sleeping beauty

Sunday afternoon we took in Shakespeare Santa Cruz's production of Sleeping Beauty. Much to dh's chagrin I snapped this pic right at the most exciting moment...the princess is just about to, well, you know.

Touch the spindle!

The spindle that Belladonna used was a large, top whorl model, much like mine. But it looked like it had been made from very shiny bicycle parts, and the shaft was fatally sharp at the tip.