I took this photo last week and I’m sharing it today because, if the weather forecast is correct, these beauties are now done for the season. I love that they come back year after year and they often bloom after I’ve given up hope that they will. It takes a lot of faith and patience to grow a garden, that’s for sure.
Happy weekend!
It’s just about time for our Kiwanis club’s annual Field of Flags event and today, as a shameless plug, I’m going to tell you three reasons why this is a fundraiser YOU may want to support.
If you’re inclined to make a donation (in any amount, it doesn’t have to be $10) you can do so here. Or, if you don’t want to make an online donation, leave me a comment and I’ll tell you where you can send a check. Thanks, friends.
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My plan for today was to share my finished True Colors with you. But you know what they say about plans, right?
Yeah. I didn’t get the photos done. It’s partly because I forgot to take then over the weekend. It’s partly because I had a meeting last night. But it’s mostly because this:
I ordered an iPhone X on Sunday and it arrived yesterday afternoon. Setting it up was relatively easy – you literally place your old phone and new phone side by side and they somehow talk to each other but then I hit a snag. I had an old Apple ID that had been disabled and it was holding up all of my apps. I spent some time on the phone with Apple support (they were awesome) and got that old ID updated and reinstated and shortly afterwards all of my apps were on the phone.
But.
Even though the apps downloaded to my phone and some of them downloaded with my login info intact, many didn’t. That meant I spent the better part of my free time last evening looking up passwords and getting all of the apps in working order.
And that’s why there’s no knitting today. There is a shiny new iPhone, though, and I hear it takes great photos.
Hopefully I’ll be sharing those with you very soon.
You may recall that three years ago this Thanksgiving Dale and I set out to recreate the cover of Alice’s Restaurant. The album, like me, was 50 years old and we had a grand time that afternoon. In case you’ve forgotten, here is the result of our fun:
We got some great mileage out of that photo on social media and Dale makes it his profile photo every Thanksgiving. Our kids were horrified (why is Dad naked?!?) but those of us who love that song know what it’s all about.
Well. Sunday night we went to see Arlo Guthrie in concert in Plymouth. We had high hopes that Guthrie would do a meet and greet after the show so we brought along a print of that photo. I wasn’t entirely sure whether he’d be flattered or offended but I figured it was worth a chance. Before the show we were talking to one of the young women running the souvenir booth and we asked if Guthrie would be greeting fans after the performance and she said that he doesn’t do that anymore. We told her about the photo and that we had been hoping we could get him to sign it. She asked to see it and when we showed it to her she said, “oh, Arlo will just LOVE this. Can I take it backstage and show it to him?” Of course we said YES and off she went.
She came back about 5 minutes later with a huge grin on her face and said that Arlo did indeed love the photo and that he commented, “this guy must be crazy” and then he signed it.
And now we have the new and improved recreation of the Alice’s Restaurant photo, complete with Arlo Guthrie’s autograph!
P.S. It was a fabulous show and he did all of our favorites, including Alice’s Restaurant!
Arrive before you’re ready and that’s the price you pay for having a really great weekend.
More tomorrow, friends.
