Sunday, February 08, 2015

Things and Stuff

Yesterday at 1pm we joined a couple of hundred other music aficionados in Vacaville for a Tribute to Don Johnson of Winterhawk Winery fame.  He passed a few weeks ago and has left a hole in the venue availability box.  The event was held in the De Ville Theater which was blaringly alive as we came through the doors...so much so that we returned to the car to fetch Kelly's supply of ear plugs!  We took seats high up in the upper balcony and enjoyed the show.  So many bands with so few breaks in the action is was a Scene alright that would have made Don very happy indeed.  We saw and heard many friends from our Chris' Club Daze and while we didn't seek them out it felt like we were in friendly (if all white Vacavillians) company.  Even Ronnie of the Bay Area Blues Society brought his group along to finish up the show at 5 pm.   We had a good time in this new, possible venue with it's great acoustics, comfortable seating and enthusiastic crowd.  The fries were excellent at $4.50 a bunch and the IPA on tap was delicious!  Hope they can make this a regular venue, it's be a real attraction.  R.I.P. Blondies...this is right down the street, easy parking too!



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Well my darling Ashley came to visit a couple of weeks ago and stayed a week and a few to brighten up our life.  Sweet, charming, outspoken as ever, her life in South Carolina is both interesting, enjoyable and problematic.  She is married now after 40+ years of being on her very own.  It likes her I think, she is learning how to be married.  'Tain't the easy road all of the time, many compromises along the way.  The house is theirs, a huge project underway with walls, floors and everything that goes with it to be yet finished.  I'm proud of her and Andy for their undertaking such a labor of love and endurance.  It mirrors our own experience "back in the day(s)".  Some health issues bother them but hey! they're not spring chickens anymore and nor are we.  Our weather here for her visit was largely unusually warm and sunny, the first January in decades with ZERO rain!  That's BIG in a state where it's been in drought conditions for the last three plus years!  A record.  We liked it though.  Mostly we all sat, talked about things and stuff for hours on end, sorta getting to know one another again after a long pause.  Change comes fast sometimes.  Even Mike, Jess and Jordan came to visit one night!  Unusual! But great fun, smiles and giggles.
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Supposed to rain today, I used Google Earth to check the whereabouts of this great storm...HA! and yes there is a blob southwest of us out at sea but heading our way, should be here in a few hours to wet the day thoroughly.  We need it!  I need to download the pictures from yesterdays music bash and just installed Picasa to help in the process.  Then I'll get them up here in a while, so check back later today.