Music on Blue Mound

 

Travalon and I had a very lazy morning today, then we did some adulting. First we went to Goodwill to get some knives and shorts, and we also bought some very cheap stuffies.

They were 69 cents each, but I have no idea if they charged us for one or two with the tiny bears, since they are attached at the feet. Then we had to go to the pharmacy, and then we went to Ancora Coffee to get some ground coffee, and while we were there, we enjoyed some cold brew, mint for Travalon and lavender for me. 

We drove to Kathbert's house, and she showed us her flowers. Look at her black calla lilies! Mine actually has more blooms, but they are hidden in the leaves and harder to see.

We took a walk in the Arboretum and found the eagles' nest. There was an eagle on it.

Then it flew to another branch and called out to its mate.

As we were watching it, a woman I worked with two decades ago walked by. I recognized her, but she barely remembered me. Still, she chatted with us for a bit. On the walk back to Kathbert's place, we saw this interesting sculpture.

Kathbert said a guy in her neighborhood used to make them. We bid her adieu and drove to Mount Horeb for a quick dinner before driving up Blue Mound to see the Daughter of Denni's band perform at the amphitheater. I had originally been planning to go to a Baroque concert at the music club tonight, but then I saw the notice about this concert, and Blue Mound always seems so sacred to me, so I thought what could be better than listening to music up there? Plus Travalon actually likes that music. The concert was free except for the cost of entrance to the state park, but we already have an annual state park sticker. It was such a beautiful venue.

There was a little stand selling souvenirs to benefit the park, and when I asked about the thing I am about to show you, the woman just gave it to me. I'm not sure why people give me free stuff all the time, like at the Forward game last week, but far be it from me to complain!

I'm not sure if this is supposed to be a scarf or just a wall hanging, and the woman who gave it to me had no idea either. But I like it. The second half of the concert was all Beatles music, and I sat in my very comfortable lawn chair instead of the wooden benches of the amphitheater, with this thing draped over my chest, and just enjoyed the whole vibe. The Widow of Denni and a good friend of his were there in lawn chairs too. Apparently they have music every Saturday during the summer - who knew? Not a very friendly woman who said to me, as we were leaving, "Can you believe how cool this is? We're camping here, and we had no idea they had live music! We heard it and came to listen." Then as we drove back down Blue Mound, we had a stunning view of the countryside. What a wonderful evening!

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