Gardens and Summer Music

Our front yard has begun its full transformation with the addition of some grass. Mind you this was a while ago. I will post a real time picture update next thing.

The little quail family and the glow ball...

Well this is the first real flower that began to bloom in our slow to grow garden, a pretty purple/dark blue delphinium, but I forgot to rotate the picture first and now can't delelte it to fix it, so you'll have to cock your head to the side...sorry

Well, Gregg might have started the summer music season off, but his musical magic was under a roof with walls. Leave it to one of my favorites, the Indigo Girls to begin the outdoor summer music jam!

20 years later and Emily and Amy are still rockin. They will always be not only some of my favorite singer/songwriters but also some of my favorite harmonizers!

I had this picture zoomed in better but for some reason I can't get it to save...ay yi yi.
Anyway this is one of the outdoor gigs here- get this, it is at a gym...some fancy pants athletic club that has an outdoor space perfect for small live shows and to my surprise there are a lot of shows I am signed up with tickets to see there...the other place we have is an ampitheatre, still smaller scale but obviously much bigger with perhaps bigger acts, it is ironic there aren't as many shows I will be attending there- although I am really hoping to catch the Gambler, Kenny Rogers there at the end of September! Although, has anyone seen him lately? I hope he has sued his plastic surgeon cuz he looks freaky, not like the Kenny I grew up with or saw in 99'. Yikes! Another reason I need to go- so I can see this for myself!

Saw an artist new to my friend and I, Jonatha Brook, the other night, it was good, she's an eastcoaster, nice voice, writing and playing talent, but we didn't know the music, it was getting cold and Bonnaroo was broadcasting live, and Widespread Panic was playing -so needless to say we retreated to the homefront to get warm and jam out. Two live shows in one night, not a bad deal.

Next up, The Neville Brothers July 6th, a first for J & I, so we are really looking forward to it.

May everyone enjoy the universal language of music and the way it can make you feel or make you move. There is really nothing quite like it! Rock on.

The Beach

Ahh, how I love the beach, the smell of that salt water, the feel of it in my hair. I had the pleasure of visiting mama ocean a few weekends ago with my girlfriend. Silly enough, though I walked the beach with my camera I fogot to take a picture of her, I guess the weather was blahzay so I was uninspired. However, we did encounter a gull who was good at catching starfish and was trying to make a meal out of some, although you could tell they were sort of heavy for him. One guy was missing an arm, lucky for him it will grow back. Of course, if I had a better camera I coulda zoomed in and got a great shot..ho hum. The money I had been saving for that new camera took me to the beach instead, a good compromise at least.

The weekend did not go unphotod however, thanks to my cell phone.

We spent the day exploring Yaquina Lighthouse and beach and then went in to downtown Newport and perused the shops and took in the bait and warf smells...and then we heard a comotion and low and behold- sea lions- napping and barking, at least 20 of them just below the street.



And of course the main reason that brought us to the beach in the first place...Gregg.

Mr. Allman and Friends were playing at Chinook Winds in Lincoln City and we had nearly front row seats!!! I took lots of pictures on my phone and only one really came out and the zoomed version is too blurry...bummer...imagine if I had that new camera!! We'd be able to count his wrinkles!! He looked great though, the skinniest I have ever seen him except for pictures from when he was young. His voice was amazing and melted me into my chair on several occasions including accoustic Melissa (with a sax player too! oh my!) and a beautiful stripped down version of Dylan's Just Like a Woman, with Gregg on vocals and his Hammond B. He is truly still rocking after all these years! (Although we won't mention that the show was only a mere hour and a half- as someone (JB) said "old man+ casino = short show". Oh well I still love ya Gregg and I hope to see you with the Brothers sooner than later, it has been too long!!




And the road goes on forever...