We had the rare opportunity to see The Lion King at the Capital Theater on Sept 5th. We went down in the afternoon, had a late lunch at the Olive Garden, then went to the 6:30pm show. The play was wonderful! The actors were fun and exciting to see, but the costumes and scenery were fantastic!!! Such vibrant colors! Wow! The story line of the play followed the film, but seeing it portrayed by live actors from Broadway was truely a rare opportunity. Everyone in the playwas great, but the actress (yes, he was portraited by a woman) who played Rafiki the baboon was fantastic. Her name was Brenda Mhlongo. She is from Africa and has done other work South Africa. Anyway, we truely enjoyed our night in Salt Lake City. After the play, we stayed the night at Hotel Monaco which is located directly across the street form the Capital Theater. We thought that would be easier than driving home after the play. Great decision!
We kind of put little orange flags to give us some idea of how it would look with a kidney shape under the tree in the front yard.
We expanded the flower bed under the bedroom window because we want to plant a Japanese Weeping Lace Maple next Spring with more flowers to compliment it. You can kind of see where the old bed ended. We've moved the water splash guard.
This is the new kidney shaped curbing in the front yard. We still need to remove the remaining grasses and then put in top soil and flowers next Spring. Across the sidewalk, you can kind of see the other ring we will eventually fill with a new tree. But not this year. Or next either.
Here is a photo of the side garden before the curbing was installed.
Here is the tree in the back yard with a paint ring before the curbing.
The new curbing around the tree and side garden.
