The roses on the east side of my house after a rain:
Roses After Rain
July 2nd, 2009
Ditty Bops Report
June 18th, 2009After seeing the Ditty Bops at the Ark in Ann Arbor last Friday I can guarantee one thing: I’ll never miss a future Ditty Bops performance that’s within reasonable driving distance again (and if I had the means I’d see every performance in the Great Lakes region (plus Portland)).
I was hoping to buy a copy of their last calendar, which is no longer available on their Web site, but I didn’t see any for sale after the show. I was, however, able to buy their latest CD, Songs for Steve, and a CD from 2007 that I didn’t even know existed, Pack Rat. I think that makes my Ditty Bops collection complete at five CDs.
Several of the songs they performed have not yet been recorded, and two were songs made famous by the Boswell Sisters. If they would release a Boswell Sisters tribute CD I would be in seventh heaven. Do you hear me, Ditty Bops? Seventh heaven! Their rendition of Shout, Sister, Shout! was a burst of joy that still makes me smile, and their finale (the title of which I sadly do not know) was an indescribable, explosive delight. Please, please record these songs!
That is all. For now.
Poppy
June 18th, 2009I photographed this poppy earlier this month at my parents’:
White Peony at Night
June 11th, 2009A white peony photographed at night in my parents’ front yard before the thunderstorm:
Nightshade 2
June 11th, 2009Here are two more photographs of the nightshade in my front yard:
Columbine (Aquilegia)
June 9th, 2009A columbine growing along the east side of my house:
Nightshade
June 6th, 2009Nightshade growing inexplicably in my front yard:
Trinary
June 5th, 2009These daisies remind me of stars:
White Peony
June 4th, 2009This is the white peony in my parents’ front yard (photographed a day late — after a thunderstorm):
Surprise Pink Peony
June 3rd, 2009I ought to have called this group of flowers “Pink Peony” and the other entry “Pink and White Peony,” but I didn’t foresee this one springing up. Thus the surprise. The fourth photograph is of a bud on the same plant with a wee visitor. This is therefore the fourth peony to bloom in my front yard:
