Last Monday evening I was at the dress rehearsal for my recent orchestra concert. During rehearsal, the sun went down, the moon came out. It was just starting to grow, curve bulging toward the right, in the shape of a “D,” a waxing crescent. My phone camera freaked out, trying to capture this distant shape, the little center square moving in and out of focus.
When the rehearsal was over I still needed to find a geocache for the day to keep my streak alive (I am now up to 138 consecutive days). There is one in a park near the church where we play. By day, the park is a cheerful place where kids play soccer and adults play tennis. By night, with the strains of the “Phantom of the Opera” still ringing in your ears, it looks a little different.
The dim light, activating only the rod cells in your dark-adapted eyes, bleaches the color away. The geocache hiding place, under a cement block under a tree, looked a little like a gravestone. I found the cache, signed the log, and went home as quickly as I could.
I am submitting these photos to the Mundane Monday challenge for their eerie beauty.
The concert itself took place, appropriately, on Friday the 13th. Some of the music was eerie . . .
. . .some less so.
A Thousand Finds 
Love both of these pieces of music. I remember our school orchestra used to try to play the Mozart when the school was walking out of assembly. What a cacophany of sound with the violins battling to keep up with one another. In spite of this, I’ve always loved it. 🙂 I think your phone camera did quite a good job with the moon.
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I played it first in high school too, on violin. This was my first time on the viola part. It was a fun concert!
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Finding geocache at night sounds interesting. Well its hard to photograph moon with a moblie camera. But there are a few settings you can try to get a good picture.
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Great piece, Karen. Your writing is really evolving because of your blogging, I think. So totally cool!
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How lovely! And very nice contrasting pieces! Thank you for sharing your wonderful music with The Monday Music Medicine Show! It’s extra special since you’re truly making the music!
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I played Phantom at an Area All State music festival in high school. It was a fun piece to play. Phantom was also the very first Broadway show I went to see in NYC. Thanks for sharing it!
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I’ve played it before too. It was my first time on the viola part though. Sometimes the camera angle gives a good view of the back of my head!
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I’ll have to watch again!
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“A Little Night Music!” Love that piece. Very nice videos. And yes, those pictures were eerie. Were you out there by yourself that late, girlfriend???
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