ZBB = Hoedown!

Last night at the Events Center in Independence, Missouri, Zac Brown, “The” Band, as well as opening acts Levi Lowrey, Sonia Leigh and Nic Cowan threw it down! Zac and his band joined all of the opening acts and they joined him on stage as well. It was 4 hours of unbridled musicianship. I don’t have the facts, but it appeared that every person could play every instrument on stage, which there was a lot of, and sing too. The stage was reminiscent of a comfy home… complete with lamps, tables, tapestry rugs, candleabra, and what appeared to possibly some “favorite things”. The picture below is of the drummer’s “room”… there’s one of the many candelabra, a nice fluffy white towel (one of my personal favorites), Snoopy and Woodstock phone, that chicken could be in honor of “Chicken Fried” and someone must like Carhartt apparel!! There was nothing calm about “the house” though… it was a HOEDOWN… a 4 hour HOEDOWN!!

The evening was complete with autographs from everyone, including the body guard (he was the biggest dude with the longest dreads I’ve ever seen) who even sang in the last performance of the night. There will be more pics and some YouTube, but it is not cooperating right now.

SETLIST for ZBB
Untouchable
Let It Go
It’s Not OK
Jolene
Who Knows
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
Sick ‘em On A Chicken
Where the Boat Leaves From/One Love
Blackbird
The Devil Went Down to Georgia
Highway 20 Ride
Whiskey’s Gone
Colder Weather
Different Kind of Fine
Junkyard
Free/Into the Mystic
America (the Beautiful)
Chicken Fried
I Shall Be Released
Bar
Toes
Better Day

Good One!

Finally finished (hence the lack of photographs lately) and yes, it was a good one! I hadn’t read the jacket for a while and had forgotten that the author of the last favorite book I read, John Connolly writer of The Book of Lost Things, did a review… “A beautifully crafted adult fairy tale of love, loss, and loyalty that is at once witty, magical, and moving. Of Bees and Mist is a stunningly accomplished first novel.” Funny, those were my thoughts of The Book of Lost Things, minus the first novel part of course.

When finished I went back to a bookmarked page, a reminder of something that touched me.  It was… “Papa’s telling me of beauty.  Boundless, heavenly beauty.  Immortal forest at dusk… eternal river… enchanted land where souls drift like fireflies… He said the air is pure there because there’s no rage, no shame, no guilt.”

Some reviews are comparing it to Keith Donohue’s The Stolen Child. *adds to long list*

Airfield

Made the trip north yesterday… the nephews were there. There was much fun had playing with GP’s new, old, toys! These planes were made by a local artisan that has passed and who’s widow sold them at auction… absolutely beautiful workmanship!

From the Nation’s Capital

The oak leaf hydrangeas are just beginning to lose their leaves. They truly are a four season plant… next they will reveal their exfoliating bark and the dried blooms will remain on the stems all winter. These plants were purchased at a nursery and the nurseryman had picked the seeds from a plant in DC (that was the story anyway). They are easily propagated from seed… I find self sown plants everywhere. These were only about eight inches tall when they were purchased and the rabbits ate them to the ground the first two years… now they are about 8 feet tall and one of my favorite shrubs in the garden. The fallen maple leaf on the blossom provides a perspective of just how large the blooms and leaves are.

Light or Dark?

I would have to say I would like to live in this building. Someone please buy it, restore the beautiful arched windows and I’ll be the first buyer if the price is right of course. I’ll take the dark side! *smiles* Problem is, once again, I didn’t get the addy.

Stairway to the Heavens

More of the West Bottoms driving tour last weekend. That’s all… no energy to be creative this evening!!

Stairs

This entryway to an old West Bottoms building has me wondering if the stair case is open on the inside. Why else would there be a glass design in the risers? To see the gansta’s coming in the building maybe… seems like the beginning of a story to me!! It would be nice to remember addresses where photos are taken. Possibly a journal would be a good thing… wonder where one could get a journal? *smiles at inside joke*

On a side note… I’m ready for fall again. The warm weather is nice, but it’s warm enough in here to turn on the air conditioner. It seems silly to turn on the air in November!!

Message of Love

A message of love was left on my driveway letting me know that all of my hard work in the garden this weekend was appreciated. Seriously… when watering, the driveway had gotten wet… later when I looked down everything had dried but this spot.

Graffiti

This was a small portion of a graffiti wall taken yesterday on the driving tour. This will likely be the first of several West Bottoms alley shots for the coming week.

Today it was 78 degrees!!! Every bone in my body hurts because I raked leaves for 5 hours… WOW… good exercise, but how am I going to finish tomorrow? I won’t if I can’t get out of bed!!! HaHa

Bare Naked Light

Another photo of a bare light bulb and some research is in order. There must be a way to get a sharper edge on the bulb. Suggestions are welcomed!! As long as I’m soliciting suggestions, if anyone has a favorite scanner it would be great to know. The old photographs are begging to be scanned and shared with family.

These lights were hanging from the warehouse ceiling at Good JuJu. It was a Fun First Friday, (FFF) with Bits of Joy at Red Cedar Gardens, The Summer’s Garden of Steve Hess, Good JuJu, a little driving tour of the West Bottoms, Manny’s for margaritas and a burrito, a button run at Helzberg Jewelry, Paper Source, Anthropology, City Union Mission Thrift, DAV Thrift and Goodwill… whew, no wonder I have a back ache, but it was a day worth every ache!! At 5:00 today, the car said the temperature was 76 degrees… another absolutely fabulous November day.