Cyndi

Cyndi Lauper at the 7th Annual TV Land Awards

fixed

The fence has been repaired with new boards replacing th section that a tree knocked down last week. That will keep guests, children and large dogs on one side or the other. And no ivy-wrapped dead pines to step around. Miraculously, the tree missed the cypress that were recently planted.

Grass is cut. Driveway and walk is reasonably clean and clear.

We're looking forward to the Potluck here at el Rancho de WereMonster tomorrow night.
I still need to to do some wrapping of birthday and bridal shower gifts when I get home today. Kisa will not be Skyping the party this time but Gilli will be the virtual guest of the evening.

At most of the latest parties, friends out-of-town have been skyping in as virtual guests.

My latest idea, if I have time, good weather, and materials, is to make backdrops for webcam conversations. I'm thinking of painting large pieces of corrugated cardboard and coming up with a way to stand them up in back of the conversators (new word I think I just came up with).

We're looking forward to the Potluck here at el Rancho de WereMonster tomorrow night.
I still need to to do some wrapping of birthday and bridal shower gifts when I get home today. Kisa will not be Skyping the party this time but Gilli will be the virtual guest of the evening.

At most of the latest parties, friends out-of-town have been skyping in as virtual guests.

My latest idea, if I have time, good weather, and materials, is to make backdrops for webcam conversations. I'm thinking of painting large pieces of corrugated cardboard and coming up with a way to stand them up in back of the conversators (new word I think I just came up with).

Looking back

Chatting online about photos I have in my collection. Some are the only record of certain bands and performance artists.

So many people, certain they were about to become huge stars, refused to let their performances be recorded or even written about. Oddly enough, this was very counter-intuitive. Without an existing contract or publisher, all it did was prevent anyone from hearing about them or for them to have any record of those days now. There were some bands and performance artists who had girlfriend "managers" how would be very nasty to anyone with a camera or taking notes. Not that that happened with your performances. But it happened with a lot.

Lost at least one tree and a section of fence behind the house to the wind this morning.

Easter

Our house guest left on Friday afternoon. He has made arrangements with MonsterMustDie to come next month for a week to do the Scott Antique Show here. I immediately suggested that he might be more comfortable staying downstairs next time - with his own bathroom and dressing space. I hope it works out that way next month rather than me losing the kitchen and main bath to him. Maybe I could just go out of town that week...
Last night Chaz and Sandra come here. We cooked orzo, asparagus, and grilled sausages for dinner and they brought a nice Merlot and home-made blackberry cobbler. A simple meal with very good company. I greatly enjoyed sitting around catching up with them over dinner. I hope we can do that again soon.

Now it's Easter morning and MonsterMustDie is doing yardwork in back. I'm staying warm and puttering around indoors but I'm sure I'll get cabin fever soon and make a trip in town and/or to The Mall. I hope my grapevines and flowers survive the weed-eater. I hope the meager grass we have growing here survives his tendency to cut down to the root. This, along with the cold weather, is why I choose not to be out witnessing his choices in the yard.

apprehensive

The cat is hiding in John's office and he is apologizing in advance to me.
For what? This is not a good way to start things.

Jason Webley

Almost Time
I think it's odd that he isn't making it to Atlanta in this tour but he's performing in Alabama.

raining again

Yesterday was clear, sunny and warm. We went to a New Orleans themed potluck at Allison and Hap's home in Grant Park before heading home to get together with Lisa and David to watch Doctor Who on DVD.

Visited mother today and worked on her computer, cleaning out the hard drive and updating software. Still need to defrag the but ran out of time today.

Got home before dark to cut the top off some water containers and place them over some of the new plants in the garden before monday and tuesday night's freeze or near-freezing temperatures.

And now, the rain comes again.

Phenomenon