Steven before - long haired and haggard

Steven after - clean shaven and perky in his official Olympics jacket!

I performed in a concert on Saturday, February 28 that Steven and our friend Stephanie attended. It was with the San Fernando Valley Symphony, and I was playing principal on a great program. The highlight for me was playing all the famous oboe solos in Beethoven’s 3rd Symphony “Eroica” that I have been practicing for auditions for years. Also, we both performed in a concert on Friday, March 5 that was a presentation in Southern California of the program we performed in the International Haydn Festival in Vienna, Austria over the summer. I played principal oboe this time instead of english horn, and had fun looking back at Steven in the choir.

To celebrate the end of the Olympics we spent a couple of hours at Descanso Gardens to see the amazing Camellias blooming. It was a lovely way to relax and spend some time together.

Collage of the beautiful camellias at Descanso Gardens

We were happy to also celebrate the end of another long bout of rain, including another day of hail.

Heavy rain and hail in February - the yard in the upper left is completely flooded!

Tonight we experimented and created Strawberry pizza with a balsamic glaze for dinner – delicious.

Strawberry pizza - dedicated to Jessi!