Ukulele Strum: Country-Rock Royalty

 

Here is proof that Crystal Palace currently has an 11-11-11 record:

Today I worked on campus and went to an early music concert at noon with Hardingfele. We ran into another bandmate there, so the three of us sat together. In the morning I had two meetings, so it was hard to get any actual work done, and then in the afternoon my former boss was in a meeting, so he couldn't help me with something that was supposed to get done by 4:30. Oh well. Yesterday I was frustrated because he couldn't approve my time, not being my supervisor anymore, but my current supervisor couldn't approve my time because she wasn't my supervisor when I worked the hours. Fortunately someone above either of them approved my time, because I am not doing this job for free!

I brought my ukulele to work with me today, and on the shuttle I was holding it in such a way that it looked like I was cuddling it, like it was my emotional support ukulele. Then after work I went to the Lone Girl for a ukulele strum, and this evening we did all songs by people who are both in the Country Music Hall of Fame and the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame, like Dolly Parton, Johnny Cash, and Elvis Presley. That was a lot of fun, and I was delighted to discover that "Jolene" has only three very easy chords, so now I can play it around the house. Travalon met me there, and we had a late dinner after the strum. The black and bleu burger is so tasty, but I swear that I can feel it clogging my arteries. 

Here are some photos Travalon took down at the dock. First is Tux Duck.

The northern shoveler in the waning light of the sunset.

And here he is with his mate.

And here he is with Tux Duck.

A pair of Canada geese. Travalon asks: what do they call them in Canada?

And here are some blue-winged teals.

I don't know where these ducks go in the summer. They all seem to disappear by the end of May. The other day we were talking to a neighbor who said there was a pair of ducks that hangs out in her yard, and I thought it was probably Tux Duck and his mate so I tried to describe him, but she said no, this duck has a yellow and green body and a white head. What?? I am not aware of any duck that looks like that. People seem to be very bad at describing birds. When I told Tiffy about this conversation, she said it sounded like a Packer duck decoy. What kind of duck would you attract with that? I should have asked our neighbor if it had a big G on the side.

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