It’s been gorgeous weather for the past week or so and we are loving it. Jeremy’s been frequenting the newly opened coffee shop within walking distance of the house. He’s now a regular with Elka.
So they were happy to give Elka a swirl of whipped cream as a treat.
Friday night I went to Wolftrap with some folks from the guitar studio. We went to see the Tedeshchi Trucks Band at a sold out show. We’d spent the last month or so learning to play parts of their most famous song, though much more simply and straightforwardly. The weather was beautiful, the guitar playing wonderful. Derek Trucks is a virtuoso guitar player, a delight to watch him play. I brought snacks which was important to me. Even though I really enjoyed the event because I got to hang out with my guitar peeps and I did enjoy the music, I still don’t quite understand concerts. I guess it’s being surrounded by other people who also really enjoy the music, but I think I’d never really go to a concert initiated by myself. It was just a tad too crowded for my taste, I felt like the oversold the lawn seats, so we had to get there super early and even though we did, it was hard to find a spot. Also, I loved that they had two headliners – with our band playing first and they started exactly at 7:30 and ended exactly at 9 pm and we did not stay to hear the second band and I was back home by 9:30! Amazing! Loved that.
Me and Serita!
Also, I’m doing some fall planting for the yard, out of all the bare root trees I planted in the spring, only the white oaks survived. So I went and bought the next size up trees to plant this fall. The first set came this weekend – witchhazel. I planted two. And then I also got an american holly to make the minimum for free shipping. I don’t have a wire cage for the american holly, so I’m hoping its prickly leaves will be enough to deter the deer. Gooo witch hazel.
