at the trees and the lake is so relaxing.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

The park is the one of the few things I remember about life as a little kid living in Sandy...good stuff...:)
- Caleb

Trish said...

we are so doing that when you come out here. of course we might be rolling down a snow covered hill rather than a autumn leaf covered hill.

Anonymous said...

The angels are really neat. Very good idea whoever thought of that...made me smile too:) Hopefully you have much nicer geese in Uath then I have Minn.