Main Street Jazz

Friday night we met up with our friends, Jay and Cheryl for a night out. We went to a free concert on Main Street in Greenville. Every Friday night from now until September, Main Street Jazz festival is going on with a different group each week. This week we were entertained by Elliot and the Untouchables a blues group. They were good. The show started around 5:30 and lasted until 9:30 with a couple little breaks. The crowd was large and we saw lots of families there with small children. What a nice way to spend the evening.

Elliot (yellow suit) and the Untouchables perform on stage at Main Street Jazz

Someone was photographing us... That's me in the center front row with the silver hair, Cheryl next to me(dark hair) then Jay (light blue shirt) and David (tan slacks). This photo must have been taken early in the evening because the crowd was much larger as the evening went on.

The Bunny Car

Recently I saw something that I had never seen before. It was a bunny car! That's right... it was all decorated up to look like a bunny rabbit. I just shook my head in disbelief and couldn't figure out why anyone would do that to their car. It finally occurred to me it must be in honor of Easter. I have seen some people decorate their vehicles up for Christmas but this was a first for Easter decoration on a car for me. The car was gray in color and on the grill was a big pink puffy nose. Big pink and white bunny ears were on the sides above the door windows and appeared to be attached like those athletic flags people put on their cars to show school spirit. I didn't notice the back end of the car but I wonder if it had a big white fluffy tail??? Guess I can safely say that now I HAVE seen it all! Too funny!

Red-winged Blackbirds

For those of you who read my blog on a regular basis you know I enjoy photographing birds. Yesterday I was sitting at the desk working on the laptop and noticed what I first thought was a crow on one of my birdfeeders. When it turned a bit I could see the markings on its wings and knew exactly what it was. I watched throughout the day and saw several of these beautiful birds visiting the feeders. Later in the afternoon I was outside working and could hear them singing in the trees. When we lived in Pennsylvania I saw these birds all the time but had never seen them anywhere else until yesterday. Below is one of the photos I took thru my window. I wish I could have gotten a picture when their wings were out more so you can see the bright orange and yellow coloring of bands on the wings.

Stork Bingo

So, the past month or so we have been going to Tennessee every weekend and ususally once during the week for me as well. My cousin died recently and we have been cleaning her house getting it ready to sell. Last weekend my sister was cleaning in one of the bedrooms when she came across something that caused us to laugh until our sides hurt. It was a Stork Bingo game from 1957, brand new, never played, still in the box. We had a good laugh just reading the items on the cards... nipples, rubber pants, chux, syringes, enema, boric acid... too funny! Guess those items really date the game. I was born in 1957 so wondered if it was a game she had bought for my baby shower and never played it. Who knows? Here is a photo of what it looks like.