The lazy days of May.
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| I got bored a few weeks ago and decided to take pictures of water drops in a pan in my kitchen sink. I was really pleased with the results. |
It may technically be spring in Atlanta, but I’m here to tell you that it’s really summer. Temperatures have been in the high-80s for the last few weeks, yardwork (and sweating) is in full swing, and I’m completely ready for a vacation.
Looks like Canada isn’t in the cards for me this year due to the band’s concerts in Vermont and Massachusetts, but I did manage to make it to the ocean last weekend and get some swimming in. Also got an incredible sunburn, which normally doesn’t happen to me; but it’s more or less gone now.
Betsy and I had been scheming to visit Bonaventure Cemetery in Savannah for about a year, so when our mutual schedules allowed for it last weekend, we finally made it happen. After driving down on Saturday afternoon, we had a late lunch on historic River Street before taking in a Savannah Sand Gnats (class A minor league) baseball game. The home team beat the Rome Braves, 3-1, I believe.
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| Bonaventure Cemetery in Savannah is known for its Spanish Moss and arching Live Oak trees. |
We then spent an hour or two walking around old Savannah, visiting several of the 21 city squares (parks), taking really bad cellphone pictures and generally enjoying a fairly cool evening.
Sunday was spent mainly at the beach on Tybee Island, one of the barrier islands slightly SE of Savannah.
On Monday, we spent some time at Colonial Cemetery in downtown Savannah and then finally went to Bonaventure, a huge cemetery made famous by the book Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. Both graveyards were extremely peaceful and interesting, and both yielded some pretty decent photos.
Work this week was very little fun. I fear that I’m overextended myself on a couple of projects and really don’t know how I’m going to finish them.
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| The Bull River as seen from Bonaventure Cemetery |
This weekend was supposed to be the Deep South Brass Band Festival in Pine Mountain, GA, but it was cancelled last week due to incredibly poor planning on the part of the organizers. After having all year to plan for the thing, they’d only managed to book two acts – the Georgia Brass Band and a brass quintet made up of GBB members. Pathetic.
So our next concerts – in New England at the end of June – will be the last of our very light season. I think we only played 5 concerts this season. Also pathetic.
Not much else to talk about at this point, so I think I’ll find a couple of pictures for this entry and call it good.
TWD