. . . camel lot . . .

. . . i love it

when unexpected treasures

come my way . . .

. . . i feel bad about the circumstances . . .

{the keeper of this scrapbook sadly passed away}

. . . but i'm grateful these pages have

{in a round about way}

ended up in my hands . . .

. . . thank you to all involved! . . .

. . . what we have here is

a thirty-seven-year-old

blast from my past . . .

. . . great times the summer before my senior year . . .

. . . a complete program . . .

. . . including cast lists and credits . . .

{i was, no doubt, super convincing as one of fatima's daughters}

. . . and this photo of my dad

{a really faded, grainy 3x3 photo}

doing what he loved . . .

{he was an attorney by trade ~ writer/director/creative genius at heart}

. . . literally making

these amazing/darling camels materialize

from nothing more than 2x4s, chicken wire,

papier mache, and poster paint . . .

. . . and a complete original script . . .

{remember the smell of a fresh ditto?}

. . . including all of keitha's handwritten notes . . .

{thank you keitha}

. . . wherein girl six became ME! . . .

{much more personal}

. . . pictured are fatima, abdul and scheherazade ~

the stars of the show . . .

{not pictured ~ handsome stranger}

. . . she even took the time

to note results of the judging . . .

{these shows were extremely competitive}

. . . and after all our hard work that summer . . .

. . . we were pretty pleased with the outcome . . .

. . . ahhhhhh ~ memories . . .